Source inversion of the 1993 and 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 279-288

  Pinar, Ali ^a   Türkelli, Niyazi ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complex earthquakes; Dead Sea fault system; Gulf of Aqaba; Source inversion

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA FAULT; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE INVERSION;

RED SEA, GULF OF AQUABA;

EID: 0031430093     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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