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Title: Generation of horizontally polarized shear waves by underground explosions

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research

From an analysis of the propagation of compressional and SH waves from underground explosions Wright and Carpenter (J. Geophys. Res., 67: 1956(1962)) concluded that there is a mode of SH waves which attenuates much more slowly near the source than does the compressional wave, and that this accounts for the prominence of recorded shear waves. It is suggested that their result appears to arise from errors in the analysis. These errors are discussed.

Research Organization:
Seismological Observatory, Wellington, N.Z.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-17-005107
OSTI ID:
4756304
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 67, Issue 12; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63; ISSN 0148-0227
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English