Fault trace parameters as a tool for analysing remotely sensed fault arrays: An example from the eastern Gulf of Corinth, Greece

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4685-4699

  Xypolias, P ^a   Koukouvelas, I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; SAMPLING; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT ARRAYS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE DENSITY; TRACE INTENSITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

CONTOUR MAP; FAULT ZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8744302187     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116042000192349     Document Type: Article

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