Nonlinear geophysics: Why we need it

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Volumn 90, Issue 48, 2009, Pages 455-456

  Lovejoy, Shaun ^a   Agterberg, Fritz ^b   Carsteanu, Alin ^c   Cheng, Qiuming ^d   Davidsen, Joern ^e   Gaonac'h, Hélène ^f   Gupta, Vuay ^g   L'Heureux, Ivan ^h   Liu, William ⁱ   Morris, Stephen W ^j   Sharma, Surjalal ^k   Shcherbakov, Robert ^l   Tarquis, Ana ^m   Turcotte, Donald ⁿ   Uritsky, Vladimir ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Mathematics Department   (Mexico)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁱ CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; NONLINEARITY;

EID: 77749322384     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009EO480003     Document Type: Short Survey

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