Improvements to regional explosion identification using attenuation models of the lithosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Pasyanos, Michael E ^a   Walter, William R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION MODEL; PASS BANDS; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EXPLOSIVES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 70349587136     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038505     Document Type: Article

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