Complex and segmented rupture associated with the 14 august 2003 Mw 6.2 Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 1 B, 2007, Pages 35-51

  Benetatos, Christoforos ^a   Dreger, Douglas ^b   Kiratzi, Anastasia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; INTENSITY LEVELS; MAINSHOCK; MAXIMUM SLIP; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; S-WAVES; SHAKEMAPS; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SLIP MODEL; SMALL AREA; TELESEISMIC; TELESEISMIC BODY WAVES; TRANSFORM FAULT; WAVEFORM MODELING;

CAPILLARY FLOW; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884211431     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060123     Document Type: Article

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