The occupation of a box as a toy model for the seismic cycle of a fault

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 946-952

  González, Álvaro ^a   Gómez, Javier B ^a   Pacheco, Amalio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 27144538838     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2013310     Document Type: Article

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