Satellite relay telemetry of seismic data in earthquake prediction and control, 1968 and 1969

Open-File Report 70-173
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Abstract

This report describes the progress of the Satellite Telemetry Earthquake Monitoring Program during the period 1 July 1968 through 30 June 1969. This research was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Contract No. R-09-020-011, Task No. 160-75-01-50-10.

The project was initiated in FY 1968 to evaluate the applicability of satellite relay telemetry in the collection of seismic data from a large number of dense seismograph clusters laid out along the major fault systems of western North America. Prototype clusters utilizing phone-line telemetry were then being installed by the National Center for Earthquake Research (NCER) in 3 regions along the San Andreas fault in central California; and the experience of installing and operating the clusters and in reducing and analyzing the seismic data from them was to provide the raw materials for evaluation in the satellite relay telemetry project.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Satellite relay telemetry of seismic data in earthquake prediction and control, 1968 and 1969
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 70-173
DOI 10.3133/ofr70173
Year Published 1970
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 46 p.
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