DAILY SNAP. COMPILATION OF ARTICLES FROM PUBLISHED SOVIET LITERATURE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00787R000500130030-2
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: August 31, 1979
• Content Type: OPEN

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FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
Title: SIBERIAN INSTITUTE'S INFRASONIC
MEASURING STATION
Prinary source: Sovetskaya Estoniya,
August 14, 1979, No. 186 (10884),
p. 3, cols. 1-2
Entire text: Irkutsk --- The sound of
ocean surf can be heard in Siberia, at
the center of the Asian continent.
This posed no difficulty for TASS'
Irkutsk correspondent A. Gayday. In
the taiga clearing of Badara, where
.he was, scientists of the Instit e of
Magnetism, the Ionosphere and
:adiowave Pro a a
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Aca emy o. Sciences' Siberian Branch
have set up an original infrasonic
measuring station.
Inside the small station one hears
the steady hum of electric motors and
the measured scratching of recording
instruments. Low-frequency sound
waves imperceptible to human hearing
are being recorded on tape. Scientists
will find out later where the waves
cane from, when they 'show' this
recording to a computer. These waves
are emitted by oceans and seas, active
volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes,
and celestial bodies falling to the
earth. Infrasonic vibrations possess
the surprising property of not damping
for a long time. They can even circle
the globe several times.
"Receiving and recording sounds,
inaudible to humans, from the distant
Atlantic or Pacific oceans is not a,
goal in itself for us," says Ye.
Ponoma v head of the high-latitude
geophysical research laboratory.
"Infrasonic waves caused by storms or
other natural phenomena are capable of
affecting the upper atmosphere, its
structure and dynamics, and, in parti-
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Titie~ GEOPHYSICIST MEASURES SOIL GAS
ANOMALIES TO PREDICT. EARTHQUAKES
Primary source: Sovetskaya Estoni.ya,,
August 14, 1979, No. 186 ()-Q884),,
p. 3, cols. 2-3t ,c4
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Abstract: The brief article' r, eparts
that geophysicist Yu. Ryaboshtanvo"fi
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Donetsk has develope 'a -me
thod for
predicting the approximate time,
force and place of an earthquake by
measuring changcss in the gas content
of the earth's soil layer., The method
involves the use of extrasensitive
instruments, which Ryaboshtan designed
for coal mining work, to measure small
doses of gases that are released in
the soil when a focus of stress occurs
in the earth's depths. By correlating
measurements made over several years
with occurrences of earthquakes,
Ryaboshtan discovered a pattern that
reportedly has enabled him to forecast
the time of major earthquakes to within
one or two days, and up to three weeks
in advance. It is noted that the
method's practicality is being studied,
by large scientific groups.
Author: Borovitskiy,.V..
Title: NEW AVIATION INSTRUMENT
MEASURES STRUCTURAL FATIGUE
Primary source: Sovetskaya Latviya,
August 17, 1979, No. 188 (11091),
p. 4, col.. 1
Entire text 14aterial fatigue is a
dangerous physical phenomenon which
is accompanied by an accumulation in.
parts of small faults that are
invisible to the unaided eye, and it
can. lead to, accidents with machine
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