Present-day seismicity, stress field and crustal deformation of Egypt

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Badawy, Ahmed ^a  

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

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Focal mechanisms; GPS; Seismicity; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; SEISMICITY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 30044448593     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-005-2190-7     Document Type: Article

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