Displacement rates of normal faults

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6656, 1997, Pages 157-159

  Nicol, A ^a,c   Walsh, J J ^a   Watterson, J ^a   Underhill, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; NORMAL FAULT;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASHORE;

EID: 0030691072     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36548     Document Type: Article

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