PREDICTING THE UNPREDICTABLE: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction

Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-262

  Hough, Susan Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a Southern California Earthquake Center   (United States)

^b AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

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