Installation of horizontal seismometers in the LLL seismic net and their calibration. [Measurement of ground motion from underground nuclear explosions at Nevada Test Site]

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Title: Installation of horizontal seismometers in the LLL seismic net and their calibration. [Measurement of ground motion from underground nuclear explosions at Nevada Test Site]

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The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory seismic net was upgraded by installing two horizontal seismometers at each of the four LLL stations. These seismometers record radial and transverse ground motion from underground nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test Site and complement the vertical components which were installed several years ago. Each station now monitors three orthogonal components of ground velocity over a broad frequency band.

Authors:: Denny, M D

Publication Date:: 1977-01-25

Research Org.:: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.

OSTI Identifier:: 7106673

Report Number(s):: UCRL-52216
TRN: 77-012254

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; CALIFORNIA; GROUND MOTION; NEVADA TEST SITE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; SEISMOGRAPHS; CALIBRATION; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY; SEISMIC P WAVES; EXPLOSIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MOTION; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; SEISMIC DETECTORS; SEISMIC WAVES; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; WESTERN REGION; 580201* - Geophysics- Seismology & Tectonics- (1980-1989); 450300 - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Nuclear Explosion Detection; 440300 - Miscellaneous Instruments- (-1989)

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                    Denny, M D. Installation of horizontal seismometers in the LLL seismic net and their calibration. [Measurement of ground motion from underground nuclear explosions at Nevada Test Site].  United States: N. p., 1977. 
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