The predictability of large earthquakes: evidence from an analogue model of earthquake rupture

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-35

  Hamilton, Tony ^a   McCloskey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0031691883     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050139     Document Type: Article

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