Microearthquake data elucidate details of Caribbean subduction zone

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-32

  McCann, William R ^a  

^a Earth Scientific Consultants   (United States)

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EID: 21344461033     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.73.1.25     Document Type: Article

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