Accession Number:

AD0670618

Title:

SEISMIC EFFECTS FROM A NUCLEAR CRATERING EXPERIMENT IN BASALT,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY ROCKVILLE MD

Personal Author(s):

• Lowrie,L. M.
• Mickey,W. V.

Report Date:

1964-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

Project DANNYBOY was a 430 ton nuclear cratering explosion in basalt. The Coast and Geodetic Survey measured surface earth motions in terms of displacement, velocity and acceleration at 12 locations from 760 meters to 340 kilometers from surface zero. Multiple regression of maximum earth particle displacements and accelerations from DANNYBOY and four other cratering explosions are given. Author

Descriptors:

• (*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• CRATERING)
• (*SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS
• MEASUREMENT)
• BASALT
• PARTICLES
• SEISMOMETERS
• DISPLACEMENT
• VELOCITY
• STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
• ACCELERATION
• SEISMOGRAPHS
• RESPONSE
• INSTRUMENTATION
• REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
• Seismology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE