Deep creep as a cause for the excess seismicity along the San Jacinto fault

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 882-885

  Wdowinski, Shimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 71249130026     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo684     Document Type: Article

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