Curriculum Vitae

Vasileios Karakostas

Professor, School of Geology

Personal Information

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vkarak@geo.auth.gr
Scopus IDs56439309400, 35575972100

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2018–19 academic year

	TMĪMA GEŌLOGIAS
GGP 108Ε	Philosophy of Science
GGP 536Y	Physics of the Lithosphere

	METAPTYCΗIAKO TMĪMATOS GEŌLOGIAS
GGPM108	Generation and Propagation of Elastic Waves

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

In progress

Bonatis Pavlos. Υπολογισμός εδαφικής κίνησης στην περιοχή των Κεντρικών Ιονίων Νήσων με εφαρμογή υβριδικής (αιτιοκρατικής και στοχαστικής) μεθοδολογίας
Kostoglou Anastasios. "Συνδιασμός μοντέλων σεισμικότητας και διαρρήξεων των Κεντρικών Ιονίων Νήσων".
Karamanos Christos. "Μελέτη της σεισμικότητας της Κεντρικής Ελλάδας και η σχέση της με την ενεργό τεκτονική της περιοχής"

2017–2018

Tsiantouka Marina. Επεξεργασία επιταχυνσιογραφημάτων και απόσβεση της μέγιστης εδαφικής επιτάχυνσης στον Ελλαδικό χώρο.
Mesimeri Maria. "Συμβολή στη μελέτη σμηνοσεισμών"

2015–2016

Kostoglou Anastasios. "Διερεύνηση της επίδρασης των αρνητικών τάσεων Coulomb στη σεισμικότητα".

2014–2015

Michailos Konstantinos. "Σεισμικότητα και σεισμοτεκτονικά χαρακτηριστικά του Νοτίου Αιγαίου"
Zourelidis Efstathios. Γεωτεκτονική εξέλιξις και σεισμοτεκτονικά χαρακτηριστικά του Καυκάσου
Androuli Angeliki. Κατάλογοι σεισμών στον ελληνικό χώρο πριν και μετά την ενοποίηση του εθνικού δικτύου

2011–2012

Michailos Konstantinos. Εκτίμηση του μεγέθους πληρότητας Mc στον Ελληνικό χώρο

2009–2010

Antoniou Dimitrios. Συσχέτιση της χρονικά μεταβαλλόμενης χωρικής κατανομής των σεισμών με τις μεταβολές του πεδίου των στατικών τάσεων στην περιοχή του Κορινθιακού κόλπου.

2006–2007

Karamanos CΗrīstos. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΝΕΡΓΟΥ ΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΧΗ ΤΗΣ ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΠΟΛΗΞΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΤΑΦΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ

2004–2005

Ventouzī CΗrysanthī. ΣΕΙΣΜΟΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΝΗΣΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ

Research Projects

2018–2019	Συντήρηση και ανάβάθμιση σεισμολογικού δικτύου ΠΕΔ-ΙΝ
2015–2015	Οικονομική ενίσχυση για την επισκευή της μόνωσης στο Σεισμολογικό Σταθμό του Α.Π.Θ.
2012–2013	Πολυ-Παραμετρικό Δίκτυο για τη Μελέτη και την Παρακολούθηση Φυσικών Κινδύνων στην Περιοχή των Στενών του Οτράντο και του Ιονίου Πελάγους.
2012–2013	Μελέτη σεισμικότητας της ευρύτερης περιοχής του μελετώμενου φράγματος στη θέση Αγιόκαμπος του Δήμου Αγιάς Ν. Λάρισας
2009–2011	Λεπτομερής παρακολούθηση της σεισμικότητας για τη μελέτη των διαρρήξεων στην περιοχή Φαρσάλων-Κάρλας
2005–2007	Σεισμογένεση και αλληλεπίδραση μεταξύ σεισμογόνων πηγών στο νότιο βαλκανικό χώρο
2005–2006	Εγκατάσταση Σεισμολογικού Σταθμού Χίου.
2004–2007	ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΑΣ: σεισμοτεκτονικές και γεωδυναμικές ιδιότητες του νοτίου τμήματος του Ελληνικού Τόξου
2003–2005	Εκτίμηση της σεισμικής επικινδυνότητας στο Νότιο Βαλκανικό Χώρο
2002–2003	Εγκατάσταση ενός φορητού δικτύου ψηφιακών σεισμογράφων για τη μελέτη των ενεργών τεκτονικών δομών και της γεωφυσικής δομής βάθους στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της νήσου Χίου

Publications

2015

Journal Article

Console Rodolfo, Carluccio Roberto, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2015). Synthetic earthquake catalogs simulating seismic activity in the Corinth Gulf, Greece, fault system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. vol.120 no.1 p.326-343.
Gkarlaouni C, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Kilias Adamantios, Lasocki S (2015). Fault population recognition through microseismicity in Mygdonia region (northern Greece). Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata. vol.56 no.3 p. 367-382.
Kilias Adamantios, Vamvaka A, Falalakis G, Sfeikos A, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Gkarlaouni Charikleia, Karakostas Vasileios (2015). The Mesohellenic Trough and the Paleogene Thrace Basin on the Rhodope Massif, their Structural Evolution and Geotectonic Significance in the Hellenides. Journal of Geology and Geosciences. vol.4 no.2 p.1-17.

2013

Journal Article

Console Rodolfo, Falcone Giuseppe, Karakostas Vasileios, Murru Maura, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Rhoades David (2013). Renewal models and coseismic stress transfer in the Corinth Gulf, Greece, fault system. Journal Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. Vol. 118 no 7 p. 3655–3673.
Gkarlaouni Charikleia, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Lasocki Stanislaw, Lizurek Grzegorz, Karakostas Vasileios, Kilias Adamantios (2013). Stochastic analysis of earthquake activity in two seismogenic fault systems in Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol. 47 no. 3.
Karagianni Eleni, Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Karakostas Vasileios (2013). Spatio-Temporal earthquake clustering in the western Corinth Gulf. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLVII.
Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Xueshen Jin, Zhihui Liu, Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Zhang He (2013). Potential of future seismogenesis in Hebei Province (NE China) due to stress interactions between strong earthquakes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. vol.75 no.1-12.
Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Jin X, Liu Z, Paradeisopoulou Parthena, He Z (2013). Potenial of future seismogenesis in Hebei Province (NE China) due to stress interactions between strong earthquakes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. Vol. 75 p. 1–12.
Kilias Adamantios, Vamvaka Agnes, Falalakis G, Sfeikos A, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Gkarlaouni Ch, Karakostas Vasileios (2013). The mesohellenic trough and the Thrase Basin, two tertiary molassic basins in Hellenides: do they really correlate?. Bull. Soc. Geol. Gr.
Leptokaropoulos K. M, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Adamaki A. K, Tan O, Inan S (2013). A homogeneous earthquake catalog for western Turkey and magnitude of completeness determination. Bulletin Seismological Society of America. vol.103 p.2739–2751.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Gospodinov D, Karakostas Vasileios, Astiopoulos A (2013). Evolution of the vigorous 2006 swarm in Zakynthos (Greece) and probabilities for strong aftershocks occurrence. Journal of Seismology. vol.17 p.735–752.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Mirek J, Karakostas Vasileios (2013). Coseismic stress distribution along active structures and their influence on time dependent probability values. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLVII.

Conference Proceedings Article

Gkarlaouni Chara, Kilias Adamantios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Lasocki Stanislaw, Karakostas Vasileios (2013). Investigation of fault interaction and growth in Mygdonia basin (Greece) fault system. EGU 2013, Proceedings of. EGU General Assembly 2013. Wien - Austria.

2012

Journal Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Karagianni Eleni, Paradeisopoulou Parthena (2012). Space-time Analysis, faulting and triggering of the 2010 earthquake doublet in western Corinth Gulf. Natural Hazards. vol. 63, no.2, pp 1181-1202.
Leptokaropoulos K. M, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Orlecka-Sikora B, Karakostas Vasileios (2012). Seismicity rate changes in association with evolution of the stress transfer in the Northern Aegean Sea, Greece. Geophysical Journal International. vol.188 p.1322-1338.

2011

Journal Article

Adamaki Aggeliki, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Tsaklidis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios (2011). Statistical properties of aftershock rate decay: Implications for the assessment of continuing activity. Acta Geophysica. vol.59 no.4 p.748-769.
Yadav R. B. S, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Shanker D, Rastogi B. K, Chopra S, Singh A. P, Kumar Santosh (2011). The 2007 Talala, Saurashtra, western India earthquake sequence: Tectonic implications and seismicity triggering. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. vol.40 no.1 p.303-314.

2010

Journal Article

Adamaki Aggeliki A, Tsaklidis Georgios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2010). Evidence for induced seismicity following the 2001 Skyros mainshock. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII p.1984-1993.
Astiopoulos A. C, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Gospodinov D, Drakatos G. N (2010). Seismicity changes detection during the seismic sequences evolution as evidence of stress changes. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII no.4 p.1994-2003.
Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Tranos Markos, Papazachos Konstantinos (2010). Active seismotectonic structures in the area of Chios Island, North Aegean Sea, revealed from microseismicity and fault plane solutions. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII no.4 p.2064-2074.
Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karamanos Ch K, Kemenztetzidou D. A (2010). Microseismicity and seismotectonic properties of the Lefkada – Kefalonia seismic zone. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII no.4 p.2053-2063.
Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria (2010). Fault complexity associated with the 14 August 2003 Mw6.2 Lefkada, Greece, aftershock sequence. Acta Geophysica. vol.58 no.5 p.838-854.
Karamanos C, Karakostas Vasileios, Seeber L, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Kilias Adamantios (2010). Recent seismic activity in central Greece revealing local seismitectonic properties. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII no.4 p.2075-2083.
Leptokaropoulos K. M, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Orlecka-Sikora B, Karakostas Vasileios (2010). Seismicity rate changes in association with time dependent stress transfer in the region of Northern Aegean Sea, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII no.4 p.2093-2103.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Taymaz T, Kilias Adamantios, Yolsal S (2010). Seismic Hazard Evaluation in Western Turkey as Revealed by Stress Transfer and Time-dependent Probability Calculations. Pure and Applied Geophysics. Basel. Birkhauser Verlag. vol.167 no.8-9 p.1013-1048.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Lasocki S, Mirek J, Kilias Adamantios (2010). Influence of stress transfer in probability estimates of M>6.5 earthquakes in Greece and surrounding areas. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XLIII no.4 p.2114-2124.
Rhoades D. A, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Console R, Murru M (2010). Correlation of static stress changes and earthquake occurrence in the North Aegean Region. Pure & Applied Geophysics. vol.167 p.1049-1066.

Conference Proceedings Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Karamanos Ch K, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Kassaras I, Makropoulos K (2010). Microseismicity and faulting geometry in central Greece. Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2006 (1st ECEES): Joint Event of the 13th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 30th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission. 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2006 (1st ECEES): Joint Event of the 13th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 30th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission. Geneva, Switzerland. Curran Associates, Inc. ( Mar 2010 ). vol.8 p.5779-5788.
Kokinou E, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Kamperis E, Vallianatos F (2010). Crustal velocity models for the wide area of Crete Island in the southern Hellenic subduction zone. Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2006 (1st ECEES): Joint Event of the 13th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 30th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission. 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2006 (1st ECEES): Joint Event of the 13th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 30th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission. Geneva,Switzerland. Curran Associates, Inc. ( Mar 2010 ). vol.5 p.3112-3121.

2009

Journal Article

Karakostas Vasileios (2009). Seismicity patterns before strong earthquakes in Greece. Acta Geophysica. vol.57 no.2 p.367-386.
Lasocki S, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria (2009). Assessing the role of stress transfer on aftershock locations. Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth,. vol.114 no.11.

2008

Journal Article

Gkarlaouni Ch, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Wen Xue-ze, Jin X. S, Kilias Adamantios, Pan Hua, Yang Jia-liang (2008). Implication of fault interaction to seismic hazard assessment in Sichuan–Yunnan provinces of southeastern China. Acta Seismologica Sinica. vol.21 no.2 p.181-201.
Kilias Adamantios, Tranos Markos, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2008). The recent crustal deformation of the Hellenic orogen in Central Greece; the Kremasta and Sperchios Fault Systems and their relationship with the adjacent large structural features. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften. vol.159 no.3 p.533-547.
Nikolintaga I, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Vallianatos F (2008). The 2006 Kyhtira (Greece), Mw6.7 slab–pull event: tectonic implications and the geometry of the Hellenic Wadati–Benioff zone. Annals of Geophysics. vol.51 no.5/6 p.823-837.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2008). Rupture model of the great AD 365 Crete earthquake in the southwestern part of the Hellenic Arc. Acta Geophysica. vol.56 no.2 p.293-312.

Conference Proceedings Article

Nikolintaga I, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Vallianatos F (2008). The 8 January 2006 Kyhtira earthquake and its aftershocks. 3o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής και Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας. 3o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής και Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας. Αθήνα, Ελλάδα.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Lasocki S, Mirek J, Kilias Adamantios (2008). Coulomb stress changes and earthquake triggering.- An application to the broader Aegean area. 3o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής και Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας. 3o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής και Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας. Αθήνα, Ελλάδα.

2007

Journal Article

Baskoutas I, Papadopoulos G. Α, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria (2007). Recent 2005–2006 strong seismic activity in Greece under the aspect of seismicity parameters temporal variation analysis. Bulletin Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXX p.1056-1062.
Gospodinov D, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Ranguelov B (2007). Analysis of relaxation temporal patterns in Greece through the Retas model approach. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. vol.165 p.158-175.
Karamanos Ch K, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Sachpazi M (2007). Earthquake relocation in the western termination of the North Aegean Trough. Bulletin Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXX p.1091-1102.
Messini A. D, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Baskoutas I (2007). Stress interaction between thrust faults along the SW Hellenic Arc (Greece). Bulletin Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXX p.386-398.
Nikolintaga I, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Vallianatos F, Panopoulou G (2007). Velocity models inferred from P–waves travel time curves in south Aegean. Bull. Geol. Soc. Greece. Bulletin Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXX p.1187-1198.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Tranos Markos, Ranguelov B, Gospodinov D (2007). Static stress changes associated with normal faulting earthquakes in South Balkan area. International Journal of Earth Sciences. vol.96 no.5 p.911-924.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Kilias Adamantios (2007). Application for source parameters calculation as input for static stress changes studies. Bulletin Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXX no.2008 p.2019.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Garlaouni C. G, Jin X. S, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Yang J (2007). Application of the stress evolutionary model along the Xiaojiang fault zone in Yunnan Province, Southeast China. Acta Geophysica. Warsaw, Poland. Versita. vol.55 no.4 p.577-593.
Skarlatoudis Andreas, Papazachos Konstantinos, Margaris Basil N, Theodulidis Nikolaos, Papaioannou Christos, Kalogeras I, Scordilis Emmanuel, Karakostas Vasileios (2007). Empirical peak ground-motion predictive relations for shallow earthquakes in Greece (vol 93, pg 2591, 2003). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. EL CERRITO; PLAZA PROFESSIONAL BLDG, SUITE 201, EL CERRITO, CA 94530 USA. SEISMOLOGICAL SOC AMER. vol.97 no.6 p.2219-2221.

Conference Proceedings Article

Gospodinov D, Ranguelov B, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2007). Exploratory application of a compound poisson process to model aftershock energy release after the Denali fault M7.9 earthquake, November 3, 2002, Alaska. Proceedings of the International Symposium on modern technologies, education and professional practice in geodesy and related fields. International Symposium on Modern Technologies, Education and Professional Practice in Geodesy and Related fields. Sofia, Bulgaria.

2006

Journal Article

Console R, Rhoades D. A, Murru M, Evison F. F, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2006). Comparative performance of time–invariant, long–range and short–range forecasting models on the earthquake catalogue of Greece. Journal of Geophysical Research. vol.111 no.B09304.
Kokinou E, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Kamberis E, Vallianatos F (2006). The Kefalonia transform zone (offshore western Greece) with special emphasis to its prolongation towards the Ionian abyssal plain. Marine Geophysical Researchers. vol.27 p.241-252.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2006). Earthquake generation in Cyprus revealed by the evolving stress field. Tectonophysics. vol.423 p.61-72.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Evison F. F, Rhoades D. A, Karakostas Vasileios, Console R, Murru M (2006). Long–term seismogenesis in Greece: Comparison of the evolving stress field and precursory scale increase approaches. Journal of Geophysical Research. vol.111 no.B05318 p.1-18.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Tranos Markos, Ranguelov B, Gospodinov D (2006). Static stress changes associated with normal faulting earthquakes in South Balkan area. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol Rundsch). vol.96 p.911-924.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Tranos Markos, Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakaisis Georgios (2006). Microearthquake study of the broader Thessaloniki area (Northern Greece). Annals of Geophysics. Bologna. Editrice Compositori Bologna. vol.49 no.4-5 p.1081-1093.

Book Chapter

Tranos Markos, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Kachev V. N, Ranguelov B. K, Gospodinov D (2006). Major active faults of SW Bulgaria: implications of their geometry, kinematics and the active stress regime. Tectonic Development of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (eds) Robertson, A. H. F., Mountrakis, D. Brassmill. Geological Society London. vol.260 p.671-687.

Conference Proceedings Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Gospodinov D, Ranguelov B (2006). Slip distribution of the 1928 Chirpan and Plovdiv main shocks and earthquake triggering. Proceedings of the VIth International Scientific Conference on Modern Management of Mine Producing, Geology and Environmental Protection “Surveying Geology-Ecology-Management” SGEM 2006. VIth International Scientific Conference on Modern Management of Mine Producing, Geology and Environmental Protection “Surveying Geology-Ecology-Management” SGEM 2006. Albena Resort, Bulgaria. p.119-127.

2005

Journal Article

Gospodinov D, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria (2005). Stochastic modelling of the relaxation process after the M=9.0, Sumatra earthquake of December 26, 2004; Preliminary analysis. Journal of the Balkan Geophysics Society. vol.8 p.327-330.
Karakostas Vasileios (2005). Seismicity patterns before the occurrence of the 13 May 1995, M6.6 Kozani-Grevena earthquake. Bulletin Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXVII p.245-253.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Sourlas G, Karakostas Vasileios (2005). Seismicity variations in southern Aegean, Greece, before and after the large (Mw7.7) 1956 Amorgos earthquake due to the evolving stress. Pure Applied Geophysics. vol.162 p.783-804.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2005). Occurrence patterns of strong earthquakes in Thessalia area (Greece) determined by the stress evolutionary model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. vol.235 p.766-770.

Conference Proceedings Article

Gospodinov D, Ranguelov B, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2005). Statistical methods to analyze seismicity interaction in neighbor zones; Application to simulated data. The Anniversary Scientific Conference “80 Years Bulgarian Geological Society”. The Anniversary Scientific Conference “80 Years Bulgarian Geological Society”. Sofia, Bulgaria.
Gospodinov D, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria (2005). Stochastic modeling of the relaxation process after the M=9.0, Sumatra earthquake of December 26, 2004; Preliminary analysis. Proceedings of the 4th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society. 4th Congress of the Balkan Geophysical Society. Bucharest, Romania. vol.8 p.327-330.
Karakostas Vasileios (2005). Seismicity Patterns Before the Occurrence of the Great Sumatra–Andaman–Nicobar Islands Earthquake and the main characteristics of the aftershock sequence. 22nd International Tsunami Symposium. 22nd International Tsunami Symposium. Chania,Greece. p.104-112.

2004

Journal Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos Konstantinos (2004). Properties of the 2003 Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece, earthquake seismic sequence and seismicity triggering. Bulletin Seismological Society America. vol.94 no.5 p.1976-1981.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Xueze Wen, Karakostas Vasileios, Xueshen Jin (2004). Earthquake triggering along the Xianshuihe fault zone of western Sichuan, China. Pure Applied Geophysics. vol.161 no.8 p.1683-1707.
Scordilis Emmanuel, Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios (2004). Accelerating seismic crustal deformation before strong mainshocks in Adriatic and its importance for earthquake prediction. Journal of Seismology. vol.8 p.57-70.

Conference Proceedings Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Baba A. B (2004). Seismicity behavior in Taiwan region associated with the large (Mw7.7) 1999 Chi–Chi earthquake. 3rd ICCE Conference. 3rd ICCE. Beijing, Republic of China.
Paradeisopoulou Parthena, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Tranos Markos, Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakaisis Georgios (2004). Microearthquake study of the broader Thessaloniki area. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology. 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology. (eds) Chatzipetros, A., Pavlides, S. Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki, Greece. p.623-626.
Ranguelov B, Dimitrova S, Gospodinov D, Spassov E, Lamykina G, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios (2004). Fractal properties of the south Balkans seismotectonic model for seismic hazard assessment. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, 14-20April 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece. (eds) Chatzipetros, A. and Pavlides, S. Thessaloniki, Greece. p.643-646.

2003

Journal Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakaisis Georgios, Papazachos Konstantinos, Scordilis Emmanuel, Vargemezis Georgios, Aidona Eleni (2003). The 2001 Skyros, Northern Aegean, Greece, earthquake sequence: Off - fault aftershocks, tectonic implications, and seismicity triggering. Geophysical Research Letters. vol.30 no.1 p.1012-1015.
Skarlatoudis Andreas, Papazachos Konstantinos, Margaris Basil N, Theodulidis Nikolaos, Papaioannou Christos, Kalogeras I, Scordilis Emmanuel, Karakostas Vasileios (2003). Empirical peak ground-motion predictive relations for shallow earthquakes in Greece. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. vol.93 no.6 p.2591-2603.

2002

Journal Article

Papazachos Basil, Karakostas Vasileios, Kiratzi Anastasia, Margaris Vasilis, Papazachos Konstantinos, Scordilis Emmanuel (2002). The advantage of determination of earthquake magnitudes in Greece in the local scale, Reply to the comment of N. Ambraseys. Journal of Seismology. vol.6 no.4 p.589-591.
Papazachos Basil C, Karakostas Vasileios, Kiratzi Anastasia, Margaris Basil N, Papazachos Konstantinos, Scordilis Emmanuel (2002). Uncertainties in the estimation of earthquake magnitudes in Greece. Journal of Seismology. vol.6 no.4 p.557-570.

Conference Proceedings Article

Papazachos B. C, Savvaidis A. S, Karakaisis Georgios, Papazachos Konstantinos, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Scordilis Emmanuel, Karakostas Vasileios (2002). Premonitory clustering of shocks in critical regions. Proceedings of XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC). XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC). Genoa, Italy.
Scordilis Emmanuel, Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios (2002). Accelerating seismic crustal deformation before strong mainshocks in Adriatic and its importance for earthquake prediction. Proceedings of XXVIII General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC). Genoa, Italy.
Vlastos S, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakostas Vasileios (2002). Determination of seismic lineaments in the Aegean area and deformation velocities. Proceedings of 11th General Assembly of the Wegener Project. 11th General Assembly of the Wegener Project. Athens, Greece.

2001

Journal Article

Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Papazachos B. C (2001). Rupture zones in the area of the 17.08.99 Ιzmit (NW Turkey) large earthquake (Mw7.4) and stress changes caused by its generation. Journal of Seismology. vol.5 p.269-276.
Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Baba A. B (2001). Possible triggering of strong earthquakes in a seismic sequence due to Coulomb stress changes generated by the occurrence of previous strong shocks. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXIV p.1539-1546.
Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakostas Vasileios, Karakaisis Georgios, Papaioannou Christos (2001). The Athens 1999 mainshock (Mw=5.9) and the evolution of its aftershock sequence. Bullettin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.XXXIV no.4 p.1581-1586.

Conference Proceedings Article

Παπαζάχος Βασίλης Κ, Καρακώστας Βασίλειος, Κυρατζή Αναστασία, Μάργαρης Βασίλης Ν, Παπαζάχος Κωνσταντίνος, Σκορδύλης Εμμανουήλ (2001). Η καταλληλότητα των κλιμάκων μεγέθους που χρησιμοποιούνται στον καθορισμό σχέσεων υπολογισμού των παραμέτρων της ισχυρής σεισμικής κίνησης στην Ελλάδα. 2o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής και Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας. 2o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Αντισεισμικής Μηχανικής και Τεχνικής Σεισμολογίας. Thessaloniki,Greece. vol.1 p.55-64.

2000

Journal Article

Baba A. B, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos B. C, Papaioannou C. A, Karakostas Vasileios (2000). Unified local magnitude scale for earthquakes of south Balkan area. Pure and Applied Geophysics. Basel, Switzerland. Birkhauser Verlag. vol.157 no.5 p.765-783.
Brodsky E. E, Karakostas Vasileios, Kanamori Hiroo (2000). A new observation of dynamically triggered regional seismicity: Earthquakes in Greece following the August, 1999 Izmit, Turkey earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. vol.27 no.17 p.2741-2744.
Hatzfeld D, Karakostas Vasileios, Ziazia M, Kassaras I, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Makropoulos K, Voulgaris N, Papaioannou Ch (2000). Microseismicity and faulting geometry in the Gulf of Corinth. Geophysical Journal International. vol.141 no.2 p.438-456.
Papazachos Basil, Karakaisis Georgios, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Karakostas Vasileios, Kiratzi Anastasia, Leventakis Georgios, Margaris Basil, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papaioannou Christos, Papazachos Konstantinos, et al (2000). A procedure to assess the evolution of a seismic sequence. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences /Annales Geologiques des Pays Helleniques. vol.38 p.119-128.
Papazachos Basil C, Karakostas Vasileios, Papazachos Konstantinos, Scordilis Emmanuel (2000). The geometry of the Wadati-Benioff zone and lithospheric kinematics in the Hellenic arc. Tectonophysics. vol.319 no.4 p.275-300.

1999

Journal Article

Haslinger F, Kissling E, Ansorge J, Hatzfeld D, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Makropoulos K, Kahle H.-G, Peter Y (1999). 3D crustal structure from local earthquake tomography around the Gulf of Arta (Ionian region, NW Greece). Tectonophysics. vol.304 no.3 p.201-218.

1998

Journal Article

Hatzfeld D, Karakostas Vasileios, Ziazia M, Selvaggi G, Leborgne S, Berge C, Makropoulos Kostas Christou (1998). The Kozani–Grevena (Greece) earthquake of May 13, 1995. A seismological study. Journal of Geodynamics. vol.26 p.245-254.
Papazachos B. C, Karakostas Vasileios, Kiratzi Anastasia, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos Konstantinos (1998). A model for the 1995 Kozani-Grevena seismic sequence. Journal of Geodynamics. vol.26 p.217-231.
Papazachos Konstantinos, Karakostas Vasileios, Scordilis Emmanuel (1998). Crustal and upper mantle structure of the Kozani-Grevena area obtained by non-linear inversion of P and S travel times. Journal of Geodynamics. vol.26 no.2-4 p.353-365.

Book Chapter

Σκορδύλης Εμμανουήλ, Καρακώστας Βασίλειος, Δημητρίου Π. Π (1998). Σεισμικότητα της Ελλάδας. Τιμητικός τόμος αφιερωμένος στον καθηγητή Β.Κ. Παπαζάχο. Βασικά Αποτελέσματα της Σεισμολογικής Έρευνας στην Ελλάδα. (ed.) Εργαστήριο Γεωφυσικής ΑΠΘ. Θεσσαλονίκη. εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ. p.17-48.

Conference Proceedings Article

Papazachos B, Karakostas Vasileios, Kiratzi Anastasia, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos Konstantinos (1998). Properties of the rupture associated with the 1995 Kozani – Grevena earthquake sequence. Proceedings of the International Conference: The 13 May Kozani-Grevena earthquake- Scientific and social aspects. International Conference: The 13 May Kozani-Grevena earthquake- Scientific and social aspects. p.69-91.

1997

Journal Article

Bernard P, Briole P, Meyer B, Lyon-Caen H, Gomez J. –M, Tiberi C, Berge C, Cattin R, Hatzfeld D, Lachet C, Lebrun B, et al (1997). The Ms=6.2 June 15, 1995 Aigion earthquake (Greece): evidence for low angle normal faulting in the Corinth rift. Journal of Seismology. vol.1 no.2 p.131-150.
Hatzfeld D, Karakostas Vasileios, Ziazia M, Selvaggi G, Leborgne S, Berge C, Guiguet R, Paul Anne, Voidomatis P, Diagourtas Dimitris, Kassaras Ioannis, et al (1997). The Kozani-Grevena (Greece) earthquake of 13 May 1995 revisited from a detailed seismological study. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. vol.87 no.2 p.463-473.
Papazachos Basil C, Kiratzi Anastasia, Karakostas Vasileios (1997). Toward a homogeneous moment magnitude determination for earthquakes in Greece and the surrounding area. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. EL CERRITO; PLAZA PROFESSIONAL BLDG, SUITE 201, EL CERRITO, CA 94530. SEISMOLOGICAL SOC AMER. vol.87 no.2 p.474-483.

1996

Journal Article

Hatzfeld D, Kementzetzidou Despoina, Karakostas Vasileios, Ziazia M, Nothard S, Diagourtas Dimitris, Deschamps Anne, Karakaisis Georgios, Papadimitriou P, Scordilis Emmanuel, Smith R, et al (1996). The Galaxidi earthquake of 18 November 1992: A possible asperity within the normal fault system of the gulf of Corinth. Bulletin Seismological Society America. vol.86 no.6 p.1897-1991.
Papazachos B. C, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios, Scordilis Emmanuel, Karakaisis Georgios, Papaioannou Ch A, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Kiratzi Anastasia, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Leventakis Georgios, Voidomatis Ph S, et al (1996). Focal properties of the 13 May 1995 large (Ms=6.6) earthquake in the Kozani area (north Greece). Bulletin of Geological Society of Greece. vol.6 p.96-106.

1995

Journal Article

Hatzfeld D, Nord J, Paul A, Guiguet R, Briole P, Ruegg J.-C, Cattin R, Armijo R, Meyer B, Hubert A, Bernard P, et al (1995). The Kozani-Grevena (Greece) earthquake of May 13, 1995, Ms = 6.6. Preliminary results of a field multidisciplinary survey. Seismological Research Letters. vol.66 no.6 p.61-70.
Papazachos B. C, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios, Scordilis Emmanuel, Karakaisis Georgios, Papaioannou Ch A, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Kiratzi Anastasia, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Leventakis Georgios, Voidomatis Ph S, et al (1995). Generation process of the Kozani-Grevena mainshoc of May 13, 1995 (M=6.6) and its seismic sequence. Geotechnical Bulletin. vol.73 p.54-64.

1994

Journal Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Hatzfeld D, Makaris D. I, Makropoulos K. C, Diagourtas D, Papaioannou Christos, Stavrakakis G. N, Drakopoulos J. C, Papazachos Basil C (1994). The aftershock sequence and focal properties of the July 14, 1993 (Ms=5.4) Patras earthquake. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.30 no.5 p.167-174.

Conference Proceedings Article

Barakou T, Delibasis N, Ziazia M, Karantonis G, Voulgaris N, Berckhemer H, Baier B, Karakostas Vasileios, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios (1994). Seismicity and seismotectonics of the north Aegean Sea. Preliminary results from the north Aegean Sea Network (NASN). Proceeding of XXIV General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC). XXIV General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC). Athens, Greece. vol.I p.485-496.

1993

Conference Proceedings Article

Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Scordilis Emmanuel, Kiratzi Anastasia, Diagourtas D, Papadimitriou P, Voulgaris N, Ziazia M (1993). The spatial distribution of the aftershocks and the focal mechanism of the Galaxidi earthquake (central Greece) of November 18, 1992. Πρακτικά 2ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. 2ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. Φλώρινα,Ελλάδα. vol.1 p.309-317.
Karakostas Vasileios, Scordilis Emmanuel, Papaioannou Christos, Papazachos Basil C, Mountrakis Dimosthenis (1993). Focal properties of the October 16, 1988 Killini earthquake (Western Greece). Πρακτικά 2ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. 2ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. Φλώρινα,Ελλάδα. p.136-145.
Karakostas Vasileios, Karakaisis Georgios, Papaioannou Christos, Baskoutas J, Papazachos Basil C, Drakopoulos J (1993). Preliminary study of the focal properties of the Pyrgos 1993 earthquake (NW Peloponnese-Greece). Πρακτικά 2ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. Φλώρινα,Ελλάδα. vol.1 p.418-426.
Kementzetzidou Despoina, Bernard P, Bouin M, Dervin P, Diagourtas D, Hatzfeld D, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Nothard S, Papadimitriou P, Scordilis Emmanuel, et al (1993). The 1992, November 18 Galaxidi earthquake, an aftershock study. Πρακτικά 2ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. 2ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Ένωσης Γεωφυσικών Ελλάδας. Φλώρινα, Ελλάδα. vol.1 p.349-357.

1988

Journal Article

Papazachos B, Kiratzi Anastasia, Karakostas Vasileios, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios, Scordilis Emmanuel, Mountrakis Dimosthenis (1988). Surface fault traces, fault plane solution and spatial distribution of the aftershocks of the September 13, 1986 earthquake of Kalamata (Southern Greece). Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH. Birkhäuser-Verlag. vol.126 no.1 p.55-68.

Conference Proceedings Article

Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Karakaisis Georgios, Papazachos B. C (1988). A seismicity premonitory pattern in the southern Aegean sea. European Seismological Commission XIX General Assembly. European Seismological Commission XIX General Assembly. Moscow, Russia. p.66-70.

1987

Journal Article

Papazachos B. C, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Comninakis P. E, Tassos S. T (1987). Contribution of the study of anomalous variations of the geoelectric field to the earthquake prediction. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. vol.19 p.401-430.
Papazachos Basil C, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Karakostas Vasileios (1987). Seismic fracture zones in the Aegean and surrounding area. Bolletino di Geofisica Teorica et Applicata. vol.XXIX p.75-83.

1986

Journal Article

Karakostas Vasileios, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Karakaisis Georgios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos B. C (1986). Evidence for long term precursors of strong earthquakes in the north-easternmost part of the Aegean sea. Earthquake Prediction Research. vol.4 p.155-164.

Conference Proceedings Article

Papazachos Basil C, Kiratzi Anastasia, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Karakostas Vasileios (1986). Seismotectonic properties of the Aegean area that restrict valid geodynamic models. 2nd Wegener/Medlas Conference. 2nd Wegener/Medlas Conference. Athens, Greece, Held at Dionysos Satellite Observatory. Hellenic Committee of Geodesy and Geophysics.

1985

Journal Article

Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Scordilis Emmanuel, Papazachos B. C (1985). Seismic sequences in Greece interpreted in terms of barrier model. Nature. vol.315 no.6016 p.212-214.
Papazachos B. C, Koutitas Christoforos, Hatzidimitriou Panagiotis, Karakostas Vasileios, Papaioannou Ch A (1985). Source and short distance propagation of the July 9, 1956, southern Aegean tsunami. Marine Geology. vol.65 no.3-4 p.343-351.
Rocca A. Ch, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Kiratzi Anastasia, Scordilis Emmanuel, Papazachos Basil C (1985). Further evidence on the strike-slip faulting of northern Aegean trough based on properties of the August-November 1983 seismic sequence. Bolletino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata. vol.XXVII no.106 p.101-109.
Scordilis Emmanuel, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios, Comninakis P. E, Papazachos B. C (1985). Evidence for transform faulting in the Ionian sea: The Cephalonia island earthquake sequence of 1983. Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH. Birkhäuser-Verlag. vol.123 no.3 p.388-397.

Conference Proceedings Article

Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Karakaisis Georgios, Papazachos B. C (1985). Space-time patterns of seismicity in the Aegean and surrounding area. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on the Analysis of Seismicity and Seismic Risk. 3rd International Symposium on the Analysis of Seismicity and Seismic Risk. Liblice, Czechoslovakia. p.40-45.
Papazachos B. C, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakostas Vasileios, Karakaisis Georgios (1985). Long-term prediction of great intermediate-depth earthquakes in Greece. Proceedings of the 12th Regional Seminar on Earthquake Engineering. 12th Regional Seminar on Earthquake Engineering. Halkidiki, Greece.

1984

Journal Article

Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Papazachos B. C (1984). Properties of the 1979 Monte Negro (southwest Yugoslavia) seismic sequence. Pure and Applied Geophysics. vol.122 p.25-35.

Conference Proceedings Article

Papadimitriou Eleftheria, Karakaisis Georgios, Karakostas Vasileios, Papazachos B. C (1984). Earthquake prediction and related studies in the area of Greece. Συνέδριο «Σεισμοί και Κατασκευές». Συνέδριο «Σεισμοί και Κατασκευές». Αθήνα, Ελλάδα. p.275-295.

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Drakatos G, Voulgaris N, Pirli M, Melis N, Karakostas Vasileios. 3–D crustal velocity structure in northwestern Greece. Pure and Applied Geophysics. vol.162 p.37-51.

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