Attenuation of intensity for the Zemmouri earthquake of 21 may 2003 (Mw 6.8): Insights for the seismic hazard and historical earthquake sources in Northern Algeria

Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 327-350

  Maouche, S ^a   Harbi, A ^b   Meghraoui, M ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b NONE

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