Implementation of routine regional moment tensor analysis in New Zealand

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-415

  Ristau, John ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

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EID: 44849091813     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.79.3.400     Document Type: Article

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