Methodology for using precarious rocks in Nevada to test seismic hazard models

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 456-467

  Anderson, John G ^a   Brune, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ROCKFALL; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 0032781771     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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