An indication of time-dependent seismic behavior-an assessment of paleoseismic evidence from the arava fault, Israel

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 767-776

  Leonard, Gideon ^a   Steinberg, David M ^a   Rabinowitz, Nitzan ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; PALAEOSEISMICITY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031753469     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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