Earthquake occurrence in the Reno-Carson City Urban Corridor

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-410

  DePolo, Craig M ^a   Anderson, John G ^a   DePolo, Diane M ^a   Price, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; NATURAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; URBAN CORRIDOR;

USA, NEVADA, CARSON CITY; USA, NEVADA, RENO;

EID: 0031437754     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.3.401     Document Type: Article

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