Paleoseismology: Why can't earthquakes keep on schedule?

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 863-864

  Yeats, Robert S ^a,b  

^a Earth Consultants International Inc   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY;

EID: 34548721014     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus092007.1     Document Type: Article

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