Seismicity and water level variations in the Lake Aswan area in Egypt 1982-1997

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-467

  Hassoup, Awad ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lake Aswan; Seismicity; Water level variation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; LAKE LEVEL; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; WATER LEVEL;

EGYPT;

EID: 0036824985     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021127330804     Document Type: Article

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