Geologic effects of the Greeley event, Nevada Test site
Open-File Report
69-73
By: Dayton Delbert Dickey, E.C. Jenkins, F. A. McKeown, and W.H. Lee
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Abstract
The intermediate yield Greeley event, in which a nuclear device was detonated at a depth of 3,990 feet in Pahute Mesa at the Nevada Test Site, caused fracturing in rocks and spalling of rock from cliffs as far as 3 and 8 miles, respectively, from the detonation point.
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Dickey, D.D., Jenkins, E., McKeown, F.A., Lee, W., 1969, Geologic effects of the Greeley event, Nevada Test site: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 69-73, 4 p. :maps (2 folded) ;29 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr6973.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geologic effects of the Greeley event, Nevada Test site |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 69-73 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr6973 |
| Year Published | 1969 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Description | 4 p. :maps (2 folded) ;29 cm. |