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THE article in Nature1 under the title “Recent Nuclear Explosions and Earth Tides” suggesting that nuclear explosions can excite the normal mode oscillations of the Earth needs careful reconsideration.
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IYER, H. Nuclear Explosions and Normal Mode Oscillations of the Earth. Nature 196, 55 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196055a0
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