Zemmouri earthquake rupture zone (Mw 6.8, Algeria): Aftershocks sequence relocation and 3D velocity model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Ayadi, A ^a   Dorbath, Catherine ^b,e,f   Ousadou, F ^a   Maouche, S ^a   Chikh, M ^c   Bounif, M A ^d   Meghraoui, M ^e  

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

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Centre National de Recherche Appliquee en Genie Parasismique   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^e UMR 7063   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ZONE; UPLIFT; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; BLIDA; MARITIME ATLAS; MITIDJA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 56449119706     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005257     Document Type: Article

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