V. G. Spungin* and L. S. Panteleev**
* Institute of Geosphere Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 38-6, Moscow, 117334 Russia
** Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119899 Russia
Received June 20, 1996
Abstract—This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of residual deformations generated at the surface of a
rock mass (massif) by underground nuclear explosions and their relationship to the present-day hierarchical
block-fault structure of rock masses. The specific block-fault structure at the Novaya Zemlya Test Site affects
the magnitude, orientation, and type of postblast residual deformations. The largest postblast deformations
(within a specific radius) are observed in fault zones of a definite rank.