Infrasound from thunder: A natural seismic source

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Ting L ^a   Langston, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HAZARDS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOGRAPHS;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRASOUND; RAYLEIGH WAVE EXCITATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; GROUND MOTION; INFRASONICS; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAPH; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548554069     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030404     Document Type: Article

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