Static stress changes and earthquake triggering during the 1954 Fairview Peak and Dixie Valley earthquakes, Central Nevada

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-527

  Caskey, S J ^a   Wesnousky, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIXIE VALLEY EARTHQUAKE 1954; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; FAIRVIEW PEAK EARTHQUAKE 1954; FAULTING; STATIC STRESS CHANGE;

USA, NEVADA;

EID: 0031458415     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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