Using waveform cross-correlation and satellite imagery to identify repeating mine blasts in eastern Kazakhstan

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-399

  MacCarthy, Jonathan K ^a   Hartse, Hans ^b   Greene, Mary ^b   Rowe, Charlotte ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 44849124398     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.79.3.393     Document Type: Article

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