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Crater Measurements

Description: From abstract: Based upon the results of Project Pre-Schooner new cratering curves for basalt have been developed. The deepest detonation Charlie, produced a mound of broken rock and earth that had a crater-like depression in its center entirely above the preshot ground surface.
Date: March 1965
Creator: Spruill, Joseph L. & Paul, Roger A.
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Preshot Investigations for Project Pre-Schooner, Buckboard Mesa, Nevada Test Site

Description: Report presenting the results of the preshot geologic and engineering investigations of the Project Pre-Schooner site, where a series of chemical explosive experiments have been conducted on the Buckboard Mesa at the Nevada Test Site. Location, local geology, physical properties of the basalt, and geophysical logging and porosity determinations are discussed.
Date: September 1965
Creator: Nugent, Robert Charles & Banks, Don Charles
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