Seismic aspects of the heligoland explosion


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ABSTRACT The Heligoland explosion of April 18, 1947, was planned by the Navy for the purpose of destroying the German fortifications on the island, and as a convenient method of disposing of


surplus ammunition from the British zone of Germany. From the scientific point of view, it was realized that the detonation of some 4,000 tons of high explosive would provide an almost


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Supp. 5. 99 and 105 (1947). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge P. L. WILLMORE


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ARTICLE WILLMORE, P. Seismic Aspects of the Heligoland Explosion. _Nature_ 160, 350–351 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160350a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 13 September 1947 * DOI:


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