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Seismic waves from atomic bomb tests

Author(s) -

Gutenberg B.,

Richter C. F.

Publication year - 1946

Publication title -

eos, transactions american geophysical union

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2324-9250

pISSN - 0002-8606

DOI - 10.1029/tr027i006p00776

Subject(s) - seismometer , seismology , seismogram , geology , seismic wave , longitudinal wave , period (music) , surface wave , transverse plane , geodesy , wave propagation , physics , acoustics , optics , engineering , structural engineering

Registration of seismic waves from atomic bombs provides a direct check on accepted travel‐time curves. The Baker Day test at Bikini on July 24, 1946, U.T., was recorded at eight stations by short‐period Benioff vertical‐component seismometers. Only longitudinal waves (P) appear; no transverse waves or surface waves have been found. Figure 1 shows the seismogram at Mount Wilson; the others are similar.

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