Quaternary earthquakes and landslides in the Sea of Galilee area, the Dead Sea Transform: Paleoseismic analysis and implication to the current hazard

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 275-294

  Katz, Oded ^a   Amit, Rivka ^a   Yagoda Biran, Gony ^a,b   Hatzor, Yossef H ^b   Porat, Naomi ^a   Medvedev, Benjamin ^c,d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84856637132     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.58.3-4.275     Document Type: Article

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