Long-range seismic recording of the MISTY PICTURE high-explosive test, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Environmental research papers, February 1987-February 1988
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6741726
The Solid Earth Geophysics Branch of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory recorded the MISTY PICTURE high-explosive test at nine sites in the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico. Each site consisted of a three-component seismometer set and a digital-event recorder. The stations were due south of the explosion between 95 and 127 km. Analysis of P-wave travel times indicates that the crust is 30-32 km thick beneath the Tularosa Basin, a side graben of the Rio Grande Rift. S-wave travel times are consistent with earlier surface-wave results. Polarization analysis indicates complex scattered and converted energy between the P- and S-wave groups.
- Research Organization:
- Air Force Geophysics Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6741726
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-196324/8/XAB; AFGL-TR-88-0033
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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450100* -- Military Technology
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58 GEOSCIENCES
580201 -- Geophysics-- Seismology & Tectonics-- (1980-1989)
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONVERSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH CRUST
EXPLOSIONS
FEDERAL REGION VI
GEOPHYSICS
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
POLARIZATION
PROGRESS REPORT
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SCATTERING
SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES
SEISMIC WAVES
SEISMOLOGY
SIMULATION
SOLIDS
USA
450100* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
58 GEOSCIENCES
580201 -- Geophysics-- Seismology & Tectonics-- (1980-1989)
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONVERSION
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH CRUST
EXPLOSIONS
FEDERAL REGION VI
GEOPHYSICS
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
POLARIZATION
PROGRESS REPORT
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SCATTERING
SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES
SEISMIC WAVES
SEISMOLOGY
SIMULATION
SOLIDS
USA