Soviet Union

The Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Michigan State University are working to recover, preserve, scan, and digitize the historic seismograms of Soviet Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNEs). The Soviet Union detonated 122 PNEs from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s. The PNEs were conducted in a wide range of geologic settings and geographic locations, thus representing a unique data set for geophysical studies.

Stations

Well recorded by regional networks.

Instrumentation

SKM short period
SKD long period

Recording Medium

Data Availability

Data are being scanned and digitized for analysis.

Contact

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References

Molovichkko, A., Y. Vinogradov, P. Butyrin, and R. Dyagiliv (2021). Preservation and Digitization of Analog Soviet Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Seismograms, IAGA-IASPEI 2021, 21-27 August 2021, virtual, SR100.

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