Seismological observations of the northern Dead Sea basin earthquake on 11 February 2004 and its associated activity

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hofstetter, Rami ^a   Gitterman, Yefim ^a   Pinksy, Vladimir ^a   Kraeva, Nadia ^a   Feldman, Lea ^a  

^a Geoophysical Institute of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SHOCK WAVE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 66049158428     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.57.2.101     Document Type: Article

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