Forensic seismology revisited

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Douglas, Alan ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSPECTION; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS;

ON-SITE-INSPECTION; SEISMOGRAMS; TELESEISMIC METHOD;

SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250341376     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-007-9018-7     Document Type: Review

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