Probable origin of the abu dabbab earthquake swarms in the eastern desert of Egypt

Bulletin of the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue , 1998, Pages 25-41

  Ibrahim, Ezzeldin M ^a,b   Yokoyama, Izumi ^b  

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

^b NONE   (Japan)

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