Small Chemical Blasts as Field Scale Analogues for Volcanic Explosions
Nickname
ManMadeMaars
Format
SEGY
Type
PASSCAL
Start year
2014
End Year
2014
Description
A series of field-scale chemical blasts were performed in order to investigate the relationship between scaled depth of burial and the seismoacoustic wavefield. The experiment focused on elucidating the transition from gas release dominated to ground acceleration dominated acoustic regimes as burial depth is increased, as well as clarifying the different mechanisms by which buried explosions produce sound. Broadband seismometers, accelerometers, and high speed imagery constrained the ground motion during each explosion. Results from this study will aid in the interpretation of seismoacoustic signals from volcanoes as well as buried chemical and nuclear explosions.
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Release date: 7/1/16. Data distributed in 1 tar file. Includes report
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