Active tectonics of interior alaska: Seismicity, GPS geodesy,and local geomorphology

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 2008, Pages 109-133

  Ruppert, Natalia A ^a   Ridgway, Kenneth D ^b   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a   Cross, Ryan S ^c   Hansen, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

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EID: 70450176167     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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