Theoretical Amplitudes and Travel Times of Explosion-Generated Seismic P Waves

Abstract

Amplitudes and travel times have been calculated for the first half-cycle of seismic P waves generated by nuclear explosions at distances varying from 140 to 2900 km. The head-wave-body-wave model constructed yields travel times within 13.9 sec of the mean experimental values over the indicated range of distances and also provides an interpretation of the large-small-large nature of the amplitudes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1967
Accession Number
ADA384742

Entities

People

  • John Andris Roberts

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Continents
  • Contractors
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Geographic Regions
  • New York
  • North America
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Seismic Waves
  • Travel Time
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Waves

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  • Seismology