Plate structure and the origin of double seismic zones

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 96, Issue , 1996, Pages 223-228

  Abers, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0001402014     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM096p0223     Document Type: Chapter

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