Open AccessField Geophysics Class at Volcán Tungurahua, Ecuador
Author(s) -
Johnson Jeffrey,
Ruiz Mario
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo470002
Subject(s) - seismometer , seismology , geology , geophysics , library science , computer science
Ecuador's erupting Volcán Tungurahua was the recent site of a 3‐week graduate‐level geophysical course on volcanoes, hosted by Ecuador's Instituto Geofisico of the Escuela Politecnica Nacional (IG‐EPN) and the Department of Earth Science at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT). Sixteen students from 12 universities and four countries participated in the intensive course, which entailed broadband seismometer and infrasound sensor deployment followed by subsequent data processing, analysis, interpretation, and result synthesis. Hardware for the course was provided by the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) through the Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) as well as the IG‐EPN and NMT geophysics programs.