Estimating prehistoric earthquake magnitude from point measurements of surface rupture

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1264-1279

  Hemphill Haley, Mark A ^a   Weldon II, Ray J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PREHISTORIC;

EID: 0033500296     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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