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Geology of Earthquakes

Robert S. Yeats

Published 2002, SCEC Contribution #643

Article Outline

I. Introduction and Historical Background
II. Plate Tectonic Setting
III. Structural Setting
IV. Fault Environments
V. Paleoseismology
VI. Summary
References
Glossary

Citation
Yeats, R. S. (2002). Geology of Earthquakes. In Yeats, R. S. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Third Edition, (, pp. 649-661) , : doi: 10.1016/B0-12-227410-5/00475-0.