Near-field strong-motion data from nuclear explosive sources
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and, subsequently, the Department of Energy, has conducted nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site in Southern Nevada since 1951. The data presented in this report was recorded on various seismograph systems in a period of time from 1962 through about 1976. The geologic mediums in which the explosions have taken place have primarily been in alluvium, rhyolite, and tuff. The first table summarizes the number of events and data points versus ground motion parameter (acceleration, velocity, and/or displacement), component of motion (vertical, radial, transverse, and/or north-south, and/or east-west), and geologic medium of the recording sites for each of the three primary detonation mediums. The following tables show the reduced ground motion for each event.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Denver, CO (USA); USDOE Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas
- OSTI ID:
- 5937394
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR-84-834; ON: DE85006752
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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