Scientific drilling of active faults: Past and future

Continental Scientific Drilling: A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 235-258

  Reches, Ze'Ev ^a   Ito, Hisao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 58749095781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68778-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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