Seismic behaviour of the Dead Sea fault along Araba Valley, Jordan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 769-782

  Klinger, Y ^a   Avouac, J P ^b   Dorbath, L ^a,c   Karaki, N Abou ^d   Tisnerat, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dead Sea fault; Jordan; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

DEAD SEA; JORDAN;

EID: 0033806449     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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