Location robustness of Earthquakes in Sichuan Province, China

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-62

  Sun, Youshun ^a   Kuleli, Sadi ^a   Morgan, F Dale ^a   Rodi, William ^a   Toksöz, M Nafi ^a   Han, Weibin ^b   Lu, Zhiyong ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

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EID: 2542552460     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.75.1.54     Document Type: Article

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