Stress, faulting, fracturing and seismicity: The legacy of ernest masson anderson

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Healy, David ^a   Sibson, Richard H ^b   Shipton, Zoe ^c   Butler, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; FAULTING; FRACTURE; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; SEISMICITY;

EID: 84873045927     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.1     Document Type: Article

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