Energy magnitude: A case study for southern Ontario/western Quebec (Canada)

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-148

  Dineva, Savka ^a   Mereu, R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 65349113285     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.1.136     Document Type: Article

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