Spectral analysis of underwater explosions in the Dead Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 460-472

  Gitterman, Y ^a   Ben Avraham, Z ^b   Ginzburg, A ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SUBMARINE EXPLOSION;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0031664537     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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