Aftershocks of nuclear explosions compared to natural aftershocks

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1054-1060

  Gross, Susanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; SEISMICITY;

USA, NEVADA, NEVADA TEST SITE;

EID: 0030436510     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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