Detonation charge size versus coda magnitude relations in California and Nevada

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2089-2105

  Brocher, Thomas M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA REDUCTION; DETONATION; DRILLING; EXPLOSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR BLASTS; SEISMIC NETWORKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CODA; EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0442297406     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020185     Document Type: Article

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