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Symposium on Natural and Induced Seismicity

(São Paulo, Brazil, 24–25 September 1979)—Summary of papers

Symposium sur Sismicite Naturelle et Provoquee

(São Paulo, Brésil, 24–25 September 1979)—Somarrie des articles

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    Abge-Associação brasileira de geologia de engenharia. Symposium on Natural and Induced Seismicity. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 21, 67–80 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591544

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