Active faulting in the Gulf of Aqaba: New knowledge from the MW 7.3 earthquake of 22 November 1995

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1025-1036

  Klinger, Yann ^a   Rivera, Luis ^a   Haessler, Henri ^a   Maurin, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0033402779     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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