Effects of Local Geologic Structure for Yucca Flats, NTS, Explosion Waveforms: 2-Dimensional Linear Finite Difference Simulations.

Abstract

Two-dimensional linear elastic finite difference calculations were performed for two-dimensional geologic model of Yucca Flats, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. The calculations were used to produce synthetic teleseismic P-wave seismograms for explosive line sources in Yucca Flats. P-wave coda (first 5 seconds) is observed to be highly dependent on takeoff angle for the teleseismic synthetics. P-wave coda varies with the position of the source in the valley structure and may produce variations in the individual station telesiesmic P-wave m sub b magnitude of up to 0.3 magnitude units. However these magnitude variations should be substantially reduced by averaging over stations at multiple azimuth. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA179189

Entities

People

  • A. C. Lees
  • K. L. Mclaughlin
  • L. M. Anderson

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bulkheads
  • Earth Sciences
  • Frequency
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Physics
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Scattering
  • Seismology
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Physics

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  • Seismology