Catalogue of lithologic and stratigraphic information from drill holes on the Nevada Test Site and environs
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E.C. Jenkins
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Geologic effects of the Greeley event, Nevada Test site
The intermediate yield Greeley event, in which a nuclear device was detonated at a depth of 3,990 feet in Pahute Mesa at the Nevada Test Site, caused fracturing in rocks and spalling of rock from cliffs as far as 3 and 8 miles, respectively, from the detonation point.
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