Analysis of the completeness magnitude and seismic network coverage of Japan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3261-3268

  Nanjo, K Z ^a   Ishibe, T ^a   Tsuruoka, H ^a   Schorlemmer, D ^b   Ishigaki, Y ^c   Hirata, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 78650122745     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100077     Document Type: Note

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