Ms:mb discrimination study of mining explosions in Wyoming, USA, and in QianAn, China

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1742-1752

  Zhou, Rong Mao ^a   Stump, Brian W ^a   Hayward, Christopher T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

BODY-WAVE MAGNITUDE; REGIONAL MINING EXPLOSIONS; SURFACE-WAVE MAGNITUDE; TELESEISMIC EXPLOSION;

MINE EXPLOSIONS;

EXPLOSION; MINING; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; NORTH AMERICA; QIANAN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33750303848     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050178     Document Type: Article

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