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Title: Delayed signatures of underground nuclear explosions

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. National Security Technologies, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1259513
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1474358
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-679542
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; srep23032
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Energy - Coal, lignite, and peat, Nuclear science and engineering - Nuclear disarmament, safeguards, and physical protection, Geosciences, Military science - Nuclear weapons and effects, Energy - Storage

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Carrigan, Charles R., Sun, Yunwei, Hunter, Steven L., Ruddle, David G., Wagoner, Jeffrey L., Myers, Katherine B. L., Emer, Dudley F., Drellack, Sigmund L., and Chipman, Veraun D. Delayed signatures of underground nuclear explosions. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/srep23032.
Carrigan, Charles R., Sun, Yunwei, Hunter, Steven L., Ruddle, David G., Wagoner, Jeffrey L., Myers, Katherine B. L., Emer, Dudley F., Drellack, Sigmund L., & Chipman, Veraun D. Delayed signatures of underground nuclear explosions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23032
Carrigan, Charles R., Sun, Yunwei, Hunter, Steven L., Ruddle, David G., Wagoner, Jeffrey L., Myers, Katherine B. L., Emer, Dudley F., Drellack, Sigmund L., and Chipman, Veraun D. Wed . "Delayed signatures of underground nuclear explosions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23032. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1259513.
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volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {3}
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