Project Pre-Gondola I: Crater Studies: Carter Measurements. Part I.

Abstract

Project Pre-Gondola I, a series of four 20-ton high explosive cratering detonations, was conducted by the U.S. Army Engineer Nuclear Cratering Group during October and November 1966 in order to determine the cratering characteristics of the Pre-Gondola project site located about 18 miles south of the town of Glasgow, Valley County, Montana. The essentially flat site medium consisted of uncemented, highly compacted, moderately jointed shale of the Late Cretaceous age, Bearpaw shale formation. The craters produced were both deeper and wider than those previously observed in either alluvium or basalt, but had flatter slopes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0735670

Entities

People

  • Ronald W. Harlan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistics
  • Cratering
  • Craters
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineers
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Impact Point
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Terminal Ballistics

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.