Investigation of microearthquake activity following an intraplate teleseismic swarm on the west flank of the Southern East Pacific Rise

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B1, 1997, Pages 459-475

  Shen, Yang ^a,b,c   Forsyth, Donald W ^a   Conder, James ^a   Dorman, LeRoy M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000932645     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02852     Document Type: Article

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