Excitation and propagation of Lg from earthquakes in central Asia with implications for explosion/earthquake discrimination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 27779-27789

  Cong, Lianli ^a   Xie, Jiakang ^a,b   Mitchell, B J ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; LG PHASE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHINA, XINJIANG, LOP NOR; KAZAKHSTAN, BALAPAN;

EID: 0030428961     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02657     Document Type: Article

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