Contemporary fault mechanics in southern Alaska

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 2008, Pages 321-336

  Kalbas, James L ^a   Freed, Andrew M ^a   Ridgway, Kenneth D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84982176472     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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