A Model for Tectonic Strain Release from Explosions in Complex Prestress Fields Applied to Anomalous Seismic Waves from NTS and Eastern Kazakh Explosions.

Abstract

Anomalous surface waves including Love waves and phase reversed Rayleigh waves have been observed from explosions at NTS and from the eastern Kazakh areas of the Soviet Union. In this report we use a linear model for tectonic strain release to estimate the amount and type of prestress required to produce these anomalies. An important use of these results is to guide the input to fully nonlinear simulations of an explosion detonated in a prestressed environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118503

Entities

People

  • J. L. Stevens

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coordinate Systems
  • Doppler Effect
  • Earth Models
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Far Field
  • Frequency
  • Love Waves
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Rayleigh Waves
  • Seismic Waves
  • Surface Waves
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Seismology