International Journals
[1] Brooks, M., Clews, J.E., Melis, N.S. and Underhill, J.R., 1988. Structural development of Neogene basins in western Greece. Basin Research, 1, 129-138, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.1988.tb00010.x.
[2] Melis, N.S., Brooks, M. and Pearce, R.G., 1989. A microearthquake study in the Gulf of Patras region, western Greece, and its seismotectonic interpretation. Geophys. J., 98, 515-524, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02286.x.
[3] Melis, N.S., Burton, P.W. and Brooks, M., 1995. Coseismic crustal deformation from microseismicity in the Patras area, western Greece. Geophys. J. Int., 122, 815-836, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb06840.x.
[4] Burton, P.W., Melis, N.S. and Brooks, M., 1995. Coseismic crustal deformation on a fault zone defined by microseismicity in the Pavliani area, central Greece. Geophys. J. Int., 123, 16-40, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb06659.x.
[5] Tselentis, G-A. and Melis, N.S., 1996. A note on evaluating VAN earthquake predictions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 1411-1414, doi: 10.1029/96GL00585.
[6] Tselentis, G-A., Melis, N.S., Sokos, E. and Papatsimpa, K., 1996. The Egion June 15, 1995 (6.2 ML) earthquake, western Greece. Pure Appl. Geophys., 147, 83-98, doi: 10.1007/BF00876437.
[7] Tselentis, G-A., Melis, N.S., Sokos, E. and Beltas, P., 1997. A study of the 1992 winter seismic sequence in the Cephallonia island, western Greece. Pure Appl. Geophys., 150, 75-89, doi: 10.1007/s000240050064.
[8] Melis, N.S. and Tselentis, G-A., 1998. 3-D P-wave velocity structure in western Greece determined from tomography using earthquake data recorded at the University of Patras Seismic Network (PATNET). Pure Appl. Geophys., 152, 329-348, doi: 10.1007/s000240050157.
[9] Baumont, D., Courboulex, F., Scotti, O., Melis, N.S. and Stavrakakis, G.N., 2002. Slip distribution of the Mw 5.9, 1999 Athens earthquake inverted from regional seismological data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 15, doi: 10.1029/2001GL014261. [Q1]
[10] Drakatos, G., Melis, N., Papanastassiou, D., Karastathis, V., Papadopoulos, G. and Stavrakakis, G., 2002. 3-D crustal velocity structure from inversion of local earthquake data in Attiki (central Greece) region. Natural Hazards, 27, (1-2), 1-14, doi: 10.1023/A:1019964408943. [Q2]
[11] Benetatos, Ch., Roumelioti, Z., Kiratzi, A. and Melis, N., 2002. Source parameters of the M 6.5 Skyros island (North Aegean Sea) earthquake of July 26, 2001. Annals of Geophysics, 45(3), 513 - 526, doi: 10.4401/ag-3525. [Q2]
[12] Roumelioti, Z., Kiratzi, A. and Melis, N., 2003. Relocation of the July 26, 2001 Skyros island (Greece) earthquake sequence using the double-difference technique. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior, 138, 231 – 239, doi: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00138-9. [Q1]
[13] Roumelioti, Z., Benetatos, Ch., Kiratzi, A., Stavrakakis, G. and Melis, N., 2004. A study of the 2 December 2002 (M5.5) Vartholomio (western Peloponnese, Greece) earthquake and of its largest aftershocks. Tectonophysics, 387, 65-74, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.06.008. [Q1]
[14] Baumont D., Scotti, O., Courboulex, F. and Melis, N., 2004. Complex kinematic rupture of the Mw 5.9, 1999 Athens earthquake as revealed by the joint inversion of regional seismological and SAR data. Geophys. J. Int., 158, 1078-1087, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02374.x. [Q1]
[15] Drakatos, G., Voulgaris, N., Pirli, M., Melis, N. and Karakostas, B., 2005. 3-D crustal velocity structure in Northwestern Greece. PAGEOPH, 162, 37-51, doi: 10.1007/s00024-004-2578-2. [Q2]
[16] Drakatos G., Petro, L., Ganas, A., Melis, N., Kostak, B., Kontny, B., Cacon, S. and Stercz, M., 2005. Monitoring of strain accumulation along active faults in the Eastern Gulf of Corinth: Instrumentation and Network setup. Acta Geodynamica and Geomaterialia, IRSM CAS, v. 2, No 1 (137), pp. 13-23. [Q3]
[17] Koutsoukos, E. and Melis, N., 2005. A horizontal component broadband seismic sensor based on an inverted pendulum. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 95, 6, 2462-2471, doi: 10.1785/0120050040. [Q1]
[18] Melis, N.S. and Konstantinou, K.I., 2006. Near real-time seismic monitoring in the Greek region: An example of the October 17, 2005 East Aegean Sea earthquake sequence. Seism. Res. Lett., 77, 3, 364-370, doi:10.1785/gssrl.77.3.364. [Q1]
[19] Konstantinou, K.I., Kalogeras, I.S., Melis, N.S., Kourouzidis, M.C. and Stavrakakis, G.N., 2006. The January 8, 2006 earthquake (Mw 6.7) offshore Kythira Island, southern Greece: Seismological, strong motion and macroseismic observations of an intermediate depth event. Seism. Res. Lett., 77, 5, 544-553, doi:10.1785/gssrl.77.5.544. [Q1]
[20] Ganas, A., Bosy, J., Petro, L., Drakatos, G., Kotny, B., Stercz, M., Melis, N.S., Cacon, S. and Kiratzi, A., 2007. Monitoring active structures in Eastern Corinth Gulf (Greece): The Kaparelli fault. Acta Geodyn. Geomater., 4, 1, 145, 67-75. [Q3]
[21] Koutsoukos, E.Th. and Melis, N.S., 2007. Broadening the response of short-period sensors: An application to the Sprengnether S-7000 seismometer. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 4, 1212-1220, doi: 10.1785/0120060211. [Q1]
[22] Konstantinou, K.I. and Melis, N. S., 2008. High-frequency shear wave propagation across the Hellenic subduction zone. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 2, 797-803, doi: 10.1785/0120060238. [Q1]
[23] Evangelidis, C.P., Konstantinou, K.I., Melis, N.S., Charalambakis, M. and Stavrakakis, G.N., 2008. Waveform relocation and focal mechanism analysis of an earthquake swarm in the Trichonis Lake, western Greece. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 2, 804-811, doi: 10.1785/0120070185. [Q1]
[24] Konstantinou, K.I., Lee, S.J., Evangelidis, C.P. and Melis, N.S., 2009. Source process and tectonic implications of the 8 January 2006 (Mw 6.7) Kythira earthquake, southern Greece, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 175, 167-182, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.010. [Q1]
[25] Konstantinou, K.I., Melis, N.S., Lee, S.J., Evangelidis, C.P. and Boukouras, K., 2009. Rupture Process and Aftershocks Relocation of the 8 June 2008 Mw 6.4 Earthquake in Northwest Peloponnese, Western Greece. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 99, 6, 3374-3389, doi: 10.1785/0120080301. [Q1]
[26] Konstantinou, K.I., Melis, N.S. and Boukouras, K., 2010. Routine Regional Moment Tensor Inversion for Earthquakes in the Greek Region: The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) Database (2001-2006). Seism. Res. Lett., 81, 5, 750-760, doi: 10.1785/gssrl.81.5.750. [Q1]
[27] Konstantinou, K.I., Evangelidis, C.P. and Melis, N.S., 2011. The 8 June 2008 Mw 6.4 Earthquake in Northwest Peloponnese, Western Greece: A Case of Fault Reactivation in an Overpressured Lower Crust? Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 101, 1, 438-445, doi: 10.1785/0120100074. [Q1]
[28] Rontogianni, S., Konstantinou, K.I., Melis, N.S. and Evangelidis, C.P., 2011. Slab stress field in the Hellenic subduction zone as inferred from intermediate depth earthquakes. Earth, Planets and Space, Letter, 63, 2, 139-144, doi: 10.5047/eps.2010.11.011. [Q2]
[29] Evangelidis, C. P., Liang, W.-T., Melis, N.S., and Konstantinou, K.I., 2011. Shear wave anisotropy beneath the Aegean inferred from SKS splitting observations. J. Geophys. Res., 116, B04314, doi: 10.1029/2010JB007884. [Q1]
[30] Chouliaras, G., Drakatos, G., Makropoulos, K. and Melis, N.S., 2012. Recent seismicity detection increase in the Santorini volcanic island complex. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 859-866, doi: 10.5194/nhess-12-859-2012. [Q1]
[31] Evangelidis, C. P. and Melis, N.S., 2012. Ambient Noise Levels in Greece as Recorded at the Hellenic Unified Seismic Network. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 102, 6, 2507-2517, doi: 10.1785/0120110319. [Q1]
[32] Chouliaras, G., Melis, N.S., Drakatos, G. and Makropoulos, K., 2013. Operational network improvements and increased reporting in the NOA (Greece) seismicity catalog. Adv. Geosci., 36, 7-9, doi: 10.5194/adgeo-36-7-2013. [Q2]
[33] Konstantinou, K.I., Evangelidis, C.P., Liang, W.-T., Melis, N.S. and Kalogeras, I., 2013. Seismicity, Vp/Vs and shear wave anisotropy variations during the 2011 unrest at Santorini caldera, southern Aegean. J. Vol. and Geoth. Res., 267, 57-67, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.10.00110. [Q1]
[34] Daskalakis, E., Evangelidis, C.P., Garnier, J., Melis, N.S., Papanicolaou, G. and Tsogka, C., 2016. Robust seismic velocity change estimation using ambient noise recordings. Geophys. J. Int., 205, 1926–1936, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw142. [Q1]
[35] Potirakis, S.M., Contoyiannis, Y., Melis, N.S., Kopanas, J., Antonopoulos, G., Balasis, G., Kontoes, C., Nomicos, C. and Eftaxias, K., 2016. Recent seismic activity at Cephalonia (Greece): a study through candidate electromagnetic precursors in terms of non-linear dynamics. Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 23, 223–240, doi: 10.5194/npg-23-223-201610.1016. [Q3]
[36] Konstantinou, K.I. and Melis, N.S., 2018. The relationship between local and moment magnitude in Greece during the period 2008–2016. Pure Appl. Geophys., 175, 731–740, doi: 10.1007/s00024-017-1750-4. [Q2]
[37] Balasis, G., Daglis, I.A., Contoyiannis, Y., Potirakis, S.M., Papadimitriou, C., Melis, N.S., Giannakis, O., Papaioannou, A., Anastasiadis, A. and Kontoes, C., 2018. Observation of intermittency-induced critical dynamics in geomagnetic field time series prior to the intense magnetic storms of March, June, and December 2015. J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys., 123, 4594–4613, doi: 10.1002/2017JA025131. [Q2]
[38] Potirakis, S.M., Alexander Schekotov, A., Contoyiannis, Y., Balasis, G., Koulouras, G.E., Melis, N.S., Boutsi, A.Z., Hayakawa, M., Eftaxias, K. and Nomicos, C. 2019. On Possible Electromagnetic Precursors to a Significant Earthquake (Mw = 6.3) Occurred in Lesvos (Greece) on 12 June 2017. Entropy, 21 (3), 241, doi: 10.3390/e21030241. [Q2]
[39] Daskalakis, E., Panagiotopoulos, C.G., Tsogka, C., Melis, N.S. and Kalogeras, I., 2019. Stretching Method-Based Operational Modal Analysis of An Old Masonry Lighthouse. Sensors, 19, 3599, doi: 10.3390/s19163599. [Q1]
[40] Melis, N.S., Okal, E.A., Synolakis, C.E., Kalogeras, I.S. and Kanoglou, U., 2020. The Chios, Greece Earthquake of 23 July 1949: Seismological Reassessment and Tsunami Investigations. PAGEOPH, 177, 1295-1313, doi: 10.1007/s00024-019-02410-1. [Q2]
[41] Boore, D.M., Stewart, J.P., Skarlatoudis, A.A., Seyhan, E., Margaris, B., Theodoulidis, N., Scordilis, E., Kalogeras, I., Klimis, N. and Melis, N.S., 2021. A ground-motion prediction model for shallow crustal earthquakes in Greece. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111 (2), pp. 857-874, doi: 10.1785/0120200270. [Q1]
[42] Evangelidis, C.P., Triantafyllis, N., Samios, M., Boukouras, K., Kontakos, K., Ktenidou, O.J., Fountoulakis, I., Kalogeras, I., Melis, N.S., Galanis, O., Papazachos, C.B., Hatzidimitriou, P., Scordilis, E., Sokos, E., Paraskevopoulos, P., Serpetsidaki, A., Kaviris, G., Kapetanidis, V., Papadimitriou, P., Voulgaris, N., Kassaras, I., Chatzopoulos, G., Makris, I., Vallianatos, F., Kostantinidou, K., Papaioannou, C., Theodoulidis, N., Margaris, B., Pilidou, S., Dimitriadis, I., Iosif, P., Manakou, M., Roumelioti, Z., Pitilakis, K., Riga, E., Drakatos, G., Kiratzi, A. and Tselentis, G.-A., 2021. Seismic Waveform Data from Greece and Cyprus: Integration, Archival, and Open Access. Seismological Research Letters, 92 (3), pp. 1672-1684, doi: 10.1785/0220200408. [Q1]
[43] Margaris, B., Scordilis, E.M., Stewart, J.P., Boore, D.M., Theodoulidis, N., Kalogeras, I., Melis, N.S., Skarlatoudis, A.A., Klimis, N. and Seyhan, E., 2021. Hellenic Strong-Motion Database with Uniformly Assigned Source and Site Metadata for the Period 1972-2015. Seismological Research Letters, 92 (3), pp. 2065-2080, doi: 10.1785/0220190337. [Q1]
[44] Lentas, K., Gkarlaouni, C.G., Kalligeris, N. and Melis, N.S., 2022. The 30 October 2020, Mw = 7.0, Samos earthquake: aftershock relocation, slip model, Coulomb stress evolution and estimation of shaking. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 20 (2), pp. 819-851, doi: 10.1007/s10518-021-01260-4. [Q1]
[45] Potirakis, S.M., Contoyiannis, Y., Eftaxias, K., Melis, N.S. and Nomicos, C., 2022. Post-spontaneous-symmetry-breaking power-laws after a very strong earthquake: Indication for the preparation of a new strong earthquake or not? Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 589, art. no. 126607, doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2021.126607.[Q2]
[46] Kalligeris, N., Skanavis, V., Melis, N.S., Okal, E.A., Dimitroulia, A., Charalampakis, M., Lynett, P.J. and Synolakis, C.E., 2022. The Mw= 6.6 earthquake and tsunami of south Crete on 2020 May 2. Geophysical Journal International, 230 (1), pp. 480-506 doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac052. [Q1]
[47] Bowden, D.C., Fichtner, A., Nikas, T., Bogris, A., Simos, C., Smolinski, K., Koroni, M., Lentas, K., Simos, I. and Melis, N.S., 2022. Linking Distributed and Integrated Fiber-Optic Sensing. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (16), art. no. e2022GL098727, doi: 10.1029/2022GL098727. [Q1]
[48] Kalligeris, N., Skanavis, V., Charalampakis, M., Melis, N.S., Voukouvalas, E., Annunziato, A. and Synolakis, C.E., 2022. Field survey of the 30 October 2020 Samos (Aegean Sea) tsunami in the Greek islands. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 20 (14), pp. 7873-7905, doi: 10.1007/s10518-021-01250-6. [Q1]
[49] Askan, A., Gülerce, Z., Roumelioti, Z., Sotiriadis, D., Melis, N.S., Altindal, A., Akbaş, B., Sopaci, E., Karimzadeh, S., Kalogeras, I., Theodoulidis, N., Konstantinidou, K., Özacar, A.A., Kale, Ö. and Margaris, B., 2022. The Samos Island (Aegean Sea) M7.0 earthquake: analysis and engineering implications of strong motion data. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 20 (14), pp. 7737-7762, doi: 10.1007/s10518-021-01251-5.[Q1]
[50] Fichtner, A., Bogris, A., Nikas, T., Bowden, D., Lentas, K., Melis, N.S., Simos, C., Simos, I. and Smolinski, K., 2022. Theory of phase transmission fibre-optic deformation sensing. Geophysical Journal International, 231 (2), pp. 1031-1039, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac237. [Q1]
[51] Fichtner, A., Bogris, A., Bowden, D., Lentas, K., Melis, N.S., Nikas, T., Simos, C., Simos, I. and Smolinski, K., 2022. Sensitivity kernels for transmission fibre optics. Geophysical Journal International, 231 (2), pp. 1040-1044, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac238. [Q1]
[52] Bogris, A., Nikas, T., Simos, C., Simos, I., Lentas, K., Melis, Ν.S., Fichtner, A., Bowden, D., Smolinski, K., Mesaritakis, C. and Chochliouros, I., 2022. Sensitive seismic sensors based on microwave frequency fiber interferometry in commercially deployed cables. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), art. no. 14000, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-18130-x. [Q1]
[53] Galasso, C., Zuccolo, E., Aljawhari, K., Cremen, G. and Melis, N.S., 2023. Assessing the potential implementation of earthquake early warning for schools in the Patras region, Greece. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 90, art. no. 103610, doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103610. [Q1]
[54] Melis, N.S., Lentas, K. and Schorlemmer, D., 2023. Seismic monitoring in Greece, 1899-2014: catalogue completeness 1966-2014. Geophysical Journal International, 235 (2), pp. 1049-1063, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad285. [Q1]
[55] Lentas, K., Bowden, D., Melis, N.S., Fichtner, A., Koroni, M., Smolinski, K., Bogris, A., Nikas, T., Simos, C. and Simos, I., 2023. Earthquake location based on Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) as a seismic array. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 344, art. no. 107109, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2023.107109. [Q1]
[56] Maragkou, V., Rangoussi, M., Kalogeras, I. and Melis, N.S., 2023. Educational Seismology through an Immersive Virtual Reality Game: Design, Development and Pilot Evaluation of User Experience. Education Sciences, 13 (11), art. no. 1088, doi: 10.3390/educsci13111088. [Q2]
[57] Malkotsis, F., Papadopoulos, N., Politis, D.Z., Dimakos, D., Exarhos, M., Liadopoulos, E., Contoyiannis, Y., Charitopoulos, A., Kontakos, K., Koulouras, G., Melis, N., Eftaxias, K. and Potirakis, S.M., 2023. ELSEM‑Net, a network of ground‑based telemetric stations for the monitoring of fracture‑induced electromagnetic emissions in Greece: Instrumentation, management and analysis of recent observations associated with strong earthquakes. Annals of Geophysics, 66, 6, SE638, 2023; doi:10.4401/ag-8985. [Q3]
[58] Kapsomenakis, J., Douvis, C., Poupkou, A., Zerefos, S., Solomos, S., Stavraka, T., Melis, N.S., Kyriakidis, E., Kremlis, G. and Zerefos, C., 2023. Climate change threats to cultural and natural heritage UNESCO sites in the Mediterranean. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25 (12), pp. 14519-14544, doi: 10.1007/s10668-022-02677-w. [Q1]
[59] Lentas, K., Gkarlaouni, C., Kalligeris, N. and Melis, N.S., 2024. The 12 October 2021, Mw =6.4, Zakros, Crete earthquake. Journal of Seismology, 28 (1), pp. 39-61, doi: 10.1007/s10950-023-10182-4. [Q2]
Book Chapters
[1] Drakatos, G., Melis, N., Karastathis, V., Papadopoulos, G., Papanastassiou, D. and Stavrakakis, G., 2001. Three-Dimensional P-wave crustal velocity structure beneath Athens region (Greece) using micro-earthquake data. NATO Series: Integration of Earth Science Research on the Turkish and Greek 1999 earthquakes, 127-139, Kluwer Academic Publ., Netherlands, doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-0383-4_10.
[2] Drakatos, G., Stavrakakis, G., Ganas, A., Karastathis, V., Melis, N., Ziazia, M. and Plessa, A.,2004. The 26 July 2001 Skyros (north Aegean Sea, Greece) earthquake. In Earthquake Geodynamics: Seismic Case Studies (Editor E.L. Lekkas), WIT Press Series: Advances in Earthquake Engineering, ISBN 1-85312-996-8, Chapter 6, pages 81-90.
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