PROBING THE EARTH WITH NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4155841
Progress in seismology is reviewed with emphasis on the usefulness of past nuclear weapon tests in determining the internal structure of the earth. The advantages of using large chemical explosions and future nuclear explosions detonated under the PLOWSHARE program as controlled energy sources for carefully instrumented seismological experiments are discussed. Finally, an international program of explosions for seismological research is proposed, and specific suggestions are made for attacking several outstanding problems in seismology by means of chemical and clean nuclear explosions and the instrumentation network proposed at Geneva for nuclear test detection. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- RAND Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-010672
- OSTI ID:
- 4155841
- Report Number(s):
- RM-2456(AEC)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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