References & Sources  -  September 5, 1998

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Great earthquake shakes off theories

An earthquake that struck near Antarctica last March, the world's largest in 4 years, has stymied seismologists.

 

References:

Wiens, D.A., M.E. Wysession, and L. Lawver. 1998. Recent oceanic intraplate earthquake in Balleny Sea was largest ever detected. EOS 79(July 28):353.

 

Sources:

Douglas A. Wiens
Washington University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
St. Louis, MO 63130

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