Shallow afterslip following the 2003 May 21, Mw = 6.9 Boumerdes earthquake, Algeria

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-166

  Mahsas, A ^a   Lammali, K ^a   Yelles, K ^a   Calais, E ^b   Freed, A M ^b   Briole, P ^c  

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

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Satellite geodesy; Seismic cycle; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; BOUMERDES; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 37449033472     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03594.x     Document Type: Article

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