Procedures and tools used in the investigation of New Zealand's historical earthquakes

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 399-419

  Downes, Gaye L ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake catalogue; Historical earthquake; New Zealand; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PALEOSEISMICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 7644221972     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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