Distribution of precarious rocks at the Nevada Test Site: Comparison with ground motion predictions from nuclear tests

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Brune, James N ^a   von Seggern, David ^a   Anooshehpoor, Abdolrasool ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground accelerations; Nuclear explosions; Precarious rocks

Indexed keywords

GROUND MOTION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PEAK ACCELERATION; ROCKFALL; SEISMIC HAZARD;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244430373     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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