News tagged with seismic equipment
Scientists: Silent tremors may foretell next Big One
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt. Now it's time for the stomp test.
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Improved seismology tools can detect and locate low-yield nuclear explosions
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Aug 31, 2009 |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is leading a joint project with Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, as well as the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) and Quantum Technology Sciences, ...
Seismic noise unearths lost hurricanes
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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Seismologists have found a new way to piece together the history of hurricanes in the North Atlantic—by looking back through records of the planet's seismic noise. It's an entirely new way to tap into the ...
Scientists deploy seismic network for study of Sierra Negra, Galapagos
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami (UM), University of Rochester, University of Idaho-Moscow and the Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Quito, ...
Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Near Maupin
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Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last two years more than 350 small earthquakes have been recorded just outside the small eastern Oregon town of Maupin and scientists are unsure what is triggering the activity.
Scientists cable seafloor seismometer into California's earthquake network
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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A newly-laid, 32-mile underwater cable finally links the state's only seafloor seismic station with the University of California, Berkeley's seismic network, merging real-time data from west of the San Andreas fault with ...
Volcanic eruption signals simulated in lab for first time
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Oct 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such simulations ...
Slow slip and slide dynamics
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Mar 05, 2008 |
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Kim Psencik, a Ph.D. student in the division of marine geology and geophysics at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, was recently awarded the prestigious MARGINS Student Prize ...
New monitoring stations detect 'silent earthquakes' in Costa Rica
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Feb 15, 2009 |
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After installing an extensive network of monitoring stations in Costa Rica, researchers have detected slow slip events (also known as "silent earthquakes") along a major fault zone beneath the Nicoya Peninsula. These findings ...
Massive earthquake simulation could lead to stronger, safer wooden buildings
Jul 09, 2009 |
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A destructive earthquake will strike a lone, wooden condominium in Japan next week, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Michael Symans will be on site to watch it happen.
Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all
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Nov 25, 2009 |
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Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.
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