Three-dimensional anatomy of a geothermal field, Coso, southeast-central California

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 259-276

  Lees, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN; MOUNTAIN REGION; P-WAVE; PERTURBATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871310513     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1195-9.259     Document Type: Review

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