Does maximum earthquake size depend on focal depth?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Frohlich, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL DEPTH;

EID: 0031844074     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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