Fault location and source process of the Boumerdes, Algeria, earthquake inferred from geodetic and strong motion data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Semmane, Fethi ^a,b   Campillo, Michel ^a   Cotton, Fabrice ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCLEROGRAMS; BOUMERDES EARTHQUAKE; FAULT LOCATION; THENIA FAULT;

GEODESY;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; GEODESY; STRONG MOTION;

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

EID: 16344366080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021268     Document Type: Article

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