FMHex20: An earthquake focal mechanism database for seismotectonic analyses in metropolitan France and bordering regions

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 192, 2021


Article Number		10
Number of page(s)		13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2020049
Published online		23 March 2021

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