Chapter 14 Mechanochemistry: A hypothesis for shallow earthquakes

International Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue C, 2001, Pages 329-366

  Sornette, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(01)80090-5     Document Type: Chapter

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