The Rachaya-Serghaya fault system (Lebanon): Evidence of coseismic ruptures, and the AD 1759 earthquake sequence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Nemer, Tony ^a   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^b   Khair, Kamal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 55349148723     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005090     Document Type: Article

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