Earthquakes and change of stress since the ice age in Scandinavia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Gregersen, Søren ^a  

^a Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Earthquake hazard; Earthquakes in scandinavia; Seismicity in scandinavia; Stress from deglaciation; Stress from plate motion; Stress in scandinavia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645431195     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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