Origin of the 17 July 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami: Earthquake or landslide?

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 344-351

  Geist, Eric L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0001646675     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.71.3.344     Document Type: Article

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