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14 relations: Camouflet, Chagan (nuclear test), Darvaza, Darvaza gas crater, Depression (geology), Explosion, Explosion crater, Nevada Test Site, Nuclear fallout, Sedan (nuclear test), Sinkhole, Underground mining (hard rock), Underground nuclear weapons testing, Vertical draft.
Camouflet
A camouflet, in military science, is an artificial cavern created by an explosion.
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Chagan (nuclear test)
Chagan (Чага́н) was a Soviet underground nuclear test conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on January 15, 1965.
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Darvaza
Derweze (Persian: The Gate, also known as Darvaza) is a village in Turkmenistan of about 350 inhabitants, located in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about 260 km north from Ashgabat.
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Darvaza gas crater
The Darvaza gas crater (Jähennem derwezesi, Җәхеннем дервезеси), known locally as the "Door to Hell" or Gates of Hell", is a natural gas field collapsed into an underground cavern located in Derweze, Turkmenistan.
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Depression (geology)
A depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area.
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Explosion
An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases.
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Explosion crater
An explosion crater is a type of crater formed when material is ejected from the surface of the ground by an explosive event at or immediately above or below the surface.
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Nevada Test Site
The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2 or NNSS), previously the Nevada Test Site (NTS), is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas.
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Nuclear fallout
Nuclear fallout, or simply fallout, is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave have passed.
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Sedan (nuclear test)
Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site on July 6, 1962 as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes.
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Sinkhole
A sinkhole, also known as a cenote, sink, sink-hole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline (the different terms for sinkholes are often used interchangeably), is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer.
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Underground mining (hard rock)
Underground hard rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, usually those containing metals such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin and lead, but also involves using the same techniques for excavating ores of gems such as diamonds.
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Underground nuclear weapons testing
Underground nuclear testing is the test detonation of nuclear weapons that is performed underground.
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Vertical draft
An updraft is a small‐scale current of rising air, often within a cloud.
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