Earthquakes and the Moon: Syzygy predictions fail the test

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 607-612

  Kennedy, Matthew ^a   Vidale, John E ^a   Parker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85007484608     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.75.5.607     Document Type: Article

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