An improved source mechanism for the 1935 timiskaming, Quebec earthquake from regional waveforms

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-20

  Bent, Allison L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian earthquake; Historical earthquake

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TIMISKAMING EARTHQUAKE 1935;

CANADA, QUEBEC, TIMISKAMING;

EID: 0029769365     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00876667     Document Type: Article

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