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Title: Effect of Geologic Setting on Local Response to Chemical Explosions

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1510818
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)

Presentation discussed the effect of geologic setting on local response to chemical explosions using six chemical explosive tests of varying yield-scaled depth-of-burial as part of the Source Physics Experiment series at the Nevada National Security Site.

Research Organization:
Nevada National Security Site/National Security Technologies, LLC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC52-06NA25946
OSTI ID:
1510818
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/25946-3381
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Seattle, WA, 22-25 October 2017. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/meetingapp.cgi/
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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