Source parameters of the 15 November 1995 Border Town, Nevada, earthquake sequence

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 652-667

  Ichinose, Gene A ^a   Smith, Kenneth D ^a   Anderson, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER TOWN EARTHQUAKE 1995; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

USA, NEVADA, BORDER TOWN;

EID: 0031436678     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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