Reassessment of the rifting process in the Western Corinth Rift from relocated seismicity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1822-1844

  Lambotte, S ^a,b   Lyon Caen, H ^a   Bernard, P ^a   Deschamps, A ^c   Patau, G ^a   Nercessian, A ^a   Pacchiani, F ^a,e   Bourouis, S ^d   Drilleau, M ^a   Adamova, P ^a,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^e Addax Petroleum Services Ltd   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; FAULTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

COMPLEX MICROSTRUCTURES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; MECHANICAL MODEL; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC OBSERVATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; RIFTING; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

CORINTH [PELOPONNISOS]; GREECE; PELOPONNISOS;

EID: 84901462909     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu096     Document Type: Article

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