Are Lg spectra from NTS explosions self-similar?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 445-456

  Jones, Eric M ^a   Taylor, Steven R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RADIUS; LG SPECTRUM; LOVE WAVE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; SELF SIMILARITY;

USA, NEVADA, NEVADA TEST SITE;

EID: 0030304933     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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