Shallow earthquakes: Shallower than expected?

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Janský, Jaromír ^a   Zahradník, Jiří ^a   Plicka, Vladimír ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

EID: 66149179143     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-009-0016-8     Document Type: Article

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