The 21 May 2003 Zemmouri (Algeria) earthquake Mw 6.8: Relocation and aftershock sequence analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Bounif, A ^a,b   Dorbath, C ^c   Ayadi, A ^d,e   Meghraoui, M ^f   Beldjoudi, H ^d   Laouami, N ^b   Frogneux, M ^f   Slimani, A ^b   Alasset, P J ^f   Kharroubi, A ^d   Ousadou, F ^d   Chikh, M ^b   Harbi, A ^d,e   Larbes, S ^b   Maouche, S ^d  

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

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

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^f UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

7215 Seismology: Earthquake parameters; 7230 Seismology: Seismicity and seismotectonics; 8102 Tectonophysics: Continental contractional orogenic belts; 8123 Tectonophysics: Dynamics, seismotectonics; 8150 Tectonophysics: Plate boundary general (3040)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ZONES; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS; SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCKS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMIC STATIONS; ZEMMOURI, ALGERIA;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; BOUMERDES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MARITIME ATLAS; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD; ZEMMOURI;

EID: 19944388561     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020586     Document Type: Article

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