Faulting Parameters of the January 16, 1994 Wyomissing Hills, Pennsylvania Earthquakes

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Ammon, Charles J ^a   Herrmann, Robert B ^a   Langston, Charles A ^b   Benz, Harley ^c  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, WYOMISSING HILLS;

EID: 0031666001     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.69.3.261     Document Type: Article

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