Geophysical Equipments at the Seismology Lab
Building 7, Level 0
In this lab
we have the following equipment (Download a pptx version from here):
1. Seismic
Seismographs and Receivers
|
No. |
Item Name |
Photo |
Manufacturer |
Notes |
|
1 |
NZXP
Stratavisor |
|
Geometrics |
This is a
48-channel system with windows operating system and thermal printer built in |
|
2 |
Geode |
|
Geometrics |
We have 24
units, each has a 24 channels |
|
3 |
P-Wave
receivers |
|
R.T. Clark |
40 Hz, 648
receivers 4.5 Hz,
440 receivers 100 Hz,
100 receivers |
|
4 |
S-Wave
receivers |
|
R.T. Clark |
40 Hz, 120
receivers |
|
5 |
Downhole
cable |
|
R.T. Clark |
2 cables,
each one has 24 channel at 1.0 m channel interval |
|
6 |
Landstreamer |
|
Designed
at KAUST |
96
Channels with receiver interval of 1.0 m (adjustable) |
2. Seismic
Sources
|
No. |
Item Name |
Photo |
Manufacturer |
Notes |
|
1 |
Sledgehammer |
|
Local
market |
Different
weights (6, 8, 10, and 12 kg) |
|
2 |
PEG |
|
R.T. Clark |
Accelerated
mechanical weight drop 40 kg |
|
3 |
ESS200 |
|
Gisco |
Accelerated
mechanical weight drop 200 lb |
|
4 |
ESS200 on
ATV |
|
Gisco |
Accelerated
mechanical weight drop 200 lb |
|
5 |
ESS850 on
ATV |
|
Gisco |
Accelerated
mechanical weight drop 850 lb |
3.
Resistivity
|
No. |
Item Name |
Photo |
Manufacturer |
Notes |
|
1 |
Syscal R2 |
|
IRIS |
|
|
2 |
DC-DC
converter |
|
IRIS |
800 DCV |
|
3 |
Multi-node
box |
|
IRIS |
64-nodes
system 4 units
each has 16 nodes |
|
4 |
Electrodes |
|
IRIS |
Stainless
steel electrodes |
4.
Micro-gravimeter
CG-5 HT
autograv unit from scintrex
5.
Differential GPS
One rover
and one base station
