Earthquake geology: Methods and applications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 453, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Caputo, Riccardo ^a   Pavlides, Spyros B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 44649087607     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.01.007     Document Type: Editorial

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