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spellingShingle Kagan, Yan Y., Jackson, David D., Liu, Zhen, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Stress and earthquakes in southern California, 1850–2004, Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, Soil Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Forestry, Oceanography, Geophysics
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