The earthquake of 1 January 1837 in Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 923-931

  Ambraseys, Nicholas N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Historical earthquake; Magnitude unpublished sources; Middle east; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ISRAEL; LEBANON;

EID: 0031418403     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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