We studied seismic body-wave generation from four fully contained explosions of approximately the same yields (68 kg of TNT equivalent, where TNT stands for trinitrotoluene) conducted in homogeneous granite in Barre, Vermont. The explosions were detonated using three types of explosives with different velocities of detonation: black powder (BP), ammonium nitrate fuel oil/emulsion (ANFO), and composition B (COMP B). The main objective of the experiment was to study differences in seismicwave generation among different types of explosives and to determine the mechanism responsible for these differences.
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