What controls the seismogenic plate interface in subduction zones?

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 96, Issue , 1996, Pages 105-111

  Ruff, Larry J ^a   Tichelaar, Bart W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Shell Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 2142827944     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM096p0105     Document Type: Chapter

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