Foreshocks and aftershocks of the Great 1857 California earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1109-1120

  Meltzner, Aron J ^a,b   Wald, David J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; FORESHOCK; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMICITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033377777     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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