The current state in seismic monitoring in Puerto Rico

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 532-543

  Clinton, John F ^a,b   Cua, Georgia ^a,b   Huérfano, Víctor ^a   von Hillebrandt Andrade, Christa G ^a   Cruzado, José Martínez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33749837546     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.77.5.532     Document Type: Article

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