Evaluation of short-period, near-regional Ms scales for the Nevada test site

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1773-1791

  Bonner, Jessie L ^a   Harkrider, David G ^b   Herrin, Eugene T ^c   Shumway, Robert H ^d   Russell, Sara A ^b   Tibuleac, Ileana M ^b  

^a Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^b Weston Geophysical Corporation   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PROBABILITY; SURFACE WAVES;

CONSTANT OFFSET;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; MAGNITUDE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SURFACE WAVE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242369043     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020240     Document Type: Article

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