Effects of explosion depth and earth structure on the excitation of Lg waves: S* revisited

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1100-1114

  Vogfjörd, Kristín S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EXPLOSION DEPTH; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST; SEISMIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031420445     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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