Temporal and three dimensional spatial analysis of seismicity in the Lake Aswan area, Egypt

Acta Geophysica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-166

  Awad, Hassoup ^a   Mekkawi, Mahmoud ^a   Hassib, Gaber ^a   Elbohoty, Mohamed ^a  

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

Author keywords

Faults; Seismicity of the Lake Aswan; Shallow earthquakes

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DEGREE OF CLUSTERING; SEISMICITY; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY;

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

EID: 20644466662     PISSN: 00015725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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