Abstract
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,
VOL. 30,
2141,
5 PP., 2003
doi:10.1029/2003GL018179
New signatures of underground nuclear tests revealed by satellite radar interferometry
Geophysics and Global Security Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
Geophysics and Global Security Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
Water Resources Division, California District, US Geological Survey, Sacramento, California, USA
Water Resources Division, Nevada District, US Geological Survey, Henderson, Nevada, USA
Geophysics and Global Security Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
Geophysics and Global Security Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
Geophysics and Global Security Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
New observations of surface displacement caused by past underground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) are presented
using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). The InSAR data reveal both coseismic and postseismic subsidence signals
that extend one kilometer or more across regardless of whether or not a surface crater was formed from each test. While surface
craters and other coseismic surface effects (ground cracks, etc.) may be detectable using high resolution optical or other
remote sensing techniques, these broader, more subtle subsidence signals (one to several centimeters distributed over an area
1–2 kilometers across) are not detectable using other methods [
Received 15 July 2003; accepted 15 September 2003; published 19 November 2003.
Citation: (2003), New signatures of underground nuclear tests revealed by satellite radar interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(22), 2141, doi:10.1029/2003GL018179.
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