Fault Structure, Stress, Friction and Rupture Dynamics of Earthquakes

Advances in Earth Science: from Earthquakes to Global Warming

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 109-131

  Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1142/9781860948718_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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