Paleoseismological records of multiple great earthquakes in southcentral alaska: A 4000-year record at girdwood

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 2008, Pages 185-199

  Shennan, Ian ^a   Barlow, Natasha ^a   Combellick, Rod ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

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EID: 84934282261     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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