The Potential for Decoupling Explosions in Fractured Hard Rock: Examples from Kazakhstan Historical Data and a New Field Study
- Lead PI: Dr. Won-Young Kim
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Unit Affiliation: Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- May 2011 - July 2016
- Inactive
- North America
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The project has five parts: 1) Instrument deployment and site characterization plan; 2) Deployment of seismographic stations in the northeastern US and southern Canada to collect data from eight test explosions; 3) Data analyses to determine if secondary explosions have smaller amplitudes due to fracturing consisting of spectral amplitude ratios and root mean square analyses of historical data from Dengelen Mt.; 4) a continuation of 3; and 5) examine the spectral characteristics of the explosion sources in the high-frequency range.