Regional variation of the ω values in the circum-pacific belt

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-120

  Tsapanos, Theodoros M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circum pacific belt; Mechanical structure; values

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031413553     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050066     Document Type: Article

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