Geology in the 1996 USGS seismic-hazard maps, central and eastern United States

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-282

  Wheeler, Russell L ^a   Frankel, Arthur ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0003245462     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.71.2.273     Document Type: Article

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