Models of postseismic deformation and stress transfer associated with the Loma Prieta earthquake

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1550 D, 1997, Pages

  Linker, M F ^a   Rice, J R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031544433     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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