North Korean nuclear test: Seismic discrimination at low yield

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Volumn 88, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Won Young ^a   Richards, Paul G ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; SEISMIC WAVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH KOREA;

EID: 34247481361     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO140002     Document Type: Article

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