Seismogenic origin of the ancient Avdat ruins, Negev Desert, Israel

Natural Hazards

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-226

  Korjenkov, A M ^a,b   Mazor, E ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ancient cities; Earthquakes; Historical seismicity; Kinematic indicators; Ruins; Seismoarcheology; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0032311456     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026488932377     Document Type: Article

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