Very large earthquakes centered southwest of the New Madrid seismic zone 5,000-7,000 years ago

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 755-770

  Tuttle, Martitia P ^a   Al Shukri, Haydar ^b   Mahdi, Hanan ^b  

^a M Tuttle and Associates   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

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EID: 33748796128     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.77.6.755     Document Type: Article

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