BLACKNEST PUBLICATIONS 1958 - 1997

More recent publications are listed here.


The following lists all the scientific publications by Blacknest staff and students in the public domain. All of the journals should be obtainable through libraries. AWRE and AWE Reports can be obtained from HMSO, Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Other reports, or conference proceedings might be hard to obtain.


1958

Wright, J K, Carpenter, E W, Hunt, A G & Dunhill, B. Observations on the explosion at Ripple Rock. Nature, 182, 1597-1598.

 

1960

 

Black, M C, Carpenter, E W & Spencer, A J M. On the solution of one dimensional elastic wave propagation problems in statified media by the method of characteristics. Geophys Prospecting, 8, 218-230.

 

1961

 

Carpenter, E W, Harwood, G F & Whiteside, T. Microbarograph records from the Russian large nuclear explosions. Nature, 192, 857.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Depth of focus discrimination within the crust at First Zone distances. Vesiac Advisory Report No. 1, U of Michigan.

 

Key, F A, Wright, J K, Carpenter, E W & Stott, B H. Possible method for increasing signal-noise ratio in the detection of first motion of a refracted P wave. Nature, 191, 1382-1383.

 

1962

 

Carpenter, E W. Peaceful uses of nuclear explosions. Research, 15, 446-452.

 

Carpenter, E W. The AWRE Borehole programme. Vesiac Deep Borehole Report, University of Michigan.

 

Carpenter, E W, Savill, R & Wright, J K. The dependence of seismic signal amplitudes on the size of underground explosions. Geophys J Roy Astr Soc, 4, 1962, 426-440.

 

Maddock, I. Detection of Nuclear Explosions in space and underground. J Brit I R E, 23, 415-427.

 

Savill, R, Carpenter, E W & Wright, J K. The derivation and solution of indicator equations for seismometer-galvanometer combinations including the effect of seismometer inductance. Geophys J Roy Astr Soc, 4, 409-425.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. A summary of research in the UK on the detection of underground explosions. Proc. of Colloquim on Detection of Underground Explosions. Vesiac, U of Michigan.

 

Wright, J K, Carpenter, E W & Savill, R. Some studies of the P waves from underground nuclear explosions. JGR, 67, 1155-1160.

 

Wright, J K & E W Carpenter. The generation of horizontally polarised shear waves by underground explosions. JGR, 67, 5, 1957-1963, May 1962.

 

1963

 

Carpenter, E W. Fault plane mechanism. Vela Uniform Periodic Digest, 3, No. 1, 1-2.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Earthquake or Explosion? New Scientist, 18, 311-5.

 

1964

 

Agger, H & Carpenter, E W. A crustal study in the vicinity of the Eskdalemuir Seismological Array Station. Geophys J Roy Astr Soc, 9, 69-83.

 

Carpenter, E W. Teleseismic methods for the detection identification and location of underground explosions. Vesiac, University of Michigan.

 

Carpenter, E W. Reflections on the UKAEA Tabor Pluto programme as of early 1964. Vela Uniform Periodic Digest, 4, 1-2.

 

Key, F A, Marshall, P D & McDowall, A J. Two recent British earthquakes recorded at the UK Atomic Energy Authority Seismometer Array at Eskdalemuir. Nature, 201, 484-485.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Some observations from large arrays. Proc Vesiac Conference on Magnitudes, University of Michigan.

 

Truscott, J. The Seismological Station Eskdalemuir. Geophys. J Roy Astr Soc, 9, 59-68.

 

Geological Reconnaisance and noise survey for a seismic array in India. AWRE Report SFP/330/7, December 1964.

 

1965

 

Anon. The detection and recognition of underground explosions. A UKAEA Special Report, 2 Vols, HMSO.

 

Birtill, J & Whiteway, F E. The application of phased arrays to the analysis of seismic body waves. Phil Trans Roy Soc A, 258, 421-493.

 

Carpenter, E W & Flinn, E A. Attenuation of teleseismic body waves. Nature, 207, 745-746.

 

Carpenter, E W. Explosion Seismology. Science, 147, 363-373.

 

Carpenter, E W. An historical review of Seismometer Array Development. Proc IEEE, 53, 12, 1816-1821, December 1965.

 

Keen, C G, Montgomery, J, Mowat, W M H, Mullard, J E & Platt, D C. British seismometer array recording systems. Radio & Electronic Engineer, 30, 297-306.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Detecting explosions. Int Science & Technology, April 1965, 48-58.

 

Whiteway, F E. The recording and analysis of seismic body waves using linear cross arrays. Radio & Electronic Engineer, 29, 33-46.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

Beach, A D, Nov 1965. A New Long-Period Vertical-Component Seismometer. AWRE Report O 70/65.

 

Carpenter, E W & P D Marshall, August 1965. Surface Waves Generated by Atmospheric Nuclear Explosions - Part 1: Theory and Geophysical Discussion. AWRE Report No. O 52/65, OUO.

 

1966

 

Agger, H E & F A Key. The Glasgow earthquake recorded at the UKAEA seismometer array at Eskdalemuir. Geophys Jour Roy astr Soc.

 

Barker, A. The problem of those underground movements. Atom News, January 1966.

 

Carpenter, E W. A quantitative evaluation of teleseismic explosion records. Proc Roy Soc, 290, 396-407.

 

Carpenter, E W & Thirlaway, H I S. Seismic signal anomalies travel times and amplitudes and pulse shapes. Vesiac Conference, Beaugency. Vesiac, University of Michigan, 4410-99-X, 119-139.

 

Carpenter, E W & D Davies. Frequency dependent seismic phase velocities: an attempted reconciliation between the Jeffreys/Bullen and Gutenberg models of the upper mangle. Nature, 212, 5058, 134-135, October 1966.

 

Cleary, J. Array and multi-station analysis of an earthquake in Cornwall. Geophys J R Astr Soc, 12, 437-441.

 

Hutchins, W. A real time seismic array data analyser and its associated event selector. Radio & Electronic Engineer, 31, 193-308.

 

Marshall, P D & Carpenter, E W. Estimates of Q for Rayleigh waves. Geophys J R astr Soc, 10, 549-550.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Interpreting array records: explosion and earthquake P wave trains which have traversed the deep mantle. Proc Roy Soc A, 290, 385-395.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Seismology and fundamental geology. Discovery XXVII, 43-48.

 

Whiteway, F E. The use of arrays for earthquake seismology. Proc Roy Soc A, 290, 328-342.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

Marshall, P D, Carpenter, E W, Douglas, A, Young, J B. Some seismic results of the LONGSHOT Explosion. AWRE Report 0-67/66.

 

Douglas, A. A special purpose least squares program. AWRE Report 0 54/66.

 

Marshall, P D & E W Carpenter. An analysis of the amplitude of teleseismic signals generated by Russian and French underground nuclear explosions. AWRE Report No. O 35/66, April 1966.

 

Carpenter, E W. Absorption of elastic waves - An operator for a constant Q mechanism. AWRE Report 0 43/66.

 

Borthwick, W S, August 1966. The Construction of the Seismological Recording Station near Tennant Creek, Australia. AWRE Report No. O 41/66.

 

1967

 

Carpenter, E W. Quantitative deductions from explosion and earthquake mechanism concepts. Vesiac Willow Run Laboratories, University of Michigan, 7885-1-X, 181-188.

 

Carpenter, E W. Teleseismic signals calculated for underground, underwater and atmospheric explosions. Geophysics XXXII, 1, 17-32, February 1967.

 

Douglas, A. Joint Epicentre Determination. Nature, 215, 47-48.

 

Douglas, A. P signal complexity and source radiation patterns. Vesiac Willow Run Laboratories, Univ of Michigan, 7885-1-X, 189-202.

 

Carpenter, E W, Marshall, P D & Douglas, A. The Amplitude-Distance Curve for Short Period Teleseismic P Waves. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 13, 61-70.

 

Key, F A. Signal generated noise recorded at the Eskdalemuir Seismometer Array Station. Bull Seism Soc Amer, 57, 27-37.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. New developments in seismology (Abstract only). Mantles of the Earth and Terrestrial Planets. Interscience Publications, 109-110.

 

1968

 

Blamey, C & Gibbs, P G. The epicentre and origin time of some large explosions. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 16, 1-7.

 

D. Davies (Rapporteur, Univ of Cambridge). Seismic method for monitoring underground explosions. (Includes contributions by AWRE). International Institute for Peace & Conflict Research, Stockholm.

 

Douglas, A & Corbishley, D J, (also Univ of Durham). Measurement of dT/dD. Nature, 217, 1243-1244.

 

Douglas, A & Lilwall, R C (Univ of Birmingham). Does epicentre source bias exist? Nature, 220, 469-470.

 

Francis, T J G (NERC). The detailed seismicity of mid-oceanic ridges. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 4, 39-46.

 

Francis, T J G (NERC). Seismicity of mid-oceanic ridges and the relation to properties of the upper mantle and crust. Nature, 220, 899-901.

 

Grover, F H. A note on infrasonics at UKAEA Blacknest. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 16, 311-315.

 

Grover, F H & Marshall, P D. Ground to air coupled waves from a distant earthquake. Nature, 220, 686-687.

 

Inston, H H & Curtis, A R. A ray tracing program and its application to the computation of frequency deviations in a high frequency signal.

 

Inston, H H & Jeffs, R M. Ground illumination by an h.f. transmitter through a twilight atmosphere. Proc IEE, 115, 1089-1096.

 

Key, F A. Some observations and analyses of signal generated noise. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 15, 377-392.

 

Lamden, R J. A segmented-fit squaring circuit. Wireless World, 74, 366-367.

 

Lamden, R J. Trend in the harmonic energies of the diurnial variation of two British observatories. Nature, 217, 347-349.

 

Lilwall, R C (Univ of Birmingham) & Douglas A. Epicentre determination by seismic arrays. Nature, 220, 362-363.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Diagnosing underground explosions and earthquakes. Contemp Physics, 9, 17-31.

 

AWRE REPORTS

 

Young, J B & Douglas, A. Map, time series and other plotting routines for use with the Stromberg-Carlson 4020 plotter. AWRE Report No. 0 41/68, HMSO.

 

Young, J B & Gibbs, P G. GEDESS: A Series of Computer Programs for deriving information at selected seismic recording sites for signals from known hypocentres. AWRE Report No. 0 54/68, HMSO.

 

Burch, R F. A Comparison of the Short Period Seismic Noise at the Four UKAEA Type Arrays and an Estimate of their Detection Capabilities. AWRE Report No. O 79/68.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Fairhead, J. D. The Seismicity of the East African Rift System 1995-1968. MSc Thesis.

 

1969

 

Burridge, R. A New Look at Lamb's Problem. Jour of Physics of the Earth, Vol 16, Special Issue 1968, 169-171.

 

Burridge, R. Spherically symmetric differential equations, the rotation group and tensor spherical functions. Proc Camb Phil Soc, 65, 157-175.

 

Burridge, R. The numberical solution of certain integral equations with non-integrable kernels arising in the theory of crack propagation and elastic wave diffraction. Philosophical Transactions of the Roy Soc of London, Vol 265, 353-381.

 

Burridge, R. Theoretical Seismic Sources and Propagating Brittle Cracks. Jour of Phys of the Earth, Vol 16, Special Issue 1968, 83-92.

 

Burridge, R, Willis, J R (U of Cambridge). The self-similar problem of the expanding elliptical crack in an anisotropic solid. Proc Camb Phil Soc, 66, 443-468.

Francis, T J G (NERC). Generation of Seismic Anisotropy in the Upper Mantle along the Mid-Oceanic Ridges. Nature, 221, No. 5176, 152-165.

 

Francis, T J G (NERC). How necessary are Large-scale Seismic Refraction Experiments? Geophys J R astr Soc, 18, 223-226.

 

Francis, T J G (NERC). Seismicity of Mid-Oceanic Ridges and its relation to Properties of the Upper Mantle and Crust. Nature, 220, No. 5170, 899-901.

 

Francis, T J G (NERC). Upper Mantle Structure along the Axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near Iceland. Geophys J R astr Soc, 17, 507-520.

 

Francis, T J G. A New Interpretation of the 1968 Fernandina Caldera Collapse and its Implications for the Mid-Oceanic Ridges. Geophys Jour Roy astr Soc, Vol 39, 301-318 (1974).

 

Grover, F H. Perturbatin of the Atmosphere by Earthquake Waves. Encyclopaedia of Science & Technology, Milan.

 

Inston, H H. Dispersion of HF pulses by Ionospheric Reflection. Proc IEE, Vol 116, No. 11, 1789-1793.

 

Knopoff, L. (U of California), King, C Y (U of California), Burridge, R. A Physical Basis for Earthquake Statistics. Publications of the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Vol XXXVII, No. 7.

 

Lamden, R J. The design of unattended stations for recording geomagnetic micropulsation signals. J Sci Inst, Series 2, Vol 2, 125-130.

 

Lilwall, R C (U of Birmingham), Douglas, A. The Quest for a P Travel Time Standard. Nature, Vol 222, 975-977.

 

Raitt, R W (Scripps Inst of Oceanography), Shor, G G (Scripps Inst of Oceanography), Francis, T J G (NERC), Morris, G B (Scripps Institute of Oceanography). Anisotropy of the Pacific Upper Mantle. Journal of Geophys Res, Vol 74, No. 12, 3095-3109.

 

Underwood, R. Numerical Seismic Risk. Contribution to the Symposium on Engineering Seismology at Melbourne, Sept 1969.

 

Underwood, R. The Classification of Constrained Data. Systematic Zoology, 18, 312-317.

 

Underwood, R, Lilwall, R C (U of Birmingham). The Systematic Error in Seismic Location. Geophys J R astr Soc, Vol 17, No. 5, 521-526.

 

AWRE REPORTS

 

Bomford, K D & H I S Thirlaway. Verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. AWRE Report No. O 72/69.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Corbishley, D. J. Measurements of the Derivative of the P Wave Travel Time Curve by means of an Array Network. PhD Thesis.

 

Lilwall, R. C. The Determination of Epicentres and Seismic Travel Times. PhD Thesis.

 

Marshall, P. D. Aspects of the Spectral Differences between Earthquakes and Underground Explosions. MSc Thesis.

 

Willey, G. Amplitude Distance Curves for Long Period P Waves in the Distance Range 2deg.-129deg.. MSc Thesis.

 

Worthington, M. H. The Structure under the Warramunga Seismic Array: A Study of Rayleigh Wave Near Surface Dispersion. MSc Thesis.

 

1970

 

Burridge, R. The Directions in which Rayleigh waves can be propagated on Crystals. Quarterly Journal Mech & App Maths, Vol XXIII, 1-2.

 

Burridge, R. Source Mechanisms and Fracture produced Wave Sources. Conference on Dynamic Waves held at Swansea in July 1970 by Institute of Civil Engineers.

 

Burridge, R. R Burridge's contribution to a Discussion on Stochastic Models for Earthquake Occurrence by D Vere-Jones. J Roy Stat Soc, Vol 32, No. 1, 46-62.

 

Corbishley, D J. Multiple Array Measurements of the P Wave Travel Time Derivative. Geophys J Roy Astr Soc (1970), Vol 19, 1-14.

 

Corbishley, D J & Wright, C. Comments on a paper by E P Arnold, `Smoothing Travel Time Tables'. Bull Seism Soc Am, Vol 60, No. 3, 1027-1028.

 

Douglas, A. How Accurate are the 1968 P Tables? Earth & Plan Sci Letters, 8, 250-252.

 

Douglas, A. Finite Elements for Geological Modelling. Nature, Vol 226, No. 5246, 630-631.

 

Fairhead, J D (Univ of Newcastle) & Girdler, R W (Univ of Newcastle). The Seismicity of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Afar Triangle. Phil Trans Roy Soc, Lond, A, 267, 49-74.

 

Grover, F H. Vibro-Seismic Measurements. Conference on Dynamic Waves held at Swansea in July 1970 by Institute of Civil Engineers.

Lamden, R J. Fourier Co-Variance Analysis of the Long Period Magnetic Field Variation in the British Isles during 1958. Geophys J R astr Soc, Vol 20, 177-189.

 

Lilwall, R C & Douglas, A. Estimation of P wave Travel Time using the Joint Epicentre Method. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 19, No. 2, 165-181.

 

Lilwall, R C & Underwood, R. Seismic Network Bias. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 20, 335-339.

 

Marshall, P D. Aspects of the Spectral Differences between Earthquakes and Underground Explosions. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 20, No. 4, 397-417.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Earthquakes and Explosions. Comment on Molnar et al. Nature, Vol 225, No. 5239, 1237-1238.

 

Willey, G, Cleary, J & Marshall, P D. Comparison of Least Squares Analyses of Long and Short Period P Wave Amplitudes. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 19, 439-445.

 

AWE O REPORTS

 

Carpenter, E W & Marshal, P D. Surface Waves Generated by Atmospheric Nuclear Explosions. AWRE Report No. 0 88/70, HMSO.

 

Corbishley, D J. Some Seismic Results of the Gasbuggy and Rulison Explosions (Shot Report No. 3). AWRE Report No. 0 46/70, HMSO.

 

Grover, F H. Vibrations in Structures. AWRE Report No. 0 32/70, HMSO.

 

Marshall, P D. Some Seismic Results of the Medeo Explosions in the Alma Ata Region of the USSR (Shot Report No. 2). AWRE Report No. 0 33/70, HMSO.

 

Marshall, P D, Corbishley, D J & Gibbs, P G. Some Seismic Results of the Milrow Explosion. AWRE Report No. 0 47/70.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Paterson, I. S. The Application of Source Arrays to Studies of North American Structure. MSc Thesis.

 

Trythall, J. E. The Application of a Spiking Filter to Long Period P-wave Records. MSc Thesis.

 

1971

 

Burridge, R (1971). Lamb's Problem for an Anisotropic Half Space. Quart Jour Mech & App Maths, Vol XXIV, Part 1, 81-98.

 

Corbishley, D J (1971). Structure under Seismic Arrays. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 21, 415-425.

 

Douglas, A, Hudson, J A, Kembhavi, V K (1971). The Analysis of Surface Wave Spectra using a Reciprocity Theorem for Surface Waves. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 23, No. 2, 207-223.

 

Douglas, A, Hudson, J A & Kembhavi, V K (1971). The Relative Excitation of Body and Surface Waves by Point Sources. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 23, No. 4, 451-460.

 

Douglas, A, Marshall, P D & Corbishley, D J (1971). Absorption and the Complexity of P signals. Nature, 223, 50-51.

 

Fairhead, J D & Girdler, R W (Univ of Newcastle) (1971). The Seismicity of Africa. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 24, 271-301.

 

Francis, T J G & Porter, I T (1971). A Statistical Study of Mid-Atlantic Ridge Earthquakes. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 24, 31-50.

 

Francis, T J G (1971). The Efect of Earthquakes on Deep-Sea Sediments. Nature, 233, 98-102.

 

Inston, H H, Marshall, P D & Blamey, C (1971). Optimisation of Filter Bandwidth in Spectral Analysis of Wavetrains. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 23, No. 2 243-250.

 

Marshall, P D & Burton, P W (1971). The Source-Layering Function of Underground Explosions and Earthquakes - An Application of a `Common Path' Method. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 24, 533-537.

 

Marshall, P D, Douglas, A & Hudson, J A (1971). Surface Waves from Underground Explosions. Nature, Vol 234, No. 5323, 8-9.

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1971). Explosion Seismology. Paper presented to Second IAEA Panel in Vienna. IAEA-PL-429/17.

 

1972

 

Basham, P (Dept of Energy Mines & Resources, Canada) & Marshall, P D (1972). Discrimination between Earthquakes and Underground Explosions Employing an Improved Ms Scale: Supplementary Magnitude Data on Eurasian Events. Seismological Series of the Earth Physics Branch No. 63.

 

Burridge, R & Halliday, G S (1971). Dynamic Shear Cracks with Friction as Models for Shallow Focus Earthquakes. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 25, 261-283.

 

Burridge, R (1972). The Acoustics of Pipe Arrays. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 26, Nos. 1-4, 53-69.

 

Burton, P W & Kennett, B L N (Dept of Applied Maths, Cambridge) (1972). An Upper Mantle Zone of Low Q. Nature, Vol 238, No. 84, 87-89.

 

Douglas, A, Corbishley, D J, Blamey, C & Marshall, P D (1972). Estimating the Firing Depth of Underground Explosions. Nature, 237, p26.

 

Douglas, A, Hudson, J A (Dept of Applied Maths, Cambridge) & Blamey, C (1972). A Quantitative Evaluation of Seismic Signals at Teleseismic Distances - III. Computed P and Rayleigh Wave Seismograms. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 28, 385-410.

 

Douglas, A & Lilwall, R C (Inst of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) (1972). Methods of Estimating Travel Times and Epicentres. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 30, No. 2, 187-197.

 

Douglas, A, Marshall, P D, Gibbs, P G, Young, J B & Blamey, C (1972). P-signal Complexity Re-examined. 9th Geophys Theory & Computers Symp, Banff, August 1972. Geophys J Roy astr Soc.

 

Francis, T J G & I T Porter. Microearthquake survey of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature, 240, 5383, 547-549, December 1972.

 

Grover, F H (1972). Experimental Noise Reducers for an Active Microbarograph Array. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 26, Nos. 1-4, 41-52.

 

Marshall, P D & Basham, P W (1972). Discrimination between Earthquakes and Underground Explosions Employing an Improved Ms scale. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 28, No. 5, 431-458.

 

Marshall, P D & Basham, P W (1972). Rayleigh Wave Magnitude Scale Ms. Pure & Aplied Geophysics, Vol 102, No. 1.

 

Marshall, P D, Burch, R F & Douglas, A (1972). How and Why to Record Broad Band Seismic Signals. Nature, No. 5368, 154-155.

 

Service, K G (1972). Analytical and Numerical Models of Oceanic Rifts. Nature.

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1972). Introduction to the Problem of Seismic Magnitudes. Pure & Applied Geophysics, Vol 102, No. 1.

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1972). Forensic Seismology. Tenth Harold Jeffreys Lecture, Roy Astr Soc, 8 Dec 1972. Quarterly J Roy astr Soc.

 

AWRE 0 REPORTS

 

Burton, P W & Blamey, C. A Program to Determine the Spectrum and a Dispersion Characteristic of a Transient Signal. AWRE Report No. 0 48/72, HMSO.

 

Gibbs, P G & Blamey, C. Some Seismic Results of 12 Underground Nuclear Explosions at the Nevada Test Site, USA. AWRE Report No. 0 32/72, HMSO.

 

Gibbs, P G & Blamey, C. Some Seismic Results of the CANNIKIN Underground Explosion at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands. AWRE Report No. 0 65/72, HMSO.

 

Grover, F H & James, E W. A Comparison of the Seismic Effects produced by a Falling Weight and Detonations of Small, Buried, Explosive Charges. AWRE Report No. 0 50/72, HMSO.

 

Marshall, P D. Some Seismic Results of a World Wide Sample of Large Underground Explosions. AWRE Report No. 0 49/72, HMSO.

 

DISSERTATIONS

 

Booth, D. C. Interpretation of Long and Short Period P Wave Amplitude Distance Curves and Station Residuals. MSc Thesis.

 

1973

 

Douglas, A, Marshall, P D, Gibbs, P G, Young, J B & Blamey, C (1973). P-signal Complexity Re-examined. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, Vol 33, 195-221.

 

Grover, F H (1973). Geophysical Effects of Concorde Sonic Booms. Quarterly J Roy astr Soc, 14, 141-160.

 

Francis, T J G (1973). The Seismicity of the Reykjanes Ridge. Earth & Planet Sci Letters, 18, 119-124.

 

Francis, T J G & Porter, I T (1973). Median Valley Seismology: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 45deg.N. Geophys J R astr Soc, 23, 279-311.

 

Marshall, P D, Basham, P W (1973). Rayleigh Wave Magnitude Scale Ms. Pure & Applied Geophysics, 103, No. II, 406-414.

 

Service, K G (1973). Analytical and Numerical Models of Oceanic Rifts. Nature Physical Science, 241, No. 106, 33-35.

 

Service, K G, & Douglas, A (1973). Boundaries and Fractures in Finite Element Models of Geological Structures. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 32, 1-14.

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1973). Forensic Seismology. Tenth Harold Jeffreys Lecture, Royal Astronomical Society, 8 Dec 1972. Quarterly J Roy astr Soc, 14, No. 3, 297-310.

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1973). Introduction to the Problem of Seismic Magnitudes. Pure & Applied Geophysics, 103, No. II, 405.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

Douglas, A, Young, J B & Hudson, J A (1973). Theoretical P Wave Seismograms from Earthquake Source Models. AWRE Report No. 0 50/73, HMSO.

 

Marshall, P D & Key, P F (Mrs) (1973). An Analysis of Seismic Waves from Earthquakes and Explosions in the Sino-Soviet Area During 1966. AWRE Report No. 0 05/73, HMSO.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Burton, P. Estimations of Q from Seismic Rayleigh Waves. PhD Thesis.

 

Service, K G. Application of the Finite Elements Method to Tectonic Problems. PhD Thesis.

 

Thanvarachorn, P. Earthquake Fault Parameters and their Relation to Lithospheric Movements. PhD Thesis.

 

Bennell, J D. Estimations of Suboceanic Q from Seismic Rayleigh Waves. MSc Thesis.

 

Grover, F H (1973). Recording Sonic Boom. AWRE News, 20, No. 8, 16-19.

 

Mowat, W M H & Burch, R F. Handbook for the stations which provide seismograms to the Blacknest Seismological Centre, UK. AWRE. December 1973.

 

1974

 

Booth, D, Marshall, P D & Young, J B (1974). Long and Short Period P Wave Amplitudes from Earthquakes in the Range 0deg.-114deg.. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 39, 523-537.

 

Burton, P W. Estimations of Q-1 from Seismic Rayleigh Waves. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 36 167-189.

 

Douglas, A, Marshall, P D, Young, J B & Hudson, J A (1974). Earthquakes that look like Explosions. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 36, 227-233.

 

Douglas, A, Young, J B & Hudson, J A (1974). Complex P wave seismograms from Simple Earthquake Sources. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 37, 141-150.

 

Douglas, A, Marshall, P D, Young, J B & Hudson, J A (1974). A Seismic Source in E Kazakhstan, USSR: Earthquake or Explosion? Nature, 248, 743-745.

 

Marshall, P D (1973). A Better Future for the ISC? Nature, 246, 327.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

Atkins, P J, Grover, F H, Parker, K & Thirlaway, H I S. PNE Review No. 2 Ground Motion and Seismic Damage from Underground Nuclear Explosions. AWRE Report No. 0 20/74, HMSO.

 

Douglas, A, Lilwall, R C & Young, J B. Computer Programs for Epicentre Determinations. AWRE Report No. 0 28/74, HMSO.

 

Grover, F H. Infrasonic and Seismic Wave Records from the Flixborough and St Bridget Explosions. AWRE Report No. 0 46/74, HMSO.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. PNE Review No. 4. Monitoring Yields of Underground (PNE) Explosions from Normalised Amplitudes of Seismic Signals. AWRE Report No. 0 17/74, HMSO.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Cullen E A. Anomalous Seismic (P) wave propagation and the Upper Mantle of Europe. PhD Thesis.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Forensic Seismology, Part 1. AWRE News, 22 and Part 2, 22.

 

Thomas, J H. An Analysis of the Atenuation of Rayleigh Waves and its Relevance to Magnitude Determinations. MSc Thesis.

 

1975

 

Burton, P W (1974). An array of Broad Band seismographs: Some initial results. Proceedings of the European Seismological Commission XIVth General Assembly at Trieste, 16-22 September 1974.

 

Cullen, E A & Douglas, A. P Wave seismograms from three seismic sources in SW USSR. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 41, 11-28.

 

Douglas, A (1975). Modelling as an aid to interpreting P wave seismograms. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, Series E. Applied Sciences No. 11, Noordhoff, Leiden.

 

Douglas, A. Book review - Time sequence analysis in Geophysics by E R Kanasewich. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 42, 1026.

 

Francis, T J G, Porter, I T, Lane, R D, Osborne, P J, Pooley, J E & Tompkins, P K. Ocean Bottom Seismograph. Marine Geophysical Researches, 2, 195-213.

 

Hudson, J A & Douglas, A. Rayleigh wave spectra and group velocity minima, and the resonance of P waves in layered structures. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 42, 175-188.

 

Hudson, J A & Douglas, A. On the Amplitudes of seismic waves. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 42, 1039-1044.

 

Marshall, P D, Douglas, A, Barley, B J & Hudson, J A. Short Period Teleseismic S waves. Nature, 253, No. 5488, 181-182.

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1975). Exploitation of Seismograph Networks. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, Series E. Applied Sciences No. 11, Noordhoff, Leiden.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Review: "By Jove!" The Jupiter Effect by John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann. Nature, 254, 236.

 

Thirlaway, H I S. Comments on "A Combination of gravity and seismic refraction measurements, applied to Groundwater exploration near Taltal, Province of Antofagasta, Chile". Geophysical Prospecting, 23, No. 4.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

Gibbs, P G & Blamey, C. Some seismic results of the Rio Blanco explosion in the Colorado River Region, USA (Shot Report No. 5). AWRE Report No. 0 52/74, HMSO.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

White, T. Analysis of Teleseismic Signals from Underground Nuclear Explosions. MSc Thesis.

 

1976

 

P D Marshall & R W Hurley (1976). Recognising Simulated Earthquakes. Nature, 259, No. 5542, 378-380, February 5, 1976.

 

P W Burton & J D Bennell (1976). Q-1 and Lithospheric Thickness. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 30 (1976) 151-154. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co, Amsterdam.

 

P D Marshall & D L Springer (1976). Is the Velocity of Pn an Indicator of Qa?. Nature, 264, No. 5586, 531-533, December 9, 1976.

 

P W Burton (1976). Inversions of high frequency Q-1g(f). Geophys J R astr Soc (1976) 48, 29-51.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

G W Stuart (Univ of Reading), A Douglas & C Blamey. A Computer Program for the Determination of the Phase Velocity of Seismic Surface Waves between Pairs of Stations. AWRE Report No. 0 8/76, May 1976.

 

P D Marshall & C Sawyer. Some Seismic Results from Soviet PNE Explosions. AWRE Report No. 0 41/75, April 1976.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Stuart, G W. A Surface Wave Study of the Crust and Upper Mantle of North-west Europe. PhD Thesis.

 

1977

 

R G Pearce & B J Barley (1977). The effect of noise on seismograms. Geophys J R astr Soc, 48, 543-548.

 

B J Barley & R G Pearce (1977). A fault plane solution using theoretical P seismograms. Geophys J R astr Soc, 51, 653-668.

 

R G Pearce (1977). Fault plane solutions using relative amplitudes of P and pP. Geophys J R astr Soc, 50, 381-394.

 

B J Barley (1977). The origin of complexity in some P seismograms from deep earthquakes. Geophys J R astr Soc, 49, 773-777.

 

M J Usher, I W Buckner & R F Burch. A miniature wideband horizontal-component feedback seismometer. Journal of Physics E (Scientific Instruments).

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

C Blamey (1977). The Establishment of the Blacknest Seismological Database on the Rutherford Laboratory System 360/195 Computer. AWRE Report No. 0 37/76, January 1977.

 

F A Key, T G Lea & A Douglas. Seismometer Array Station Processors. AWRE Report No. 0 36/76, January 1977.

 

R W Hurley (1977). Anomalous Seismic Signals from Novaya Zemlya. AWRE Report No. 0 21/77, October 1977.

 

F H Grover (1977). A Survey of Atmospheric Wave Recording at Blacknest. AWRE Report No. 0 51/77, November 1977.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Marshall, P D, D L Springer & H C Roedean. Magnitude corrections for attenuation in the upper mantle. UCRL-80423, LLNL, December 1977.

 

E Schaffer, D Springer, P D Marshall (1977). Interpretation of P travel time data for NTS-LLL seismic station paths. LLL/STM 21M, August 1977, Livermore Laboratory.

 

Barley, B. Short Period Teleseismic S Waves. PhD Thesis.

 

Hunt, N J. Path Corrections in Surface Wave Magnitude Determinations. MSc Thesis.

 

Pearce, R.G. A Study of Earthquake Modelling with Applications to the East African Rift System. PhD Thesis.

 

1978

 

M J Usher, C Guralp & R F Burch (1978). The design of miniature Wideband Seismometers. Geophys J R astr Soc, 55, 605-613.

 

J H Thomas, P D Marshall & A Douglas (1978). Rayleigh-wave amplitudes from earthquakes in the range 0-150deg.. Geophys J R astr Soc, 53, 191-200.

 

B J Barley (1978). Brittle Fracture, Pore Fluids and Q. Tectonophysics, 51, T9-T13.

 

G W Stuart (1978). The upper mantle structure of the North Sea region from Rayleigh wave dispersion. Geophys J R astr Soc, 52, 367-382.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

F H Grover (1978). The Experimental Operation of a Seismological Data Centre at Blacknest. AWRE Report No. 0 38/78, October 1978.

 

B J Barley (1979). On the Use of Seismometer Arrays to Locate Sources of Higher Mode Rayleigh Waves. AWRE Report No. 0 54/78, January 1979.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Marshall, P D, Magnitude Corrections for Attenuation in the Upper Mantle. Energy & Technology Review, LLNL, UCRL-52000-78-3, 10-15, March 1978.

 

P D Marshall, D Springer & H C Rodean (1978). Magnitude corrections for attenuation in the upper mantle. AWRE News, October 1978.

 

1979

 

Thirlaway, H I S (1979). Forensic Seismology. Earthquake Information Bulletin, Sep-Oct 1979, 11, No. 5.

 

Hopkins, B D (1979). Direct high-resolution digitisation of a frequency-modulated carrier. J Phys E: Sci Instrum, 12, 1979.

 

P D Marshall, D L Springer & H C Rodean (1979). Magnitude corrections for attenuation in the upper mantle. Geophys J R astr Soc, 57, 609-638.

 

F H Grover (1979). The collection and analysis of seismological data to detect possible violations of a nuclear test ban treaty. Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors, 18, 135-142.

 

M J Usher, R F Burch & C Guralp (1979). Wide-band feedback seismometers. Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors, 18, 38-50.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

R G Pearce. Earthquake Focal Mechanisms from Relative Amplitudes of P, pP and sP: Method and Computer Program. AWRE Report No. 0 41/79.

 

1980

 

R G Pearce (1980). Fault plane solutions using relative amplitudes of P and surface reflections: further studies. Geophys J R astr Soc, 60 459-487.

 

R A C Chow, J D Fairhead, N B Henderson & P D Marshall (1980). Magnitude and Q determinations in southern Africa using Lg wave amplitudes. Geophys J R astr Soc, 63, 735-745.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

R G Pearce, Hilary Bainbridge, Pamela F Key & J B Young (1980). The 1976 Earthquake Sequence in Uzbekistan - Focal Mechanisms Determined Using the Relative Amplitude Method. AWRE Report No. 0 27/80, July 1980.

 

1981

 

A Douglas, J A Hudson & P D Marshall (1981). Earthquake seismograms that show Doppler effects due to crack propagation. Geophys J R astr Soc, 64, 163-185.

 

R G Pearce (1981). Complex P waveforms from a Gulf of Aden earthquake. Geophys J R astr Soc, 64, 187-200.

 

R A Clark & R G Pearce (1981). Comments on "Lateral heterogeneity at the base of the mantle revealed by observations of amplitudes of PKP phases" by I S Sacks, J A Snoke & L Beach.

 

A Douglas (1981). Seismic source identification: a review of past and present research efforts by E S Husebye & S Mykkelveit (eds), Identification of Seismic Sources -Earthquake or Underground Explosion, 1-48. Published by D Reidel Publishing Co.

 

A Douglas, J B Young & P D Marshall (1981). Some analyses of P- and Rayleigh wave amplitudes observed at North American stations. Geophys J R astr Soc, 67, 305-324.

 

R A Clark & G W Stuart (1981). Upper mantle structure of the British Isles from Rayleigh wave dispersion. Geophys J R astr Soc, 67, 59-75.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

A Douglas, J A Hudson & B J Barley (1981). Complexity of Short Period P Seismograms: What does scattering contribute? AWRE Report No. 0 3/81, July 1981.

A Douglas & J B Young (1981). The Estimation of Seismic Body Wave Signals in the Presence of Oceanic Microseisms. AWRE Report No. 0 14/81, December 1981.

 

1982

 

A Douglas (1982). Two Problems in Forensic Seismology Twenty Years On. Q J Roy astr Soc, 23, 26-44.

 

B J Barley, J A Hudson & A Douglas (1982). S to P Scattering at the 650 km discontinuity. Geophys J R astr Soc, 69, 159-172.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Clark, R. A Teleseismic Surface and Bodywave Study of the Upper Mantle beneath the British Isles. PhD Thesis.

 

1983

 

A Douglas & P D Marshall (1983). Comments on "Teleseismic Short-period Amplitudes: Source and Receiver Variations" by R Butler & L Ruff. Bulletin of the Seism Soc Am, 73, No. 2, 667-671, April 1983.

 

C I Pooley, A Douglas & R G Pearce (1983). The Seismic Disturbance of 1976 March 20, East Kazakhstan: earthquake or explosion? Geophys J R astr Soc, 621-631.

 

A Douglas & J A Hudson (1983). Comments on "Time Functions Appropriate for Nuclear Explosions" by L J Burdick & D V Helmberger and "Seismic Source Functions and Attenuation from Local and Teleseismic Observations of the NTS Events Jorum & Handley" by D V Helmberger & D M Hadley. Bull Seism Soc Am, 73, No. 4, 1255-1264, August 1983.

 

R C Stewart & A Douglas (1983). Seismograms from Phaseless Seismographs. Geophys J R astr Soc, 73, 517-521.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

F A Key & Penelope J Warburton (1983). Processing of Seismic Signals from a Seismometer Network. AWRE Report No. O 19/83.

 

R G Pearce (1983). The Information Content of Relative Amplitudes Observed from an Earthquake Radiation Pattern. AWRE Report No. O 32/83.

 

S V New (1983). An On-line Seismometer Array Processor. AWRE Report No. O 7/83.

 

BOOK REVIEW

 

P D Marshall (1983). Earthquake Forecasting and Warning by Tsungi Rikitake. Nature, September 1983.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Bingham, J. Interpretation of Short Period and Broadband Amplitude - Distance Curves and Station Terms Computed from Data recorded in the USSR. MSc Thesis.

 

1984

 

Douglas, A, Stewart, R C & L Richardson (1984). Comments on "Analysis of Broadband Seismograms from the Chile-Peru Area" by R Kind & D Seidl. Bull Seism Soc Am, 74, No. 2, 773-777.

 

Douglas, A (1984). Teleseismic Observations of Aftershocks immediately following an underground explosion. Geophys J R astr Soc, 77, 503-515.

 

Marshall, P D & A Douglas (1984). Earthquake or Explosion: Teleseismic Monitoring. Where are we now? US DARPA Review of Basic Research in Vela Uniform Programme.

 

Stewart, R C (1984). Q and the rise and fall of a seismic pulse. Geophys J R astr Soc, 76, 793-805.

 

AWRE O REPORTS

 

Bache, T C, Marshall, P D & J B Young (August 1984). Q and its Effect on Short Period P Waves from Explosions in Central Asia. AWRE Report No. O 17/84.

 

Marshall, P D, Bache, T C & R C Lilwall (December 1984). Body Wave Magnitudes and Locations of Soviet Underground Explosions at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. AWRE Report No. O 16/84.

 

Lilwall, R C & A Douglas. Global Seismicity in Terms of Short Period Magnitude mb Based on Individual Station Magnitude-Frequency Distributions. AWRE Report No. O 23/84.

 

Burch, R F (February 1984). The Mk IIIC Vertical Component Force-Balance Seismometer System. Part 1: Design and Development. AWRE Report No. 0 24/84, HMSO.

 

Burch, R F (February 1984). The Mk IIIC Vertical Component Force-Balance Seismometer System. Part 2: Detailed Description, Caibration, Maintenance and Repair. AWRE Report No. 0 25/84.

 

BOOK REVIEW

 

Marshall, P D (1984). Earthquakes, Tides, Unidentified Sounds and Related Phenomena: A Catalogue of Geophysical Anomalies by W R Corliss. Nature, 308, 12 April 1984.

 

1985

 

Bache, T C, Marshall, P D & Bache, L B (April 1985). Q for Teleseismic P waves from Central Asia. J Geophys Research, 98, No. B5, 3575-3587.

 

Trodd, H, Warburton, P & Pooley, C I (1985). The great British earthquake of 1984 seen from afar. Geophys J Roy astr Soc, 83, 809-812.

 

AWRE REPORTS

 

Marshall, P D, Lilwall, R C, Warburton, P J (November 1985). Body Wave Magnitudes and Locations of French Underground Explosions at the Mururoa Test Site. AWRE Report No. 0 12/85, HMSO, London.

 

1986

 

Marshall, P D, Bingham, J & J B Young (1986). An analysis of P-wave amplitudes recorded by seismological stations in the USSR. Geophys J R astr Soc, 84, 71-91.

 

Marshall, P D & A Douglas (1986). Earthquake or Explosion: Teleseismic monitoring. Where are we now? in The Vela Program. A Twenty-Five Year Review of Basic Research. Editor A U Kerr, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. D L Carlson, Publisher. Executive Graphics Services, 633-657.

 

Douglas, A, Young, J B & N S Lyman (1986). Comments on a paper and a reply to a note by T W Wallace, D V Helmberger and T Lay. Bull Seism Soc Am, 76, No. 1, 305-311 (Feb 1986).

 

Bache, T C, Marshall P D & J B Young (1986). High-frequency seismic noise characteristics at the Four United Kingdom-type arrays. Bull Seism Soc Am, 76, No. 3, 601-616.

 

AWRE REPORTS

 

Young, J B & C I Pooley (1986). Classifiers of Seismic and Geographics Regionalisation. AWRE Report No. 0 6/85, HMSO, London (January 1986).

 

Stewart, R C & P J Warburton (1986). Some seismic results of an underground explosion at the Mururoa Test Site (Shot No. 6). AWRE Report No. 0 17/85.

 

Lilwall, R C & J M Neary (1986). Redetermination of Earthquake Body-Wave Magnitudes (mb) using ISC Bulletin Data. AWRE Report No. 0 21/85, HMSO, London.

 

Marshall, P D, Lilwall, R C & Jean Farthing (1986). Body wave magnitudes and locations of underground nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test Site, 1971-1980. AWRE Report No. 0 21/86, (November 1986).

 

Lilwall, R C (1986). Some simulation studies on seismic magnitude estimators. AWRE Report No. 0 22/86. (November 1986).

 

Lyman, N S, Douglas, A, Marshall, P D & J B Young (1986). P seismograms recorded at Eskdalemuir, Scotland from Explosions in Nevada, USA. AWRE Report No. 0 10/86 (November 1986).

 

Lilwall, R C & P D Marshall (1986). Body wave magnitudes and locations of Soviet underground explosions at the Novaya Zemlya Test Site. AWRE Report No. 0 17/86 (December 1986).

 

1987

 

Stewart, R C (1987). Comment - A seismic event on August 20, 1983: Double-Explosion or a Single Earthquake. Physics of the Earth & Planetary Int, 46, 381-383.

 

Douglas A, (1987). Differences in Upper Mantle Attenuation between the Nevada and Shagan River Test Sites: Can the effects be seen in P-wave seismograms? Bull Seism Soc Am, 77, No. 1, 270-276, (February 1987).

 

Douglas, A, Marshall, P D & J B Young (1987). The P waves from the Amchitka Island Explosions. Geophys J R astr Soc, 90:I, 101-117.

 

Lilwall (1987). Station threshold bias in short-period amplitude distance and station terms used to compute body-wave magnitudes mb. Geophys J R astr Soc, 91, 1127-1133.

 

AWRE REPORTS

 

Lilwall, R C (1987). Empirical Amplitude-Distance/Depth Curves for short-period P waves in the Distance Range 20 to 180deg.. AWRE Report No. 0 30/86 (January 1987).

 

Lilwall, R C (1987). Earthquake Detection Statistics at Short Period Stations using a Historical Data File. AWRE Report No. 0 34/87 (October 1987).

 

1988

 

Stewart, R C & P D Marshall (1988). Seismic P-waves from Novaya Zemlya explosions: seeing double! Geophysical Journal, 92, 335-338.

 

Pearce, R G, Hudson, J A & A Douglas (1988). On the use of P-wave seismograms to identify a double-couple source. Bull Seism Soc Am, 78, No. 2, 651-671.

 

Douglas, A & D W Rivers (1988). An explosion that looks like an earthquake. Bull Seism Soc Am, 78, No. 2, 1011-1019.

 

Lilwall, R C (1988). Regional mb:Ms, Lg/Pg amplitude ratios and Lg spectral ratios as criteria for distinguishing between earthquakes and explosions - a theoretical study. Geophysical Journal, 93, 137-147.

 

Douglas, A, Hudson, J A & R G Pearce (1988). Directivity and the Doppler effect. Bull Seism Soc Am, 78, No. 3, 1367-1372.

 

Young, J B (1988). A proposal for additional regions for the Flinn-Engdahl regionalisation scheme. Geophysical Journal, 93, 583-586.

 

AWE REPORTS

 

Lilwall, R C, Marshall, P D & D W Rivers (1988). Body wave magnitudes of some underground nuclear explosions at the Nevada (USA) and Shagan River (USSR) Test Sites. AWE 0 15/88, HMSO, London, July 1988.

 

Stimpson, I G (1988). Source Parameters of Explosions in Granite at the French Test Site in Algeria. AWE 0 11/88, HMSO, London (July 1988).

 

Young, J B, Lilwall, R C & A Douglas (1988). World Seismicity Maps suitable for the study of seismic and geographical regionalisation. AWRE 0 7/87, HMSO, London (May 1988).

 

Stewart, R C (1988). P-wave seismograms from underground explosions at the Shagan River Test Site recorded at four arrays. AWE 0 4/88, HMSO, London (July 1988).

 

1989

 

Douglas, A. Seismology at AWE. AWE News, Aldermaston, December 1989.

 

Young, J B (1988). A proposal for additional regions for the Flinn-Engdahl regionalization scheme. Geophysical Journal (1988) 93, 583-586.

 

Marshall, P D, Stewart, R C & R C Lilwall (1989). The seismic disturbance on 1986 August 1 near Novaya Zemlya: a source of concern? Geophysical Journal (1989) 98, 565-573.

 

Pearce, R G & R C Stewart (1989). Interpretation of seismic pulse duration in terms of a propagating rupture: a method and case histories. Tectonophysics, 166 (1989) 115-132.

 

AWRE REPORTS

 

Lilwall, R C & J B Young (1989). Broad-Band P Wave Seismograms of Six Underground Explosions in the USA Recorded at a Selection of LRSM Stations. AWE Report No. 0 2/89.

 

Lilwall, R C, Marshall, P D, Hayward, H J, Porter, D & T Hampton. An Analysis of Seismograms Recorded at a Station in Swaziland 1973-1976. AWE Report No. 0 6/89.

 

Gillbanks, T G A, P D Marshall & R C Stewart, May 1989. P-wave Seismograms Recorded at Yellowknife, Canada from Underground Nuclear Explosions in Nevada, USA. AWE Report No. O 26/88.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Meredith, J. The use of a Broadband Seismic Network to study Structures beneath the UK. PhD Thesis.

 

1990

 

Douglas, A, L Richardson & M Hutchins (1990). Surface reflections and S-to-P conversions on P seismograms. Geophys J Int, 100, 303-314.

 

Douglas, A & J A Hudson (1990). The effect on teleseismic P of the zone of damage created by an explosion. Geophys J Int, 103, 111-133.

 

Young, J B & Douglas A Wiens (1990). A further proposal for additional regions for the Flinn-Engdahl Regionalization Scheme. Geophys J Int, 103, 759-762.

 

AWE REPORTS

 

Rogers, R M & R G Pearce (1990). Source Mechanisms of Some Large Earthquakes Determined using the Relative Amplitude Method. AWE Report No. 0 18/89.

 

Burch, R F & P D Marshall (1990). A Survey of the Vertical Component of the Seismic Noise on the Falkland Islands. AWE Report No. 0 5/90.

 

Porter, D & P Peachell (1990). Some Seismic Results from the US-USSR Joint Verification Underground Nuclear Explosions. AWE Report No. 0 6/90.

 

Marshall, P D, R C Lilwall & Miss J Farthing (August,1990). Estimates of the Teleseismic Magnitudes of some early Nevada Test Site Explosions. AWE Report No. O 13/90.

 

Lilwall, R C & Miss J Farthing, (August 1990). Joint Epicentre Determination of Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions 1973-89 at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. AWE Report No. O 12/90.

 

1991

 

Taylor, S R & P D Marshall (1991). Spectral discrimination between Soviet explosions and earthquakes using short-period array data. Geophys. J. Int. 106, 265-273.

 

AWE REPORTS

 

Lilwall, R C (February 1991). The Detection and Location of Near-Regional Seismic Disturbances by the Eskdalemuir Array: A Study using Noise and Signal Correlations. AWE Report No. O 20/90.

 

Marshall, P D, R C Lilwall, R C Stewart & I Marsden, (April 1991). Seismometer Array Recordings of P Waves from Explosions in the North Caspian USSR Area. AWE Report No. O 4/91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Abercrombie, R. Earthquake Rupture Dynamics and Neotectonics in the Ægean Region. PhD Thesis.

 

Lupton, C M. Propagation of Lg Seismic Waves and Lithospheric Heterogeneity in Africa. PhD Thesis.

 

1992

 

Douglas, A, (Jan 1992). Q for short-period P-waves: is it frequency dependent? Geophys. J. Int, 108, 110-124.

 

Douglas, A, A F Sheehan & R C Stewart, (Feb 1992). On the onset of PP and other mini-max phases. Geophys. J. Int., 108, 394-398.

 

Douglas, A, (Feb 1992). Broad Band Estimates of the Seismic Source Functions of Nevada Explosions from Far-field Observations of P Waves. DOE Symposium on Explosion Source Phenomenology

 

Ringdal, P D Marshall & R W Alewine, (April 1992). Seismic yield determination of Soviet underground nuclear explosions at the Shagan River test site. Geophysical J, vol. 109:1, 65-77.

 

Douglas, A, A F Sheehan & R C Stewart, (1992). Northern Chile earthquake of 1980 May 26: evidence of unilateral fracture. Geophys J Int, 110, 201-210.

 

Rogers, R M & R G Pearce, (September 1992). Use of the Relative Amplitude Method to Compute "Best Fit" Earthquake Moment Tensors. J Geophys Res, 97, No. B10, 14083-14095.

 

Marshall, P D, 1992. Medium aperture arrays: a window on the world. Proceedings of the GERESS symposium, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, 29-57.

 

Douglas, A (1992). Plate tectonics and seismological methods of test ban verification. Sci. Progress Oxford, 76, 67-79.

 

AWE REPORTS

 

Marshall, P D, Mrs D Porter & Mrs P Peachell, (February 1992). Analysis of Seismograms from Nuclear Explosions of Known Yield at Degelen Mountain and Konystan in E Kazakhstan, USSR. AWE Report No. O 2/92.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

McConnel, D A. The 1990 Sudan Earthquake Sequence. MSc Thesis.

 

1993

 

Douglas, A, P D Marshall & J B Young (June 1993). Comment on "Teleseismic P Wave Attenuation & Nuclear Explosion Source Functions Inferred from Yellowknife Array Data" by Kin-Yip Chun, Tianfei Zhu & Gordon F West. Jour Geoph Res, Vol 98, No. B6 9921-9925.

 

Douglas, A. Reply to comment by J R Murphy on "Q for short-period P waves: is it frequency dependent?" Geophys J Int (1993) 113, 541-542.

 

Young, J B, H Aichele & B W Presgrave (1993). "Region name conventions in the Flinn-Engdahl Regionalization Scheme". Geophys J Int, 114, 411-413.

 

AWE REPORTS

 

Grover, F H, P D Marshall, A Douglas & T Milbourne (September 1993). "High-frequency Seismic Signals Recorded at Eskdalemuir, Scotland. AWE Report No. O 8/93.

 

Douglas, A, P D Marshall & J B Young (November1993). "Body-Wave Magnitudes and Locations of French Explosions in the South Pacific. AWE Report No. O 11/93.

 

Burch, R F (November 1993). "A three-component borehole seismometer system: development and operation. AWE Report No. O 10/93.

 

Douglas, A, P D Marshall & K H Jones (November 1993). "Body-wave magnitudes and locations of explosions at the Chinese Test Site, 1967-1989. AWE Report No. O 12/93.

 

1994

 

Marshall, P D, (June 1994). On-site inspection for nuclear test ban verification. Analli di Geofisica, Vol XXXVII, N.3.

 

AWE REPORTS

 

Marshall, P D, Mrs D Porter, J B Young & Mrs P A Peachell (April 1994). "Analysis of Short-period Seismograms from Explosions at the Novaya Zemlya Test Site in Russia. AWE Report No. O 2/94.

 

1995

 

Sharrock, D S, I G Main & A Douglas (Feb 1995). Observations of Q from the Northwest Pacific Subduction Zone Recorded at Teleseismic Distances. Bull Seism Soc Am, Vol 85, No. 1, 237-253.

 

Abercrombie, R E, I G Main, A Douglas & P W Burton (1995). The nucleation and rupture process of the 1981 Gulf of Corinth earthquakes from deconvolved broad-band data. Geophys J Int, 120, 393-405.

 

Bowers, D & R G Pearce (1995). Double-couple moment tensors for the 1976 Gazli aftershock earthquake sequence. Tectonophysics 248, 193-206.

 

Young, J B & B W Presgrave (1995). The political subdivision of Southeast Asia and Northwest Africa in the Flinn-Engdahl Regionalization Scheme. Geophys J Int (1995) 123, 623-627.

 

Sharrock, D S, Douglas, A & I G Main (October 1995). A two-layer attenuation model for the upper mantle at short periods. Geophys Res Letters, Vol 22, No. 19, 2561-2564.

 

Argo, P, R A Clark, A Douglas, V Gupta & J Hassard, P M Lewis, P K H Maguire, K Playford & F Ringdal (1995). The Detection and Recognition of Underground Nuclear Explosions. Surveys in Geophysics, 16, 495-532.

 

AWE O REPORTS

 

Pearce, R G & R M Rogers (May 1995). Seismic Source Discrimination at Teleseismic Distances using Radiation Patterns: Concepts and Feasibility Study. AWE O 4/94.

 

Douglas, A, P D Marshall, J B Young & T Milbourne (May 1995). P Seismograms from Explosions in the S Pacific Recorded at Four Arrays. AWE O 2/95.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Sharrock, D. Structure and Heterogeneity of the Earth's Mantle from Broadband Earthquake Seismology. PhD Thesis.

 

1996

 

Bowers, D. On the probability of mistaking an earthquake for an explosion using the simplicity of P. BSSA, 86, 6, 1925-1934, December 1996.

 

Douglas, A, & P D Marshall, (1996). Seismic Source Size and Yield for Nuclear Explosions, in Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. 309-353. Edited by E S Husebye & A M Dainty, NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences - Vol. 303.

 

Pearce, R G (1996). Seismic Source Discrimination at Teleseismic Distances - can we do better?

 

Marshall, P D. An International Monitoring System for a CTBT. UNIDIR Newsletter No. SI 1/96. Geneva UNHQ, August 1996.

 

Young, J B, B W Presgrave, H Aichele, D A Wiens & E A Flinn. The Flinn-Engdahl Regionalisation Scheme: the 1995 revision. PEPI, 96, 223-297 (1996).

 

Adams, R D (1996). Interpretation of core phases at the International Data Center in Seismology in Europe, paper presented at the XXI General Assembly of the ESC, September 9-14, 1996. Icelandic Meteorological Office, Ministry of the Environment, University of Iceland. ed B Thorkelsson, pp563-568.

 

AWE O REPORTS

 

Pearce, R G & J B Young. Amplitude versus offset (AVO) & the Zoeppritz equations for partitioning of seismic waves at an interface: theory, new computer program, examples & review of past errors. AWE Report O 3/96.

 

1997

 

Bowers, D & D A McCormack. The mechanisms of shallow earthquakes and the monitoring of a comprehensive test

 ban. Geophys J Int., 128, 701-707 (1997).

 

Bowers, D. The October 30, 1994, seismic disturbance in South Africa: Earthquake or large rock burst? JGR, Vl. 102, No. B5, 9843-9857 (May 10, 1997).

 

Douglas, A, 1997. Bandpass Filtering to Reduce Noise on Seismograms: Is there a better way? Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 87, 4, 770-777.

 

Douglas, A, D. Bowers & J.B. Young. On the onset of P Seismograms. Geophys. J. Int., 129, 681-690. (1997).

 

Douglas, A. Comment on "Source complexity of the October 1, 1987, Whitier Narrows earthquake" by Allison L. Bent & Donald V. Helmberger. Jour Geophys Res, Vol 102, No. B8, 17899-17904 (10.8.1997).

 

Bowers, D. & A. Douglas. Characterisation of large mine tremors using P observed at teleseismic distances. Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, 55-60 (1997).

 

AWE O REPORTS

 

Bowers, D, Mrs H Trodd & A. Douglas. The Novaya Zemlya Seismic Disturbance of 16 August 1997. AWE O 1/97. 

1998

Bowers, D. & A. Douglas. The Effect of the Earthquake Radiation Pattern on mb – A Study using Aftershocks in the 1976 Gazli Sequence. BSSA, Vol. 88, No. 2, 523-530.

 

Douglas, A. Making the most of the recordings from Short-Period Seismometer Arrays. BSSA, Vol. 88, No. 5, 115-117, Oct 1998.

 

Douglas, A. Seismometer Arrays – their use in Earthquake and Test Ban Seismology. Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology. Submitted.

 

1999

 

Douglas, A, D Bowers, P D Marshall, J B Young, D Porter & N J Wallis. Putting nuclear-test monitoring to the test. Nature, 398, 474-475, 1999.

 

Bowers, D & J A Hudson. Defining the Scalar Moment of a Seismic Source with a General Moment Tensor. BSSA, 89, 9, -- 1390-1394, 1999.

 

2000

 

Bowers, D. D A McCormack & D S Sharrock. Observations of PKP(DF) and PKP(BC) across the UK: implications for studies of attenuation in the Earth's core. Geophys. J. Int., 140, 374-384.

 

Douglas, A. Comment on "Asymmetric radiation of seismic waves from an atoll – Nuclear tests in French Polynesia, by M. Weber, C.W. Wicks Jr, F. Kruger, G. Jahnke & J. Schlittenhardt". GRL, 27, No. 7, 1061-1062, 2000.

 

Bowers, D., R.G. Pearce & A Douglas. Using regional geophysical databases to facilitate the identification of surface reflections on P seismograms. Geophys. J. Int., 142, 915-924.