Recent evaluation of the assessment seismic hazards for Nuweiba, Gulf of Aqaba

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 775-783

  Hamouda, Amr Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gulf of Aqaba; Maximum magnitude; Nuweiba; Probabilistic; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PEAK ACCELERATION; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EGYPT; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; JANUB SINA; NUWEIBA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 79960892560     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-009-0096-3     Document Type: Article

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