THE TRAVEL TIMES OF P WAVES TO 30 DEGREES IN THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE.

Abstract

The paper describes observations of the travel times from a series of 5-ton shots fired by the United States Geological Survey in Lake Superior during July 1966 (Project Early Rise). The observations were made along three profiles: the Wichita profile, extending 2250 km from Lake Superior to the Texas-Mexico border, the Little Rock profile, extending 1650 km from Lake Superior to the Arkansas-Louisiana border and an arc profile at a radius of about 1200 km from the shot point from West Virginia to the Kansas-Nebraska border. These records and others of the nuclear explosion GREELEY at points in the central United States, taken in conjunction with the times for GNOME, have been analyzed and model calculations made. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1967
Accession Number
AD0658198

Entities

People

  • A. L. Hales
  • R. W. E. Green

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arkansas
  • Explosions
  • Geological Surveys
  • Lake Superior
  • Lakes
  • Louisiana
  • Nebraska
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Observation
  • Travel Time
  • United States
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Geology

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