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Underground nuclear detonations

Johnson, G.W. / Higgins, G.H. / Violet, C.E.

Since 1952 eight nuclear explosions have been fired underground at Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site; explosions varied in energy release from 55 tons to 19,000 tons of TNT equivalent; depths of burial varied from shallow, to produce cratering, to deep, where no visible effects appeared on surface; major experimental data from these explosions, as well as phenomenology of deeper shots.

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Underground nuclear detonations

Johnson, G.W. / Higgins, G.H. / Violet, C.E.

Since 1952 eight nuclear explosions have been fired underground at Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site; explosions varied in energy release from 55 tons to 19,000 tons of TNT equivalent; depths of burial varied from shallow, to produce cratering, to deep, where no visible effects appeared on surface; major experimental data from these explosions, as well as phenomenology of deeper shots.

Underground nuclear detonations

Johnson, G.W. / Higgins, G.H. / Violet, C.E.

Since 1952 eight nuclear explosions have been fired underground at Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site; explosions varied in energy release from 55 tons to 19,000 tons of TNT equivalent; depths of burial varied from shallow, to produce cratering, to deep, where no visible effects appeared on surface; major experimental data from these explosions, as well as phenomenology of deeper shots.

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Title:

Underground nuclear detonations

Additional title:

J Geophysical Research

Contributors:

Johnson, G.W. (author) / Higgins, G.H. (author) / Violet, C.E. (author)

Published in:

Journal of Geophysical Research ; 64

Publication date:

1959

Size:

14 pages

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

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