Migration of early aftershocks following the 2004 Parkfield earthquake

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 877-881

  Peng, Zhigang ^a   Zhao, Peng ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 71249124505     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo697     Document Type: Article

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