The Boumerdes (Algeria) earthquake of May 21, 2003 (Mw = 6.8): Ground deformation and intensity

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 497-506

  Bouhadad, Y ^a,b   Nour, A ^a   Slimani, A ^a   Laouami, N ^a   Belhai, D ^b  

^a Centre National de Recherche Appliquee en Genie Parasismique   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Coseismic uplift; Earthquake; Ground cracks; Intensity; Liquefaction; Offshore; Reverse faulting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMICITY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; BOUMERDES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14244249868     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-004-4838-0     Document Type: Article

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