Seismicity of the eastern Mediterranean region: Perspective from the Sinai subplate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 293-305

  Salamon, A ^a,c   Hofstetter, A ^b   Garfunkel, Z ^a   Ron, H ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Institute for Petroleum Research and Geophysics Israel   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY;

CYPRUS; EGYPT, SINAI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST, DEAD SEA;

EID: 0030438075     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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