Prolonged canterbury earthquake sequence linked to widespread weakening of strong crust

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-37

  Reyners, Martin ^a   Eberhart Phillips, Donna ^a,b   Martin, Stacey ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84893801979     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2013     Document Type: Article

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