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Surface bursts and shallow subsurface bursts. The largest craters for a given yield are produced by shallow subsurface bursts at optimal cratering depth for that yield.
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Which type of necluar detonation creates a huge crater and carries millions of tons of earth into the air in a mushroom cloud?
Many nuclear detonations will create a mushroom cloud (especially near the ground due to material from the ground being sucked up into the vacuum created by the explosion, thus forming a large part of the "stem" of the cloud) and if they are near the ground, will create at least a small crater, but it sounds like you are talking about a groundburst detonation (as opposed to an airburst). These types of explosions carry more radioactive debris from the ground into the air and generate a lot of fallout due to the irradiated debris from the explosion.
What forms a crater when it hits the earth?
A large meteorite can. Also an asteroid or a comet can cause a crater.
How might geologists distinguish an impact crater on earth such as Meteor Crater in Arizona from a volcanic feature?
A large meteoric impact such as Meteor Crater in Arizona, displaces the sedimentary rock that has existed before impact. On the rim of Meteor Crater are displaced boulders from lower depositional areas. Small fragments of the meteor are found around the entire area of the impact, and they may be detected with something as simple as a magnet. Features that indicate a volcanic event, like volcanic cinders or quantities of extrusive igneous rock , would also be missing from the impact site.
Why do large explosions form into mushroom clouds?
A mushroom cloud is a distinctive pyrocumulus mushroom-shaped cloud of condensed water vapor or debris resulting from a very large explosion. They are most commonly associated with nuclear explosions, but any sufficiently large blast will produce the same sort of effect. Mushroom clouds are formed by many sorts of large explosions under earth gravity, though they are best known for their appearance after nuclear detonations. Inside a mushroom cloud: cooler air is drawn into the rising toroidal fireball, which itself cools into the familiar cloud appearance.
How large is an impact crater compared to the impactor?
10-20 percent larger
Which type of necluar detonation creates a huge crater and carries millions of tons of earth into the air in a mushroom cloud?
Many nuclear detonations will create a mushroom cloud (especially near the ground due to material from the ground being sucked up into the vacuum created by the explosion, thus forming a large part of the "stem" of the cloud) and if they are near the ground, will create at least a small crater, but it sounds like you are talking about a groundburst detonation (as opposed to an airburst). These types of explosions carry more radioactive debris from the ground into the air and generate a lot of fallout due to the irradiated debris from the explosion.
How does wearing a parachute help the person?
it means that you don't go splat and create a large crater
Is it possible to create nuclear energy without taking large risks?
Not with current technology.
What is the name of a very large crater in the negev of israel?
The ramon crater
Low order detonations leave large ordinance fragments?
they leave chunks or pieces. do not move out of the way
When a large what strikes earth it can create a crater?
Answ2. Strictly speaking, a meteor is one that is seen burning up in the atmosphere. It becomes a meteorite if it lands.Meteor.
What is a sentence with the word crater in it?
The impact crater was as large as Wales.The soldiers hid in the crater until the mortars stopped.The Mars Rover tumbles and falls into a deep crater.
What forms a crater when it hits the earth?
A large meteorite can. Also an asteroid or a comet can cause a crater.
What is the depression formed by a large meteorite?
Crater
Does Mercury have a large crater area in it?
Yes, its does ! :)
What is caused by large meteorite impact?
crater
What is the basin shaped crater at the top of a volcano called?
A large basin shaped crater is called
