Seismic Hazards Implications of Uplifted Pleistocene Coral Terraces in the Gulf of Aqaba

Abstract The Gulf of Aqaba transform plate boundary is a source of destructive teleseismic earthquakes. Seismicity is concentrated in the central sub-basin and decreases to both the north and south. Although principally a strike-slip plate boundary, the faulted margins of the Gulf display largely di...

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Main Authors: W. Bosworth, P. Montagna, E. Pons-Branchu, N. Rasul, M. Taviani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00074-2