The level of deterrence provided by data from the SPITS seismometer array to possible violations of the comprehensive test ban in the Novaya Zemlya region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 425-438

  Bowers, D ^a   Marshall, P D ^a   Douglas, A ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Comprehensive test ban; Decoupling; Novaya Zemlya region; region; Seismology; Yield estimation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMOMETRY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034903439     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2001.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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