Source mechanism of the 22/11/1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake and its aftershock sequence

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-114

  Hofstetter, A ^a   Thio, H K ^b   Shamir, G ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b URS Greingr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0037284758     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021206930730     Document Type: Article

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