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Suboceanic Rayleigh Waves in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake

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Vuan, A., Rovelli, A., Mele, G., Priolo, E. (2009). Suboceanic Rayleigh Waves in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. In: The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: Revisited. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8609-0_18

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