Comparison of teleseismically and hydroacoustically derived earthquake locations along the north-central mid-atlantic ridge and equatorial east pacific rise

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 791-802

  Bohnenstiehl, Del Wayne R ^a   Tolstoy, Maya ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84996640271     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.74.6.791     Document Type: Article

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