Temporal and spatial variations of microearthquake activity along the Dead Sea Fault, 1984-2004

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Begin, Ze'ev B ^a   Steinitz, Gideon ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17244378955     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/QTVW-HY1E-7XNU-JCLJ     Document Type: Article

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