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Long range shock waves from a large explosion underwater: experiment and data
9. Conclusion
The LORASVAP experiment has generated the most comprehensively
instrumented and fully documented data set yet available for an underwater
explosion, generating pressure, velocity and acceleration data, for the
sea bed and pressure in profile through the water column.
The experiment took place in an area where the sea bed geology is
structurally simple and is known in greater detail than for similar events
in the past, and is thus well suited to the testing of computer models of
shock wave propagation in the water and seismic waves through the sea bed.
The emphasis on accurate shot timing will allow this data set to be
used for the determination of station corrections for North Sea events in
addition its usefulness in determining the deep structure below the
offshore extension of the Midland Valley of Scotland, complementing the
LISPB data. It has already been used for studies of the deep crust by the
Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.
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