Syria war hones our seismic image of bombs

• Autores: Jacob Aron
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3020, 2015, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A major incident during the Syrian civil war is helping to pin down the seismic signature of distant bombs. Working with colleague Sean Ford, Michael Pasyanos added a dampening effect to existing models to account for how shallow seismic waves are weakened when they pass from the ground into the air. To do this, they used data from controlled explosions at the US army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in 2012. They were also able to test and refine the new model using seismic readings from May last year, picked up when rebels blew up an army base in north-west Syria.