New seafloor map of the puerto rico trench helps assess earthquake and tsunami hazards

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Volumn 85, Issue 37, 2004, Pages

  Brink, U Ten ^a   Danforth, W ^a   Polloni, C ^a   Andrews, B ^a   Llanes, P ^a   Smith, S ^a   Parker, E ^a   Uozumi, T ^a  

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EID: 24644465912     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004EO370001     Document Type: Article

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