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Melvin L. Merritt; Ground Shock and Water Pressures from Milrow, BioScience, Volume 21, Issue 12, 15 June 1971, Pages 696–700, https://doi.org/10.2307/1295751
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Abstract
Shock waves in rock at Amchitka were similar to shock waves from shots fired in dense rock at Nevada. Peak vertical accelerations were 3 5 g at surface zero, 8 g at 1300 m (the nearest seawater), and 1 g at 6000 m.
Sea-floor motion and resultant over-pressure in water produced wave forms that show clear effects of multiple reflection in the water. In less than 55 m of water, and at gages shallower than 55 m, pressure decreased proportionately. At the water surface, over-pressure was almost nil.
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Symposium on Amchitka Island Bioenvironmental Studies
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