Searching for the seafloor signature of the 21 May 2003 Boumerdès earthquake offshore central Algeria
Shaking by moderate to large earthquakes in the Mediterranean Sea has proved in the past to potentially trigger catastrophic sediment collapse and flow. On 21 May 2003, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake located near Boumerdès (central Algerian coast) triggered large turbidity currents responsible for 29 su...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/2159/2012/nhess-12-2159-2012.pdf |