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Research article
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21 Aug 2012
Research article |
| 21 Aug 2012
Seismicity from February 2006 to September 2007 at the Rwenzori Mountains, East African Rift: earthquake distribution, magnitudes and source mechanisms
M. Lindenfeld
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
G. Rümpker
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A. Batte
Department of Geology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
A. Schumann
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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