The 1170 and 1202 CE Dead Sea Rift earthquakes and long-term magnitude distribution of the Dead Sea Fault zone

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 295-308

  Hough, Susan E ^a   Avni, Ron ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84856647998     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.58.3-4.295     Document Type: Article

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