Long-Range Seismic Recording of the MISTY PICTURE High Explosive Test, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Abstract
The Solid Earth Geophysics Branch of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory recorded the MISTY PICTURE high explosive test at nine sites in the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico. Each site consisted of a three component seismometer set and a digital event recorder. The stations were due south of the explosion between 95 and 127 km. Analysis of P-wave travel times indicates that the crust is 30-32 km thick beneath the Tularosa Basin, a side graben of the Rio Grande Rift. S-wave travel times are consistent with earlier surface wave results. Polarization analysis indicates complex scattered and converted energy between the P- and S-wave groups. Keywords: Seismic data; High explosive tests; Chemical explosions; Seismology; Seismic waves; Crustal structure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 04, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA196324
Entities
People
- John Cipar
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory