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R. F. PALUMBO
He reported that th
e
damaged by these
birds.
uggestion was made
that
hiefly responsible for
the
is of the forest and
scrub
have been reported
to
+ Slow growth, aber
rant
ler kinds of plant ab
‘uses not mentio
ned
¥, wind, storms, fly
ing
id land crabs.
_ amount of therma
l
ved by the plants
at
Jectar detonation we
re
lations of these val
ues
basis of the energies
observed damage.
A
cal/cm2 is required
to
id velocity equivalent
required to produc
e
that observed at Bel
le
itions based on da
ta
clear detonations,
(12)
ivered at Belle Isl
and
vhich is much lowe
r
? cause visible plan
t
experiments. Essen-
to the land plants,
to the heat and blast
clear radiation. The
: three of the plants
tlaca) is noteworthy,
vere subjected conton as well as the
rbed radioisotopes,
aid slow recovery of
y observed, would
on; however, the
ctors, which were
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tion,
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logical
resurvey
of
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