MODELING THE TUNGUS METEORITE EXPLOSION,
Abstract
As a result of expeditionary operations from 1958 to 1965, a chart has been compiled of the stricken forest in the region of the Tungus meteorite fall, establishing the outline of the destruction region and the directions in which the trees were blown down at different points. Over an area totalling 2200 sq km, the azimuths of about 40,000 tree trunks blown down on the 30th of June, 1908, have been determined by field studies. The character of the Tungus tree-fall leaves no doubt that it was produced by a powerful air wave with an energy of the order of 40 to the 23rd power ergs, the source of which was at some height above the earth. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0634380
Entities
People
- I. T. Zotkin
- M. A. Cikulin