Multi-use seismic stations offer strong deterrent to clandestine nuclear weapons testing

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Volumn 77, Issue 31, 1996, Pages

  Hennet, C B ^a   Van Der Vink, G E ^a   Richards, P G ^b   Adushkin, V V ^c   Kopnichev, Y F ^d   Geary, R ^e  

^a IRIS   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SEISMIC NETWORK; SEISMOMETRY;

EID: 0030478556     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96EO00206     Document Type: Article

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