Seismic Waves from an Underground Explosion in a Salt Bed: Preliminary Report (open access)

Seismic Waves from an Underground Explosion in a Salt Bed: Preliminary Report

From abstract: Seismic waves resulting from a 5 kiloton nuclear detonation 1200 feet deep in a salt bed near Carlsbad, New Mexico were measured by strong-motion seismographs operated by the Coast and Geodetic Survey on the surface in the distance range from 0.5 to 8.8 miles and underground in a potash mine 8.7 to 11.2 miles distant.
Date: April 12, 1962
Creator: Carder, Dean S.; Mickey, W. V.; Murphy, L. M.; Cloud, W. K.; Jordan, J. N. & Gordon, D. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Analyses of Samples From Selected Oil Wells, Southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium Analyses of Samples From Selected Oil Wells, Southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico

This report follows the analysis of uranium samples taken from the southern area of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico.
Date: June 20, 1966
Creator: Chenoweth, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pre-shot and Postshot Structure Survey: Final Report (open access)

Pre-shot and Postshot Structure Survey: Final Report

From introduction: The purpose of this survey was to document the pre-event and post-event condition of all existing surface facilities within a 10-mile radius of ground zero for Project GNOME.
Date: May 31, 1962
Creator: Holmes & Narver
System: The UNT Digital Library
USAEC Airborne Radiometric Reconnaissance in Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico, 1953 to 1956 (open access)

USAEC Airborne Radiometric Reconnaissance in Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico, 1953 to 1956

From introduction: This is one of a series of three reports on airborne radioactivity surveys in the United States. The reports contain the 185 airborne anomaly maps issued by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission as a result of the AEC's aerial surveying program conducted from March 1952 to June 1956; two ground reconnaissance maps of Utah also are included. Most of the reconnaissance was done in the western United States.
Date: August 1966
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Grand Junction Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library