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Bighorns Seismic Experiment 2009
Photos from July 2009 deployment of broadband seismometers in north-central Wyoming.
Bighorns Geology Field Trip Blog 2009
Undergraduate Katherine Anarde joined members of our research team on a geology field trip in the Bighorns mountains in June 2009. Her blog describes the geology of the Bighorns and the science behind our project.
New Zealand Ocean Bottom Seismometer Deployment
In January-February 2009 we deployed thirty ocean bottom seismometers offshore New Zealand. Data from these seismometers will be used to study how tectonic plate boundaries deform at depth, with special emphasis on the Alpine Fault of New Zealand.
Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory
Photos from shallow geophysics fieldwork in the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado. The Boulder Creek CZO is an interdisciplinary project aimed at determining weathered profile development and its influence on watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry.
Bijou Creek Lidar Survey
Photos from Tripod based Lidar survey of West Bijou Creek, Colorado, with undergraduate intern Emanuelle Feliciano and team. Future lidar images will be compared with our 2008 baseline image to study gully erosion with time.
Rio Grande Rift GPS Experiment
25 GPS stations have been installed in Colorado and New Mexico to measure the crustal motions associated with the spreading of the Rio Grande Rift and the current state (going up or going down?) of the Southern Rocky Mountains.
Snowmass Seismic Station Installation, 2005
The collaborative University of Colorado/U.S. Geological Survey Snowmass seismic station was installed near Aspen, Colorado, on June 30, 2005. This station is part of the U.S. Advanced National Seismic System and uses a satellite link to continuously relay seismic data to the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.
Ceren, El Salvador, Archeology and Geophysics
In June 2005 we assisted CU archeologist Payson Sheets with geophysical exploration for remains of an ancient Mayan village that was covered by volcanic ash around 600 AD. We measured variations in electrical resistivity of the ground, which can help us distinguish between the volcanic ash and the buried adobe buildings.
Himalayan Nepal Tibet Seismic Experiment (HIMNT)
Photos from the Himalayan Nepal Tibet earthquake seismic experiment (HIMNT). This was an NSF sponsored project that included the deployment of 15 broadband seismometers in Nepal and 14 in Tibet from 2001-2003.
- photos from the 2001 deployment
- photos from removing stations in 2002, including a trek to Tengboche
- photos from the visit of Nepali seismologists Som Sapkota and
Sudhir Rajaure to the University of Colorado in 2003.
Seismic Refraction Experiment, Fall 2005
Fall 2005 seismic refraction experiment on the south lawn of the Benson Earth Sciences Building, Geology 1010, Fall 2005.
Geophysics Class, Spring 2005
Photos from resistivity data collection with GEOL 4130 class, Principles of Geophysics, Spring 2005. Photos taken on the south lawn of the Benson Earth Sciences Building on the CU campus.
Field Geophysics, Fall 2002
Photos from the field geophysics course at the University of Colorado, Fall 2002. Thanks to TA Joya Tetrault for the figure captions.
New Zealand Deployment
A few photos from the 2000-2003 New Zealand Marlborough Fault Zone seismic experiment.
We had 10 mini-arrays of seismometers in place for detailed crustal imaging. See Wilson et al. [2004] on my publications page for some results from this experiment. |
