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Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Eystein S. Husebye

    1. Institute of Solid Earth Physics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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  2. Anton M. Dainty

    1. Earth Sciences Division, Phillips Laboratory/GPE, Hanscom AFB, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 303)

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  3. Monitoring Technologies

    1. Monitoring Compliance under Article III of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

      • D. E. Rundquist
      Pages 91-106

    2. The Department of Energy’s Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Research and Development Program

      • D. Simons, B. Stump, L. Evanson, D. Breding, L. Casey, L. Walker et al.
      Pages 107-114

    3. The Russian Federation Proposal on the CTBT Global Monitoring System

      • Y. F. Zabaluev
      Pages 115-122

    4. Signatures of Testing: On-Site Inspection Technologies

      • J. J. Zucca, C. Carrigan, P. Goldstein, S. Jarpe, J. Sweeney, W. L. Pickles et al.
      Pages 123-134

    5. Atmospheric Methods for Nuclear Test Monitoring

      • David J. Simons
      Pages 135-141

    6. Airborne Radionuclides of Concern and Their Measurement in Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

      • R. W. Perkins, H. S. Miley, W. K. Hensley, K. H. Abel
      Pages 143-155

    7. Atmospheric Radionuclide Monitoring: A Swedish Perspective

      • L.-E. De Geer
      Pages 157-177

    8. Hydroacoustic Surveillance of the Oceans and its Relevance to Monitoring of Seismic Events

      • Jarl Johnsen
      Pages 179-196

    9. Geophysical and Geological Databases and CTBT Monitoring: A Case Study of the Middle East

      • Muawia Barazangi, Eric Fielding, Bryan Isacks, Dogan Seber
      Pages 197-224
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About this book

An international treaty banning the testing of any nuclear device in any environment - a comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) - has been on the political agenda for nearly 40 years. Objections to a CTBT have been political, technical, or a combination of both. However, the possibilities seem better after the end of the Cold War. In the prevailing, cooperative disarmament climate a CTBT appears likely to be approved by most countries in 1996. Hence the great current interest in monitoring technologies and capabilities.
Such issues are comprehensively addressed here, a preamble being devoted to the political developments and setbacks over the past 40 years. Since seismic means are considered the dominant monitoring element, they are explored in detail. Contributions cover network deployments, advanced signal processing, wave propagation in heterogeneous media, and seismic source representations, and a variety of techniques for source classification (including neuralnetworks). Complementary monitoring techniques, such as hydroacoustics, radionuclides and infrasound, are also summarised. The IAEA operation for monitoring compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty is also presented.
The book also includes eyewitness accounts of the Soviet 50 Mt megabomb development and test, as well as the efforts made by the state to monitor the nuclear test programmes of the western powers. Includes some 33 articles written by distinguished scientists active in CTBT monitoring research for decades.

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`I recommend this publication to anyone desiring to learn about the various scientific and technical aspects of nuclear disarmament, and also to seismologists (and others) who are specialists in a given field and seek to obtain the latest knowledge and know about currently discussed issues linked with seismic source description, seismic networks or seismic data processing.'
Pageoph, 147:4 (1996)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Solid Earth Physics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Eystein S. Husebye

  • Earth Sciences Division, Phillips Laboratory/GPE, Hanscom AFB, USA

    Anton M. Dainty

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