GREENLAND ICE CAP NOISE STUDIES PROJECT BLUE ICE

Seismic noise studies on the Greenland ice sheet were conducted as part of the VELA Uniform Basic Research Program under the code name Project Blue Ice. The station on the Ice Cap showed low-noise levels and low coherences between seismographs indicating that a large array would be an effective tool...

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Main Author: Lenton, R A
Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA ARLINGTON VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Seismology
Acoustics
*SEISMIC WAVES
*SEISMOLOGY
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
DETECTION
DRILLING
EARTHQUAKES
GREENLAND
ICE
INSTRUMENTATION
INTENSITY
NOISE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PHASED ARRAYS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
POWER SPECTRA
SEISMOGRAPHS
SEISMOMETERS
SPECTRUM SIGNATURES
THICKNESS
VELOCITY
SEISMIC NOISE
VELA UNIFORM
Greenland
Ice cap
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0676011
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0676011
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Summary:Seismic noise studies on the Greenland ice sheet were conducted as part of the VELA Uniform Basic Research Program under the code name Project Blue Ice. The station on the Ice Cap showed low-noise levels and low coherences between seismographs indicating that a large array would be an effective tool in detection. Emplacement of the seismometers in shallow holes eliminated the noise associated with high wind velocities. At the 50-percent probability of detection level, a single seismometer at the station has a detection capability of at least magnitude 4.3. The long-period noise levels were comparable with average sites on the continents. In addition to the major experiment, other scientific programs were conducted in the fields of glaciology, magnetics, gravity and air pollution.

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