Source parameters of March 10 and September 13, 2007, United Arab Emirates earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 237-247

  Al Marzooqi, Y ^a   Abou Elenean, K M ^b   Megahed, A S ^b   El Hussain, I ^c   Rodgers, A J ^d   Al Khatibi, E ^a  

^a Dubai Municipality   (United Arab Emirates)

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

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Eurasian collision; Regional waveform inversion; Source parameters; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 54849408943     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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