Rapid response fault drilling past, present, and future

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 8, 2009, Pages 66-74

  Brodsky, Emily E ^a   Ma, Kuo Fong ^b   Mori, Jim ^c   Saffer, Demian M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955210438     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
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