Observations of Quasistatic Fault Growth from Acoustic Emissions

International Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue C, 1992, Pages 3-31

  Lockner, D A ^a   Byerlee, J D ^a   Kuksenko, V ^b   Ponomarev, A ^c   Sidorin, A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77956869746     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(08)62813-2     Document Type: Article

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