Download or read book Ground Motion from Regional Earthquakes and Underground Nuclear Explosions written by Sandia National Laboratories and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of Ground Motion Prediction Results for Nevada Test Site Underground Nuclear Explosions Related to the Yucca Mountain Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes available data on ground motions from underground nuclear explosions recorded on and near the Nevada Test Site, with emphasis on the ground motions recorded at stations on Yucca Mountain, the site of a potential high-level radioactive waste repository. Sandia National Laboratories, through the Weapons Test Seismic Investigations project, collected and analyzed ground motion data from NTS explosions over a 14-year period, from 1977 through 1990. By combining these data with available data from earlier, larger explosions, prediction equations for several ground motion parameters have been developed for the Test Site area for underground nuclear explosion sources. Also presented are available analyses of the relationship between surface and downhole motions and spectra and relevant crustal velocity structure information for Yucca Mountain derived from the explosion data. The data and associated analyses demonstrate that ground motions at Yucca Mountain from nuclear tests have been at levels lower than would be expected from moderate to large earthquakes in the region; thus nuclear explosions, while located relatively close, would not control seismic design criteria for the potential repository.
Download or read book Summary of Ground Motion Prediction Results for Nevada Test Site Underground Nuclear Explosions Related to the Yucca Mountain Project written by Marianne C. Walck and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes available data on ground motions from underground nuclear explosions recorded on and near the Nevada Test Site, with emphasis on the ground motions recorded at stations on Yucca Mountain, the site of a potential high-level radioactive waste repository. Sandia National Laboratories, through the Weapons Test Seismic Investigations project, collected and analyzed ground motion data from NTS explosions over a 14-year period, from 1977 through 1990. By combining these data with available data from earlier, larger explosions, prediction equations for several ground motion parameters have been developed for the Test Site area for underground nuclear explosion sources. Also presented are available analyses of the relationship between surface and downhole motions and spectra and relevant crustal velocity structure information for Yucca Mountain derived from the explosion data. The data and associated analyses demonstrate that ground motions at Yucca Mountain from nuclear tests have been at levels lower than would be expected from moderate to large earthquakes in the region; thus nuclear explosions, while located relatively close, would not control seismic design criteria for the potential repository.
Download or read book Extreme Ground Motion Recorded in the Near Source Region of Underground Nuclear Explosions written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free-field recordings of underground nuclear explosions constitute a unique data set within the near-source region of seismic events ranging in magnitude from M3 to M6.5. The term ''free-field'' in this context refers to recordings from instruments emplaced in boreholes or tunnel walls such that the initial portions of the records ((almost equal to)0.1 to 1 second) do not contain effects resulting from reflections at the free surface. In addition to the free-field instruments deployed to record ground motions from selected underground nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and elsewhere, surface arrays were routinely deployed to record surface accelerations and velocities from underground nuclear tests conducted at NTS.
Download or read book Ground Motion from Earthquakes and Underground Nuclear Weapons Tests written by Luke J. Vortman and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Earthquakes Surface Fracturing and Strain Associated with the Cruet Pod and Calabash Underground Nuclear Explosions at Yucca Flat Nevada Test Site October 29 1969 written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ground Motion and Seismic Damage from Underground Nuclear Explosions written by P. J. Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Site Characterization Progress Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Discrimination of Quarry Blasts Earthquakes and Underground Nuclear Explosions written by T. J. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The investigations conducted under this contract focused on analyses of the higher-frequency phases observed at regional distances from underground nuclear explosions, earthquakes, and commercial blasts. These analyses systematically compared the time-domain amplitude and spectral characteristics of the observed regional seismic signals in order to identify diagnostic differences which would be indicative of source type. The sources were located in three tectonic environments: (1) eastern North America, (2) southern Soviet Union, and (3) western United States. Each source environment provides a unique contribution to the regional discrimination problem. For these source regions digital data from several different high-quality seismic networks were analyzed. The data sources were the Regional Seismic Test Network (RSTN), the Eastern Canada Telemetered Network (ECTN), the Chinese Digital Seismic Network (CDSN), the Soviet/Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) network, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) network. (jhd).
Download or read book Microquake Activity Associated with Underground Nuclear Testing at the Nevada Test Site written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Providing an Earthquake like Environment for Testing Full scale Structures by Using the Ground Motion from Underground Nuclear Tests written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cause of the Body wave Surface wave Discriminant Between Earthquakes and Underground Nuclear Explosions at Near regional Distances written by William Alan Peppin and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Procedure for Recording Ground Motion Velocity from Underground Nuclear Explosions written by D. L. Watson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field free Ground Motion Produced by Explosions written by William R. Perret and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Explosives written by P. J. Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progress Report on the Scientific Investigation Program for the Nevada Yucca Mountain Site written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surface Motions from an Underground Explosion written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seismic effects of Rainier, a 1.7-kt nuclear shot detonated 900 feet underground, were measured in terms of ground surface motion at ten strong-motion seismograph stations located 1200 to 45,000 feet from the source. In addition, records were borrowed from seven teleseismic stations located 100 to 300 miles from the source. Recorded accelerations attenuated from a maximum singlecomponent value of 2.6 g at 1280 feet to 0.009 g at 17,640 feet. Gutenberg-Richter magnitude of Rainier, calculated as for a natural earthquake from seven WoodAnderson seismograph records, was 4.6. Earthquakes of 4.6 magnitude are felt up to 60 miles from the epicenter, however, Rainier was felt by only a few observers at 21/2 miles. Seismologists at established teleseismic stations were able to pick out Rainier's elastic wave signature on seismograms at considerable distance. Very small amplitude waves from Rainier were found on the Coast and Geodetic Survey, College, Alaska, seismogram, 3600 km away, although attempts in the eastern United States at distances of 2000 to 3000 km, using conventional instruments, were not successful.
