Dangers of being thin and weak

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6163, 2013, Pages 1178-1180

  Wang, Kelin ^a   Kinoshita, Masataka ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

FAULT ZONE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; RUPTURE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

DRILL; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; OCEAN DRILLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84889249406     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1246518     Document Type: Short Survey

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