Journal article
A 3D Broadband Seismometer Array Experiment at the Homestake Mine
Vuk Mandic, Victor C Tsai, Gary L Pavlis, Tanner Prestegard, Daniel C Bowden, Patrick Meyers, Ross Caton
SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | SEISMOLOGICAL SOC AMER | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1785/0220170228
Abstract
Seismometer deployments are often confined to near the Earth's surface for practical reasons, despite the clear advantages of deeper seismometer installations related to lower noise levels and more homogeneous conditions. Here, we describe a 3D broadband seismometer array deployed at the inactive Homestake Mine in South Dakota, which takes advantage of infrastructure originally setup for mining and is now used for a range of scientific experiments. The array consists of 24 stations, of which 15 were underground, with depths ranging from 300 ft (91 m) to 4850 ft (1478 m), and with a 3D aperture of ∼1:5 km in each direction, thus spanning a 3D volume of about 3:4 km3. We describe unique resear..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank the staff at the Sanford Underground Research Facility and Program for the Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) for assistance, particularly the help of Tom Regan, Jaret Heise, Jamey Tollefson, and Bryce Pietzyk. Terry Stigall made important technical contributions to operate and maintain the array. The authors also thank C. Langston and an anonymous reviewer for comments. The seismic instruments used for this array were provided by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) through the PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech. Data collected are available through the IRIS Data Management Center. The facilities of the IRIS Consortium are supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement EAR-1261681 and the Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration. This work was supported by National Science Foundation INSPIRE Grant PHY1344265.