Seismicity and seismic hazard in Alexandria (Egypt) and its surroundings

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1003-1019

  El Sayed, A ^a   Korrat, I ^a   Hussein, H M ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Egypt; Modeling; Seismic hazard; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [ALEXANDRIA (GVR)]; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 2342547673     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2488-8     Document Type: Article

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