SUB-ACOUSTIC WAVES FROM LARGE EXPLOSIONS

Journal Article · Sat Jan 20 04:00:00 EST 1962 · Nature

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/193229a0· OSTI ID:4817528

Jones, R V

The Aberdeen records, using two microbarographs of a new design, of the Russian nuclear explosion of October 30, l961, are reproduced. The passages of the direct and reverse pressure waves are discussed. The times of passage of the first and second direct andd reverse disturbances over Aberdeen were used to estimate the time of the explosion and its distance from Aberdeen. Using microbarograph recordings of the disturbance that originated in Siberia on June 30, 1908, the minimum mass of a meteorite sufficient to have caused the incident was calculated to be at least 30,000 tons. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Aberdeen, Scotland
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-16-008451
• OSTI ID: 4817528
• Journal Information: Nature, Journal Name: Nature Vol. Vol: 193
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

DISTANCE
DISTURBANCES
EXPLOSIONS
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
MANOMETERS
MASS
METEORITES
OSCILLATIONS
PLANNING
PRESSURE
SOUND