Seismicity and 3D velocity structure in the Aswan Reservoir Lake area, Egypt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 450-459

  Haggag, H M ^a   Bhattacharya, Pankaj M ^b   Kamal, S ^c   Kayal, J R ^d  

^a Aswan Earthquake Research Center   (Egypt)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3D velocity structure; Aswan reservoir lake; Egypt; Induced earthquake by the water reservoir; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

3D VELOCITY STRUCTURE; ASWAN RESERVOIR LAKE; EGYPT; INDUCED EARTHQUAKE BY THE WATER RESERVOIR; SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; POISSON RATIO; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; POISSON RATIO; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ASWAN [EGYPT]; EGYPT; LAKE NASSER; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70349762451     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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