Seismicity and active tectonics in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean: Constraints from an offshore‐onshore seismological network and swath bathymetry data

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

• Publication date

  2015-12-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science, Geology

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  DOI 10.1002/2015JB012073
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