Fault intersections and intraplate seismicity in Charleston, South Carolina: Insights from a 2-D numerical model

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1609-1616

  Gangopadhyay, Abhijit ^a   Talwani, Pradeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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