An analysis of P travel times for Nevada test site explosions recorded at regional distances

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 941-950

  Douglas, A ^a   Young, J B ^a   Bowers, D ^a   Marshall, P D ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EPICENTERS; NEVADA TEST SITES; P TRAVEL TIMES; TRAVEL-TIME TABLES;

SEISMOLOGY;

P-WAVE; TRAVEL TIME;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744451127     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030153     Document Type: Article

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