Comment on "Sigma: Issues, insights and challenges" by F. O. Strasser, N. A. Abrahamson J. J. Bommer

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-498

  Klügel, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a NPP Goesgen Daeniken ^*  (Switzerland)

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EID: 69249119470     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.3.494     Document Type: Article

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