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Monitoring underground nuclear explosions /
Monitoring Underground Nuclear Explosions.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York :
Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland,
1977.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Monitoring Underground Nuclear Explosions; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2. TEST-BAN NEGOTIATIONS; 2.1 Review of test-ban negotiations; 2.2 Disarmament treaties; 2.3 Present positions on the test-ban issue; Chapter 3. NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; 3.1 A and H bombs; 3.2 Bomb designs; 3.3 Nuclear explosion phenomena; 3.4 Nuclear test activities; 3.5 Technical, military, and political significance of nuclear-weapon tests; Chapter 4. SEISMOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; 4.1 Earth structure; 4.2 Seismic waves; 4.3 Seismicity.
- Chapter 5. EXPLOSIONS AND EARTHQUAKES AS SEISMIC SOURCES5.1 Explosion-source models; 5.2 Earthquake-source models; 5.3 Comparison between explosion-source and earthquake-source models; 5.4 Theoretical calculation of seismic waves; Chapter 6. SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS; 6.1 Instrumentation; 6.2 Station networks; Chapter 7. DETECTION; 7.1 Seismic noise; 7.2 Detection processes; 7.3 Station detection capabilities; 7.4 Network capabilities; Chapter 8. EVENT DEFINITION AND LOCATION; 8.1 Location by an array station; 8.2 Location by a network of stations; 8.3 Event location at short distances.
- 8.4 International data exchangeChapter 9. DEPTH ESTIMATION; 9.1 Surface-reflected phases; 9.2 P-Arrival times; 9.3 Near distances; 9.4 Long-period signals; 9.5 Short-period signals; 9.6 Comparison and combinations; Chapter 10. IDENTIFICATION; 10.1 Statistical aspects; 10.2 The mb(Ms) discriminant; 10.3 Short-period discriminants; 10.4 Other discriminants; 10.5 Multistation discriminants; 10.6 Operative aspects of discrimination; Chapter 11. YIELD ESTIMATION; 11.1 Theoretical amplitude-yield relations; 11.2 Observed mb- yield relations; 11.3 Observed Ms-yield relations.
- 11.4 Yield estimates of underground nuclear explosions 1963-1976Chapter 12. PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; 12.1 Possible applications of PNE; 12.2 Nuclear explosions conducted for peaceful purposes; 12.3 Future prospects for PNE; Chapter 13. EVASION; 13.1 Decoupling; 13.2 Multiple explosions; 13.3 Hide-in-earthquake method; 13.4 The feasibility of evasion; Chapter 14. NONSEISMOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION; 14.1 On-site inspection; 14.2 Reconnaissance satellites; 14.3 Intelligence methods; Chapter 15. MONITORING A COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN TREATY; 15.1 Political requirements of the verification of a CTB.
- 15.2 A monitoring system15.3 General conclusions; Appendix 1. Treaties related to nuclear explosions; Appendix 2. Announced and presumed nuclear explosions in 1963-1976; References; Abbreviations and symbols; Index.