Ground-motion difference between two moderate-size intraplate earthquakes in the United Kingdom

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1823-1829

  Ottemoller L ^a   Sargeant, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955310869     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090152     Document Type: Note

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