2005-2010 High Lava Plains Experiment

We will install a dense array of broadband seismometers across two transects of the High Lava Plains. One extends from the Cascade front over 400 km southeast to the Proterozoic crust of southern Idaho. The other reaches from nonextended crust composed of accreted terranes north of the High Lava Plains 350 km southward to northern Nevada near the first exposures of pre-Cenozoic basement. Embedded within this passive seismometer deployment will be two seismic refraction lines and accompanying gravity measurements to provide high resolution images of crustal structure across these widely varied terranes. See HLP Homepage

Photos

High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment arrives at agricultural research center in Burns, OR for HLP experiment.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment being loaded in truck for return to Socorro from HLP.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment arrives at agricultural research center in Burns, OR for HLP experiment.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment being checked at agricultural research center in Burns, OR for HLP experiment.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment being loaded for return to Socorro at agricultural research center in Burns, OR for HLP experiment.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment at agricultural research center in Burns, OR for HLP experiment.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
IRIS equipment arrives at agricultural research center in Burns, OR for HLP experiment.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
Marcos helps with HLP equipment at agricultural research center in Burns, OR.
High Lava Plains Texan deployment 2008
Preparing for a lot of digging during the HLP experiment.

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