Shallow seismicity in stable continental regions

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 554-562

  Klose, Christian D ^a   Seeber, Leonardo ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 34948862218     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.78.5.554     Document Type: Article

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