Evidence from a cluster of small earthquakes for a fault at 18 km depth beneath Oak Ridge, Southern California

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1327-1336

  Shearer, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EARTHQUAKE; FAULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032409810     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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