Estimating the relative yields of Novaya Zemlya tests by waveform intercorrelation

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Burger, R. W., Burdick, L. J., Lay, T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1986
• Subjects: Articles; Amchitka; Novaya Zemlya
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/87/3/775; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb01971.x

The relative size of 15 underground nuclear explosions at the Novaya Zemlya test site is determined by applying a relative waveform analysis called intercorrelation to 566 teleseismic short-period P -waves. The waveforms are corrected for the effects of pP interference and yield scaling of the explo...