Tectonic Implications of Some Reservoir-Induced Earthquakes in the Aseismic Region of Western Thailand

Journal of Physics of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 327-345

  Ghose, Ranajit ^a   Oike, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85007751178     PISSN: 00223743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.35.327     Document Type: Article

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