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U.S. Geological Survey USGS open-file report 67-24

Seismic Measurements of Explosions in the Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi

By R.D. Borcherdt, J.H. Healy, W.H. Jackson, and D.H. Warren

1967

Introduction

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Project Sterling provided for the detonation of a nuclear device in the cavity resulting from the Salmon nuclear explosion in the Tatum salt dome in southern Mississippi. It also provided for a high explosive (HE) comparison shot in a nearby drill hole.

The purpose of the experiment was to gather information on the seismic decoupling of a nuclear explosion in a cavity by comparing seismic signals from a nuclear shot in the Salmon cavity with seismic signals recorded from Salmon and with seismic signals recorded from a muall (about 2 tons) HE shot in the salt dome. Surface seismic measurements were made by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Air Force Technical Applications Center with coordination and overall direction by the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

This report covers only the seismic measurements made by the U. S. Geological Survey. The first objective of this report is to describe the field recording procedures and the data obtained by the U. S. Geological Survey from these events. The second objective is to describe the spectral analyses which have been made on the data and the relative seismic amplitudes which have been determined from these analyses .

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First published in paper form in 1967
Scanned, OCRed, and posted July 29, 2009

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Suggested citation:

Borcherdt, R.D., Healy, J.H., Jackson, W.H., and Warren, D.H., 1967, Seismic measurements of explosions in the Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report 67-24, 64 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1967/of67-024/].



Contents

Introduction

Field Procedures

System Response

Seismograms Recorded

Spectral Analysis

Conclusions

Conclusions

References


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