Depth determination for shallow teleseismic earthquakes: Methods and results

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 806-832

  Stein, Seth ^a   Wiens, Douglas A ^a  

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EID: 84995111401     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/RG024i004p00806     Document Type: Review

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