SEISMIC AFTERSHOCK INVESTIGATIONS-PROJECT VELA UNIFORM RECORDING OF MICRO-EARTHQUAKES NEAR SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, DECEMBER 24-27, 1961
Abstract
Project VELA is an extensive research program being conducted by the Advanced Research Projects Agency with the objective of developing effective and reliable techniques that may be useful in monitoring an international agreement to ban the testing of nuclear weapons. One proposed method of identifying a seismic event as an earthquake or a clandestine underground explosion is the monitoring of post-event seismic noises (aftershocks) produced by the primary event. The basic premise of post-event seismic monitoring is that aftershocks from earthquakes and under ground explosions have different characteristics. As part of Project VELA, Stanford Research Institute has undertaken a program of monitoring post-event seismic disturbances following both earthquakes and underground nuclear explosions to determine the validity of this premise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0406278
Entities
People
- A. L. Lange
Organizations
- SRI International