Testing the intraplate origin of mega-earthquakes at subduction margins
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Temporal variation of large intraplate earthquakes in coupled subduction zones
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عنوان ژورنال: Geoscience Frontiers
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1674-9871
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.012