Earthquake hazard mapping in the Maghreb countries: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1151-1164

  Benouar, Djillali ^a   Molas, Gilbert L ^b   Yamazaki, Fumio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algeria; Maghreb countries; Mapping; Morocco; Seismic hazard; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MAPPING; MAPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE DATA CATALOGUE; ECONOMIC LIFE TIME; MAGHREB COUNTRIES; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; SEISMIC HAZARD MAPS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MAP; MAPPING; SEISMIC HAZARD MAP;

ALGERIA; MOROCCO; TUNISIA;

EID: 0030268537     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(199610)25:10<1151::AID-EQE580>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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