The tool also is applicable to problems in geothermal energy, carbon sequestration, unconventional oil and gas reserves and
nuclear explosion monitoring.
The GRL paper notes other potential applications of using the dark fiber, including urban seismic hazard analysis, global seismic imaging, offshore submarine volcano detection,
nuclear explosion monitoring, and microearthquake characterization.
Not exact matches
The network, called the International
Monitoring System, aims to «make sure that no
nuclear explosion goes undetected.»
The International
Monitoring System (IMS), established by the Comprehensive
Nuclear - Test - Ban Treaty, has a number of different ears to the ground to detect clandestine nuclear weapons testing: seismic networks that listen for terrestrial shock waves, hydroacoustic networks that scan the oceans for sound waves, and radionuclide networks to sniff out radioactive particles that nuclear explosions p
Nuclear - Test - Ban Treaty, has a number of different ears to the ground to detect clandestine
nuclear weapons testing: seismic networks that listen for terrestrial shock waves, hydroacoustic networks that scan the oceans for sound waves, and radionuclide networks to sniff out radioactive particles that nuclear explosions p
nuclear weapons testing: seismic networks that listen for terrestrial shock waves, hydroacoustic networks that scan the oceans for sound waves, and radionuclide networks to sniff out radioactive particles that
nuclear explosions p
nuclear explosions produce.
Chemical
explosion experiments to improve
nuclear test
monitoring.
An essential element of the CTBT is a
monitoring system intended to support compliance and deter cheating by ensuring that cheaters are unmasked [see «Monitoring for Nuclear Explosions,» by Paul G. Richards and Won - Young Kim, on
monitoring system intended to support compliance and deter cheating by ensuring that cheaters are unmasked [see «
Monitoring for Nuclear Explosions,» by Paul G. Richards and Won - Young Kim, on
Monitoring for
Nuclear Explosions,» by Paul G. Richards and Won - Young Kim, on page 70].
So, tomorrow will be a fun day at the
monitor, looking at as many
nuclear explosions as I can find on videos.
Besides its role in ensuring that no
nuclear explosion escapes detection, the system generates a wealth of scientific data that can be applied, for example, to tsunami warnings, probing the Earth's structure, tracking emissions from
nuclear accidents, analyzing meteor blasts and volcano eruptions, listening to whales or environmental
monitoring of the atmosphere and oceans.