Earthquakes and the southeastern boundary of the intact Iapetan margin in eastern North America

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 77-83

  Wheeler, Russell L ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

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