Seismic hazard assessment in Polyphyto Dam area (NW Greece) and its relation with the "unexpected" earthquake of 13 May 1995 (M s = 6.5, NW Greece)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-149

  Pavlou, K ^a   Kaviris, G ^a   Chousianitis, K ^b   Drakatos, G ^b   Kouskouna, V ^a   Makropoulos, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

GREECE; GREVENA; KOZANI; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 84888038775     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-141-2013     Document Type: Article

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