Quantification of Explosion Source Characteristics from Near Source, Regional and Teleseismic Distances
Abstract
Work over the contract period is summarized in four papers: (1) Source Parameter Estimation for Large, Bermed, Surface Chemical Explosions; (2) Seismic Wave Generation by Mine Blasts; (3) Pomona Quarry Seismic Experiment, Near-Source Data; and (4) MISTY ECHO, The Seismic Source Physics Experiment. The first paper attempts to qualify source differences between large surface chemical explosions ranging in yields from 0.075 to 1.65 kilotons. The second paper documents millisecond delay blasting practices in the mining industry and illustrates the effects of these practices on near-source seismic observations. The effects of scatter in design blasting times is illustrated. A set of experiments designed to begin the comparison between single and production mining explosions are described in the third paper. The multiple explosion production shot was documented with high speed photography so that the design and actual firing times of the individual explosions could be compared. The final paper is a preliminary data report describing the first of a series of free field and free surface seismic experiments designed to document the effects of the free surface on seismic radiation from underground nuclear explosions. The particular experiment, MISTY ECHO, was detonated in Rainier Mesa at the Nevada Test Site.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 31, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA216218
Entities
People
- Brian Stump
- Douglas Anderson
- Kenneth Olsen
- Robert Reinke
- Sharon Reamer
Organizations
- Southern Methodist University