Reducing seismic hazard: missed opportunities
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عنوان ژورنال: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2524-1052,0203-3100
DOI: 10.24028/gzh.0203-3100.v35i1.2013.116324