A GIS-based assessment of liquefaction potential of the city of Aqaba, Jordan

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-320

  Mansoor, Nasser M ^a   Niemi, Tina M ^b   Misra, Anil ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqaba; Dead Sea Transform; Earthquake; GIS; Jordan; Liquefication

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; GIS; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMIC HAZARD;

AQABA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JORDAN; MA'AN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12444324607     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/10.4.297     Document Type: Article

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