One hundred years of earthquake recording in Australia

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1458-1470

  Leonard, Mark ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES;

AUSTRALIA; EARTHQUAKE RECORDING; MAINSHOCKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GPS; MAP; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; STRAIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 46249084078     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050193     Document Type: Article

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