Study of earthquake triggering in a heterogeneous crust using a new finite element model

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 799-807

  Hu, Caibo ^a   Zhou, Yijie ^a   Cai, Yongen ^a   Wang, Chi Yuen ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70349511087     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.5.799     Document Type: Article

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