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Abbreviations

CTBT:

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty or Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (its formal name)

CTBTO:

CTBT Organization

IDC:

International Data Centre (of the CTBTO)

IMS:

International Monitoring System (of the CTBTO)

LTBT:

Limited Test Ban Treaty

TTBT:

Threshold Test Ban Treaty

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  1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA

    Paul G. Richards

  2. Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, No. 5, Minzudaxuenanlu, 100081, Beijing, China

    Wu Zhongliang

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Richards, P.G., Zhongliang, W. (2011). Seismic Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions. In: Gupta, H.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7_8

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