Seismic observation of meteors: Coupling theory and obervations

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Edwards, Wayne N ^a   Eaton, David W ^a,b   Brown, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION; METEOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SHOCK WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 60849133337     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007RG000253     Document Type: Review

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