3-D Earth Model Pinpoints Source of Earthquakes, Explosions
Posted on: 09/Sep/2013 10:49:18 AM
A 3-D model of the Earth`s mantle and crust called SALSA3D, or Sandia-Los Alamos 3D has been developed by Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory under the sponsorship of the National Nuclear Security Administration`s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D.
The aim of the model is more accurately locate all types of explosions, including nuclear ones, for the U.S. Air Force and the international Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna.
Researcher Sandy Ballard, a geophysicist at Sandia National Laboratories said,” We want to help monitor the Earth to make sure that countries are complying with treaties they signed regarding nuclear weapons, or in the case of countries that have not signed onto such treaties, to keep up with them and know what they`re up to.”
