Why does theoretical physics fail to explain and predict earthquake occurrence?

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 705, Issue , 2006, Pages 303-359

  Kagan, Y Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-35375-5_12     Document Type: Article

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