Updating the seismotectonic setting for the Gulf of Aqaba

Abstract The Gulf of Aqaba is known for its high seismic activity in Egypt and the Middle East. An inversion technique was applied to 113 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 to 7.2 to distinct subsets of data based on tectonic regionalization to define the stress regime in the Gulf of Aqaba involving the E...

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Main Authors: Mona Abdelazim, Mohamed N. ElGabry, Mohamed M. Gobashy, Mohamed H. Khalil, Hesham M. Hussein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38759-6