Attenuation of intensity in the northern part of Egypt associated with the May 28, 1998 Mediterranean earthquake

Acta Geophysica Polonica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-92

  Hassoup, Awad ^a   Tealeb, Ali ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Earthquake intensity; Geological structures

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ISOSEISMAL MAP; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0034027237     PISSN: 00015725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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