Seismic Waveform Analysis of Underground Nuclear Explosions
Abstract
The present research program represents an application of the methods of time domain seismology to the observed short period P-waves from underground explosions. The goals were to obtain better estimates of the variation of short period seismic attenuation across the continental United States, evaluate the influence of different source regions on teleseismic P-wave amplitudes and waveforms, quantify the concepts of station/receiver transparency, and develop the initial states of a waveform inversion technique for both source discrimination and source description applications. A significant portion of the work performed on the first and second parts of this task was reported in the Sierra Geophysics Quarterly Technical Reports SGI-R-79-001 and SGI-R-79-004. That research is summarized and some additional work and insights into the implications of the results are included. The last section contains discussions of station transparencies and progress report on waveform inversion techniques.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 15, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA079615
Entities
People
- G. R. Mellman
- L. J. Ruff
- R. S. Hart
- Rondi A. Butler