Calibration of mb(Pn), mb(Lg) scales and transportability of the Mo:mb discriminant to new tectonic regions

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1083-1099

  Priestley, Keith F ^b   Patton, Howard J ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EXPLOSION; SEISMIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM;

EID: 0031284787     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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