Source amplitudes of NTS explosions inferred from Rayleigh waves at Albuquerque and Tucson. Topical report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6011852

Bache, T C; Rodi, W L; Mason, B F

Comparing observed and synthetic seismograms, source amplitudes of NTS explosions are inferred from Rayleigh wave recordings from the WWSSN stations at Albuquerque, New Mexico (ALQ) and Tucson, Arizona (TUC). The potential influence of source complexities, particularly surface spallation and related phenomena, is studied in detail. As described in earlier work by Bache, Rodi and Harkrider, the earth model for the synthetic were converted from observations at ALQ and TUC. The agreement of observed and synthetic seismograms is quite good and is sensitive to important features of the source.

• Research Organization: Systems, Science and Software, La Jolla, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: F08606-76-C-0041
• OSTI ID: 6011852
• Report Number(s): AD-A-063485
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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