On the microseisms associated with coastal sea waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 672-678

  Okeke, Ezekiel O ^b   Asor, Vincent E ^a,b  

^a Shell Petrol Devmt Co of Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Coastal sea waves; Microseisms

Indexed keywords

MICROEARTHQUAKE; WAVE;

EID: 0034116491     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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