Charles Lyell and the 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake in New Zealand: Recognition of Fault Rupture Accompanying an Earthquake

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-363

  Sibson, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33745983555     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.77.3.358     Document Type: Review

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