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The seismicity of Egypt, Arabia, and the Red Sea : a historical review / N.N. Ambraseys, C.P. Melville, and R.D. Adams.
Van Pelt Library QE537.2.M628 A43 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ambraseys, N. N. (Nicholas Nicholas), 1929-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earthquakes--Middle East--History--Chronology.
- Earthquakes.
- Middle East.
- History.
- Earthquakes--Egypt--History--Chronology.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- Chronologies.
- Physical Description:
- 181 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- A careful and intensive study of historical sources and a review of the instrumental data of this century has led to this detailed catalogue of earthquakes. Egypt, Arabia, the Red Sea region and the surrounding areas of Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia are studied from the earliest from the earliest times to the present day. Each earthquake is described as fully as possible from the available data, and is analysed in a geographical and historical context.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521391202
- OCLC:
- 29792074
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