On the probability of mistaking an earthquake for an explosion using the simplicity of P

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1925-1934

  Bowers, David ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; P WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION;

EID: 0030429171     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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