Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.06 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.06 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: This report details Vela Uniform program survey that determined the pre-explosion chemical and physical properties of the tuffs exposed in the tunnel for comparison with similar post-shot geologic data and evaluated these data in terms of predicting the geologic effects of the planned explosion.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Emerick, W. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Logs and Drilling Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site Prior to 1960 (open access)

Selected Logs and Drilling Records of Wells and Test Holes Drilled at the Nevada Test Site Prior to 1960

The following report is a compilation of lithologic logs, drillers logs, drilling records, and hydrologic data on 18 wells and test holes that were drilled in the Nevada Test Site and surrounding areas prior to 1960.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Moore, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Average Physical Properties of Tuff in the Vicinity of Ground Zero, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Average Physical Properties of Tuff in the Vicinity of Ground Zero, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

This report presents the physical properties of tuff in the vicinity of the U12g.01 tunnel at the Nevada Test Site based off of two previous Technical Letters on the tunnel: Technical Letter: Area 12-1, and Technical Letter 12-1, Supplement 1.
Date: January 11, 1963
Creator: Emerick, W. L.; Snyder, R. P. & Hoover, D. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Dislocation Theory to Analysis of Vertical Displacements at the Ground Surface Caused by the Duryea Event (open access)

Application of Dislocation Theory to Analysis of Vertical Displacements at the Ground Surface Caused by the Duryea Event

This report documents the use of the dislocation theory to analyze measured vertical displacements across a fault near the Duryea underground nuclear explosion.
Date: January 29, 1968
Creator: Brethauer, G. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operation Plan and Hazards Report - Operation BREN (open access)

Operation Plan and Hazards Report - Operation BREN

Report discussing "descriptions of the HPRR and the Co^60 source, their operating procedures, the manner in which they will be used, and possible hazards are included."
Date: January 1962
Creator: Sanders, F. W.; Haywood, F. F.; Lunin, M. I.; Gilley, L. W.; Cheka, J. S. & Ward, D. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library