Detection and analysis of near-surface explosions on the Kola Peninsula

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 413-436

  Gibbons, Steven J ^a   Ringdal, Frode ^a  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eorrelation detectors; Event location; Explosion monitoring; Infrasound; Seismic arrays

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; AZIMUTH; DETECTION METHOD; MONITORING; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOMETRY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77649098098     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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