Sunday, 27. October 2002
Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 12:01:13 PM CET
Seismic detonations planned
Scientists plan to shake things up a bit Monday near Marked Tree, when they detonate a 2,600-pound explosion within the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Through that explosion and a 5,000-pound explosion near Mooring, Tenn., scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis hope to understand how the deep sand and clay in the Mississippi embayment affect the way seismic waves travel and therefore, how the ground shakes during an earthquake.
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