Importance of post-seismic viscous relaxation in southern Iceland

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-139

  Jónsson, Sigurjón ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 65249125595     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo105     Document Type: Article

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