Evidence for oceanic crust beneath the continental margin west of the San Adreas fault from onshore-offshore wide-angle seismic recordings

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1550 E, 2004, Pages

  Brocher, Thomas M ^a   Moses, Michael J ^a   Lewis, Stephen D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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CONTINENTAL MARGIN; OCEANIC CRUST; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 27844595313     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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