Precariously balanced rocks and ground-motion maps for southern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 1 SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 43-54

  Brune, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED ROCK; EARTHQUAKE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; STRONG GROUND MOTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, VICTORVILLE;

EID: 0030454756     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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