Testing the 2020 European Seismic Hazard Model (ESHM20) against observations from Romania

Manea, Elena F.; Danciu, Laurentiu; Cioflan, Carmen O.; Toma-Danila, Dragos; Gerstenberger, Matthew C.

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Testing the 2020 European Seismic Hazard Model (ESHM20) against observations from Romania

Elena F. Manea, Laurentiu Danciu, Carmen O. Cioflan, Dragos Toma-Danila, and Matthew C. Gerstenberger

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