Technology transfer opportunities: patent licenses: portable seismic exploration probe

Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey

doi:10.3133/fs15096

Technology transfer opportunities: patent licenses: portable seismic exploration probe

Fact Sheet 150-96

By: Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey

https://doi.org/10.3133/fs15096

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Abstract

A new seismic source generator has been invented at the U. S. Geological Survey. Using kinetic energy stored by a flywheel, the truck-mounted source transfers this energy, by impulses, into the ground. Both longitudinal (P) and shear (S) waves can be generated, the latter in 12 directions, without moving the vehicle.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Technology transfer opportunities: patent licenses: portable seismic exploration probe
Series title	Fact Sheet
Series number	150-96
DOI	10.3133/fs15096
Edition	Revised June 1996
Year Published	1996
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Contributing office(s)	Technology Transfer Office
Description	1 p.