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Liquefaction phenomena sites in the broader Aegean region acquired from the DAtabase
of historical Liquefaction Occurrences (DALO; http://gpapatha.weebly.com/dalo.html). The
(Papathanassiou&Pavlides,2011)
database is created by G. Papathanassiou .

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Earthquakes (M = Magnitude): 550 BC - 2010 AD (Papazachos et al., 2000; 2010)

The Greek Database of Seismogenic deformation and many more.
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NAT and active-fault data for the Greek territory updatable, that can accommodate all
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Individual Seismogenic Sources: they are obtained from geological and geophysical data and are characterized by a full
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set of geometric (strike, dip, length, width and depth), kinematic (rake, average displacement per event) and Fault lines derive from the CSSs upper edge of Hazard Assessmant (SHA) of the region and a layers, both graphical and metadata ones. For
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seismological (magnitude, slip rate, return period) parameters. ISSs are assumed to exhibit “characteristic” behaviour AT
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accuracy of the information supplied over the completeness of the sources themselves. As such, they can be used for
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deterministic assessment of seismic hazard, for calculating earthquake and tsunami scenarios, and for tectonic and
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ATFZ: Amvrakikos Gulf - Trichinida Fault Zone

BMG: Buyuk Menderes Graben Project Coordinators:
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geometric (strike, dip, width, min/max depth) and kinematic (rake) parameters, but their sliding surface geometry is more CTFZ: Cephalonia Transform Fault Zone Alexandros Chatzipetros
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is essentially inferred on the basis of regional surface and subsurface geological data that are exploited well beyond the Th: Thessaly Fault System Principal scientific contributors:
simple identification of active faults or youthful tectonic features. Opposite to the ISSs, this category of sources favours
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completeness of the record of potential earthquake sources over accuracy of source description. In conjunction with
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seismicity and modern strain data, CSSs can thus be used for regional probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment and for Database structure & technical support:
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