Tectonics, dynamics, and seismic hazard in the Canada-Alaska cordillera

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 2008, Pages 297-319

  Mazzotti, Stephane ^a,b   Leonard, Lucinda J ^a,b   Hyndman, Roy D ^a,b   Cassidy, John F ^a,b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 80051922680     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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