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Gravity and Seismic Exploration in Yucca Valley, Nevada Test Site -- January - April, 1959

Description: Report discussing the progress made on a continuing geophysical program during the period from January to April, 1959. The purpose of the program was to determine the type and configuration of various rock units below the surface in areas of interest at the Nevada Test Site.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Diment, W. H.; Healey, D. L. & Roller, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Seismic Measurements by the u.s. Geological Survey During the Pre-Gnome High-Explosives Tests Near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Final Report

Description: The U. S. Geological Survey monitored three highexplosive test shots at the Gnome site during the PreGnome experiments and monitored routine blasting in the potash mine of the Duval Sulphur and Potash Company. The motion in the potash mines near Carlsbad from a shot of 9 kt of TNT at the Gnome site, 46,000 feet from the nearest potash mine, is given. These particle velocities and accelerations are less than those recorded at a distance of 90 feet from a routine 75-pound dynamite blast in a pota… more
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Byerly, P. E.; Stewart, S. W. & Roller, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maximum Accelerators Caused by Underground Nuclear Explosions in the Oak Spring Formation in Area 12 of the Nevada Test Site at Distances of 5 to 300 Kilometers: a Preliminary Summary

Description: From introduction: The results presented in this preliminary report are principally concerned with the ground motion caused by seven underground nuclear explosions (table 1) in the bedded tuff of the Oak Spring formation in Area 12. Ground motions were recorded at stations as close as 5 kilometers and as far as 300 kilometers from the explosions (fig 1 and table 2). The results for the Bianca and especially the Evans explosion are meager because the first was accompanied by a Test Site-wide moz… more
Date: January 1959
Creator: Stewart, S. W.; Roller, J. C. & Diment, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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