Dynamic Rupture through a Branched Fault Configuration at Yucca Mountain, and Resulting Ground Motions
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0037-1106
DOI: 10.1785/0120090121