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> The only way out of the morass is to wait for more earthquakes to happen. Modern sensors might be sensitive enough that a nuke could provide sufficient stimu
by someweirdperson 4y ago
> The only way out of the morass is to wait for more earthquakes to happen.
Modern sensors might be sensitive enough that a nuke could provide sufficient stimulation?
- rolenthedeep 4y agoSure, and our radiation sensors are delicate enough to tell exactly how many people get poisoned by the fallout!
- thombat 4y agoAn underground test will be the best source of data, so no fallout as such.
- clbrmbr 4y agoIndeed, the article mentions using data from nuclear tests. Presumably “we just need to wait” includes waiting for a nuke to detonate somewhere. It’s not the 1960s anymore. I don’t think setting off a nuke as an intervention for measuring the earth’s core is a very popular idea these days.
- roywiggins 4y agoThe hard part, apart from obtaining the nuke, is getting IRB approval. (the article notes that they did use historical seismic data on nuclear tests to probe what the core was up to in the 60s)
- peter303 4y agoRussian seismologists made artificial earthquakes up to M6 with nukes in the 1950s and 1960s under its peaceful nukes program. These data remain some of highest quality seismic data ever recorded.