COOPERATION IN SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS OF CRUSTAL STRUCTURE IN MINNESOTA.

Abstract

Eighty-two one-ton charges of dynamite were detonated under controlled conditions at pre-selected points in Lake Superior. A network of seismic crews recorded the vibrations produced by these explosions. The frequency spectra are in many ways similar to those found for the Gulf of Maine by Nakamura and Howell (BULL. SEIS. SOC. AM. 54:9-18, 1964). There are frequent minima in the spectrum presumably due to interference (Nakamura, BULL. SEIS SOC. AM 54:1-8, 1964). These holes display no so-far-identified pattern. Unlike the Maine records, the Minnesota records do not show a strong difference in the spectrum between the direct and critically refracted pulse. This could mean that the Mohorovicic discontinuity in Minnesota is sharper than in Maine.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0610944

Entities

People

  • B. F. Howell Jr.

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Discontinuities
  • Dynamite
  • Explosions
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Lake Superior
  • Lakes
  • Measurement
  • Minnesota
  • Mohorovicic Discontinuity
  • Spectra
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Seismology