Rupture parameters of the 2003 Zemmouri (Mw 6.8), Algeria, earthquake from joint inversion of interferometric synthetic aperture radar, coastal uplift, and GPS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Belabbès, Samir ^a   Wicks, Charles ^b   Çakir, Ziyadin ^c   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^a  

^a Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUMERDES EARTHQUAKE 2003; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ENVISAT-1; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERFEROMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; ALGER [ALGERIA]; ALGERIA; ALGIERS; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 67649850123     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005912     Document Type: Article

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