Statistical investigation of reservoir-induced seismicity in Aswan area, Egypt

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-356

  Selim, Mahmoud Mohamed ^a,b   Imoto, Masajiro ^c   Hurukawa, Nobuo ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCED SEISMICITY;

AFRICA; ASWAN DAM; ASWAN [EGYPT]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17744365885     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352424     Document Type: Article

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