Fault Interaction, Earthquake Stress Changes, and the Evolution of Seismicity

Treatise on Geophysics: Second Edition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 243-271

  King, G C P ^a   Deves M H ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00077-4     Document Type: Chapter

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