Observation of Long Supershear Rupture During the Magnitude 8.1 Kunlunshan Earthquake

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  2003

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2003-08-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics, Geology

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  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1086832PMID 12907799
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