EarthScope Seismic, Strain and MT Data Management at the IRIS
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| What is EarthScope? |
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EarthScope
is a bold undertaking to apply modern observational, analytical
and telecommunications technologies to investigate the structure
and evolution of the North American continent and the physical
processes controlling earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
EarthScope will provide a foundation for fundamental and applied
research throughout the United States that will contribute to
the mitigation of risks from geological hazards, the development
of natural resources, and the public's understanding of the
dynamic Earth.
More about EarthScope >> |
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| PBO |
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The Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
component of EarthScope is a geodetic observatory designed to
study the three-dimensional strain field resulting from deformation
across the active boundary zone between the Pacific and North
American plates in the western United States. The observatory
consists of arrays of Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers
and strainmeters which will be used to deduce the strain field
on timescales of days to decades and geologic and paleoseismic
investigations to examine the strain field over longer time scales. More
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| SAFOD |
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The
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) is a deep borehole
observatory that will directly measure the physical conditions
under which plate boundary earthquakes occur. More details >> |
| USArray |
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The
USArray component of the EarthScope experiment is a continental-scale
seismic observatory designed to provide a foundation for integrated
studies of continental lithosphere and deep Earth structure over
a wide range of scales. USArray will provide new insight and
new data to address fundamental questions in earthquake physics,
volcanic processes, core-mantle interactions, active deformation
and tectonics, continental structure and evolution, geodynamics,
and crustal fluids (magmatic, hydrothermal, and meteoric). More
details >> |
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Requesting data from IRIS |
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How
to get data from the large IRIS archive
Check on archived data availability using SeismiQuery
Check
on real-time data holdings using BUD
EarthScope Archiving & Distribution
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