Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, geology, earthquake, seismology
Principal Investigator: | Audet, Pascal (12) |
Licence Number: | 16498 |
Organization: | University of Ottawa |
Licensed Year(s): |
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
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Issued: | Feb 07, 2019 |
Objective(s): To understand the structure and evolution of the crust and mantle beneath Banks Island in the western Arctic by analyzing new seismic data collected from an array of broadband seismic stations.
Project Description: This project is aimed at understanding the structure and evolution of the crust and mantle beneath Banks Island in the western Arctic by analyzing new seismic data collected from an array of broadband seismic stations. The objective is to provide information on crustal and mantle structures to determine whether Banks Island forms a rifted margin, or forms the northern extension of the Canadian Shield. This project requires the continued operation of a small network of seismograph stations across Banks Island and Victoria Island that record distant earthquakes. Each station consists of a sensor buried <1 m in gravel, a data recorder or satellite dish, solar panels and battery/electronics boxes. Each site is autonomous and no chemical product is used around the site. Seismic waves travel from distant earthquakes occurring around the globe to be recorded by the sensor. The data are then downloaded onto a disk taken to ... Show more