Abstract
Abstract : Investigations were conducted to select a site suitable for producing craters in a saturated cohesive medium by small-scale high-energy detonations. According to prescribed criteria, the ideal site would be a large (200 acres or more), cleared, moderately flat tract of Federally owned land characterized by soft, homogeneous clays to a minimum depth of 40 feet. An evaluation of the U. S. by physical divisions revealed that suitable sites might occur in four general areas, i.e. (1) the Lake Bonneville area, (2) the Lake Agassiz area, (3) the Great Lakes area, and (4) the Lower Mississippi Valley area. Acquisition and analyses of pertinent data on these areas indicated a need for field reconnaissances except in the case of the Great Lakes area which was eliminated from further consideration because of heterogeneous soil deposits. A reconnaissance of the Lake Bonneville area indicated the presence of apparently favorable test site conditions in a portion of the Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The Dugway site was concluded to be the most suitable for the project. (Author)
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