Variation in reading error in P times for explosions with body-wave magnitude

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Douglas, Alan ^a   Young, J B ^a   Bowers, D ^a   Lewis, M ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

P times; Reading error; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EPICENTRE LOCATION; HYPOCENTRE; READING ERRORS;

EXPLOSIONS;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 24044465525     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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