Pacific seismicity from hydrophones (PMEL)
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| Contact: |
Chris Fox |
| E-mail: | |
| Phone: | +1 541 867-0276 |
| Fax: | +1 541 867-0356 |
| Address: | Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory, 2115 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365, U.S.A. |
| Status: | Not reporting |
| Last data: | 2001-11-07 |
| Web page: |
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/seismicity/seismicity.html |
| Publications: | Fox, C.G., H. Matsumoto, and T-K Lau, (2001). Monitoring Pacific Ocean seismicity from an autonomous hydrophone array. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 4183-4206. |
| Description: | The Acoustic Monitoring Project of the VENTS Program began continuous monitoring of north Pacific Ocean seismicity in August 1991 using the U.S. Navy's SOund Surveillance System (SOSUS) In May, 1996, monitoring was extended to the eastern equatorial Pacific using moored autonomous hydrophones, with the North Atlantic added in March, 1999. The hydroacoustic method allows detection of low-magnitude seismicity and volcanic activity and provides more accurate source locations than land seismic networks. |
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