A long-term forecast of shallow seismicity based on the global strain rate map

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-194

  Bird, Peter ^a   Kreemer, Corné ^b   Holt, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950558323     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.81.2.184     Document Type: Article

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