Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

23 Jun, 04 AM - 23 Jun, 08 AM

Several geophysical applications call for rapid deployment of a dense seismic array. One of such applications is understanding earthquake source. When earthquakes occur, they are followed by increased levels of seismicity, so-called aftershock sequences. Empirically, the largest event in the aftershock sequence is about one magnitude smaller than the mainshock. Hence, for a large mainshock, the largest aftershock is still expected to be quite a large event, for which we would approximately know the location (close to the mainshock) and time period. Capturing such an event on a dense strong-ground motion network would provide an unprecedented quality of data that would allow for the more detailed analysis of the earthquake source. This and other applications motivate the development of a flexible seismic array, GeoNet, composed of wirelessly linked instruments that can be quickly deployed. The network needs to be self-configuring, easily expandable, and low-power. The wireless nature of the instruments is crucial for rapid central data recovery, and hence visualization and processing, which would enable rapid reconfiguration of the array.

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Under Project # 23875 | Research

DEVELOPING GEONET, PLATFORM FOR RAPID DISTRIBUTED GEOPHYSICAL SENSING, WITH APPLICATIONS TO EARTHQUAKE SOURCE

graduate_student - University of California, Los Angeles

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Group of 2 Graduate Student Jun 23, 2011 (1 days)
Igor Stubailo Jun 23, 2011 (1 days)

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