Intraplate seismicity in mid-plate South America: correlations with geophysical lithospheric parameters
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Special Section: Intraplate Seismicity
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عنوان ژورنال: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0305-8719,2041-4927
DOI: 10.1144/sp432.5