A study of the 8 January 2013 Mw5.8 earthquake sequence (Lemnos Island, East Aegean Sea)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 452-460

  Kiratzi, Anastasia A ^a   Svigkas, Nikos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Earthquake; Lemnos Basin; North Aegean Basin; Slip

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; COULOMB STRESS CHANGES; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; LEMNOS BASIN; NORTH AEGEAN; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SLIP;

EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING;

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PEAK ACCELERATION; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE MODELING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; AGIOS EFSTRATIOS; GREECE; LEMNOS; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 84887819961     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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