Record-breaking earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1800-1805

  van Aalsburg, Jordan ^a   Newman, William I ^b   Turcotte, Donald L ^a   Rundle, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77955360991     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090015     Document Type: Note

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