Discriminating between large mine collapses and explosions using teleseismic P waves

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 803-830

  Bowers, David ^a   Walter, William R ^b  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; Discrimination; Mine; Modelling; P waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0036187226     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-002-8660-8     Document Type: Article

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