Rapid ice mass loss: Does it have an influence on earthquake occurrence in southern Alaska?

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 2008, Pages 369-384

  Sauber, Jeanne M ^a   Ruppert, Natalia A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 78650886160     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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