Geographical and vertical variation of the earth's seismicity

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-192

  Tsapanos, Theodoras M ^a   Papazachos, Basil C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geographical distribution; Mean return period; Seismicity of the earth; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000715231     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009779613039     Document Type: Article

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