Lateral variations of the modal (a/b) values for the different regions of the world

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 653-666

  Bayrak, Yusuf ^a   Yilmaztürk, Ahmet ^a   Öztürk, Serkan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 0036894119     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(02)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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