Document Details
Title:
OPERATION REDWING - PROJECT 1.8, CRATER MEASUREMENTS (DELETED)
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
REDWING PROJECT; CRATERING EXPLOSIONS; LACROSSE EVENT; ZUNI EVENT; SEMINOLE EVENT; MOHAWK EVENT; TEWA EVENT
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1959 Mar 12
Declassification Status:
Sanitized
Document Pages:
0037
Accession Number:
NV0015479
Document Number(s):
WT1307EX
Originating Research Org.:
ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO MEASURE THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERIST ICS OF CRATERS PRODUCED BY THE DETONATION OF NUCLEAR DEVICES SO AS TO OBTAIN A MORE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF CRATER-PREDICTION PHENOMENOLOGY . CRATER MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE ON THE FIVE SURFACE OR NEAR-SURFACE SH OTS: LACROSSE, ZUNI, SEMINOLE, MOHAWK, AND TEWA. CRATER RADIUS, CRATER DEPTH, AND APPROXIMATE PROFILE WERE DETERMINED BY USE OF AERIAL PHOTOG RAPHY AND LEAD-LINE SOUNDING TECHNIQUES. AERIAL MAPPING PHOTOGRAPHS WE RE MADE OF THE CRATERS AFTER THE SHOTS, AND THESE WERE USED TO PLOT GR OUND ELEVATIONS TO GIVE THE CRATER RADIUS. LEAD-LINE SOUNDINGS WERE MA DE ALONG DIAMETER (S) OF EACH CRATER TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH AND AVERAG E PROFILE. THE RESULTS ARE SUMMARIZED IN TABLE 3.1. THIS DOCUMENT IS A DELETED VERSION.