Subduction in the Western Makran: The historian's contribution

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-391

  Musson, R M W ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MAKRAN;

EID: 69949111699     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-119     Document Type: Article

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