History, status and trend about the research of paleoseismology

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 880-889

  Ran, Yongkang ^a   Deng, Qidong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Development and questions; History; Paleoseismology; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001405023     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885057     Document Type: Review

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