ad

is easy tO overlook tne fact tnat tne depth is quite small when conpared to tre diameter.
Tc maxe tris point clear the upper part of Fig.
3.1 bas 2een drawn to snow typical prefiles of Shots 1, 3, and 4, all
to the same scale and witn tne same scale for vertical depths and norizontal deptns.
These same rcrefiles are repeated in tne lower part of
Fig. 3.1 whee vertical distarctes are enlarged oy a factor of 10.
This
expansion of cepths nas been made in all of tne following figures.
lio wi... oe noted from Fig. °:.. tnat tne depth on Shot 3, relative to jilameter, 1S very muc:. greater tnan on Shot 1.
In scaled terms
the toicxnes- «f sand below tie s::* point and above the water was much
greater on Snot 4 than on Shot ..
It its probable, however, that the
greater relative deptn of Snot : .s primarily a function of the yield,
since it seems to be well estaolisned tnat smali explosion craters have
greater “ela i.e cepth toar .arze
ues.
2c

SHOT.

Figure +.¢ 1S @ presLot pnootograpec of tne Shot 1 area on which
the CASTLE gric is shown.
On Fig. i.2?, which is the postshot pnotograph of tne same area, in additicns te the CASTLE grid, three lines
(A-5, C-D, and E-F) have been irawo.
These lines represent the tracks
that the survey snip followed while the profiles presented in Fig. 3.4
were optaine:.
On these and ali “ther profiles zero elevation nas been
taken as the datum plane cr wnhiec- “ne tide tables are based: 0.5 ft below mean .oWw-water springs.
The
survey witn tne soni fatnometer snowed a uniform flat bottom at a depvn of 170 ft.
Tnis f.at dottom undoubtedly represents the
upper surface of mud and euspendec sand wnich was settling in tne crater.
In mco-ing tne varge 7.7 S'.' . at the same ground zero, H&N obtained leac

.ne

soundings cf

represen’. % » deptn of tne

3.3

’-4

co a

“+

ani it

y

is oelieved tnat tnis

figure

lnan ]

SHY
Siite

met ¢ was rired .. a varge in tne center of tne Snot 1
m. itary Significance attacnes to tne crater formed by it
and no fatnometer measurement. ;* .* were mace; an aerial survey, however, Wa. mace anc a protowrral
.
snow: as Fig. 3.5.
rater,

3.4

oC

SHOT:
Figure.

:.0 and 7.7 sre

ore-

and

sost-Snot 3 pnotograpns.

It

should be notec tnat these pnutograpns are to a different scale than
Figs. 3.
anc -.4 so that tre
is
* e craters cannot be compared
from tne pnd. ograpas.
Figure:

7.0 and

3.9 ere

cut uu:

Shot > before and after tre oot,
Fig, s.1 tnese two conusu: ap:
of the ¢@ Tfererse in elevaticn ur
tne locatios
the traverses ~.
lower pays 2° this fleure ani
oo:

maps

sowing the

situation for

c#orectively.
In tne upper part of
ave deen comoined to show the contours
an ed py tne snot.
On this same chart,
°. tne LCU are also snown.
In the
~. *,1., crater profiles are shown

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