ALM: An asperity-based likelihood model for California

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-140

  Wiemer, Stefan ^a   Schorlemmer, Danijel ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34248652384     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.78.1.134     Document Type: Article

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