Deformation and stress regimes in the Hellenic subduction zone from focal Mechanisms

Journal of Seismology - Tập 9 Số 3 - Trang 341-366 - 2005
Marco Bohnhoff1, Hans‐Peter Harjes2, Thomas Meier2
1GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
2Faculty of Geosciences, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany

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