Seismologists deploying IRIS PASSCAL broadband instruments
on Mount Erebus, Antarctica
Erebus is one of a very few continuously active
volcanos in the world and hosts a unique lava lake in its inner
crater. Because of its persistent low-level eruptive activity, the
volcano constitutes a natural laboratory for studying volcanic physics
and processes. The National Science Foundation, which also funds
the IRIS consortium, maintains a large research presence on the
continent which includes seismological and many other earth science
studies.
For more information:
www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/Erebus/erebus.html
www.passcal.nmt.edu
www.nsf.gov/home/polar
Submitted by Rick Aster, New Mexico Tech (www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop).
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