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New Zealand Ocean Bottom Seismic Project

Project Summary
We will use measurements of seismic anisotropy from both land and ocean bottom seismic stations combined with geodynamic modeling and laboratory measurements of rock deformation to better understand how tectonic plates deform at depth.

Investigators
Anne Sheehan
Peter Molnar, Colorado
John Collins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Brad Hager, MIT
Greg Hirth, Brown
Einat Lev, MIT
David Culp, Colorado

Collaborators
Martha Savage , Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Tim Stern, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Links
Photo gallery from 2009 deployment cruise

Peter Molnar's project page

Teacher-at-sea blog from the 2009 deployment cruise Teacher Dan Tomlin from Manhattan Middle School in Boulder joined us on the New Zealand science cruise. His blog describes the day to day life and science on a research ship.

Seismometers on deck

Ocean bottom seismometers on deck with Mt. Cook in the background


Deployment

Deployment of ocean bottom seismometer offshore New Zealand


Station Map

Locations of the ocean bottom seismometers (blue triangles) deployed in Jan-Feb 2009. The locations of broadband New Zealand Geonet stations are shown by the red triangles. The locations of four temporary broadband land stations are indicated by the purple triangles. These four stations were provided by PASSCAL and Victoria University of Wellington.