IESE  Seismic Monitoring Networks

 
IESE staff have over 25 years of field experience in designing borehole networks and deploying instruments in plate boundaries, fault zones and geothermal fields around the world for national governments and industry clients. 
 

COUNTRY

MAJOR PERMANENT PROJECTS: Borehole and Surface Stations. Standalone and Real Time

AUSTRALIA

Paralana Geothermal prospect / hydrofrac monitoring: 12 borehole stations at 0.1
and 1.8kms, plus 4 surface stations

 

SAUDI ARABIA

Harrat Al Madinah: 8 borehole station
network at 120m

AUSTRALIA

LaTrobe Valley—exploration & monitoring:
2 stations at 0m and 1.7km

 

SWITZERLAND

Geopower Basel HDR Project monitoring:
6 seismometer and accelerometer network
at 0.4 and 2.7km

ICELAND

Krafla Volcanic Field: 6 stations at 100m

 

SWITZERLAND

8 autonomous seismic data loggers for
installation up to 3km

ITALY

Institute of Geophysics & Volcanology
central Italy seismic zone:
3 stations at 250m

 

TAIWAN

Continental Drilling Program: 7 level
at 1.3km

JAPAN

Nankai Non-Volcanic Tremor Monitoring Network: 4 stations at 250m

 

TAIWAN

CO2 Sequestration: 4 stations at 100m each
for background seismic monitoring

MONTSERRAT

Volcanic Field monitoring: 4 station seismometer and strainmeter network
at 250m

 

USA

Puna Geothermal Field, Hawaii monitoring:
8 station network at 30m

NEW ZEALAND

Alpine Fault, Franz Joseph & Fox Glacier ‘SAMBA’: 12 stations, 2 at 100m and 10
at 5m postholes

 

USA

USGS Volcanic Hazards Program:
2 seismometers at 2.2km and 2.7km

NEW ZEALAND

Wairakei Geothermal Field monitoring:
10 borehole stations at 200m

 

USA

Western Plate Boundary Observatory:
113 boreholes at 250m

NEW ZEALAND

BICEP—Eden Park stadium tremor & engineering: 3 level at 400m,
30m, 0m

 

USA

Parkfield Varian: VSP array, 42 level
at .7kms

NEW ZEALAND

GeoNet: 6 stations; 4 in Auckland, 1 each in Ruapehu and Taranaki at 100m to 400m

 

USA

Parkfield: 12 station at 250m continuous
since 1985

NEW ZEALAND

Ngatamariki geothermal field microseismic monitoring: 3 borehole stations at 520m, 225m and 200m

 

USA

San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth: 32 level in 2.1km pilot, 3 level & MT array in 2.7km main

NORWAY

CO2 Sequestration: 5 level array at 300m,
plus 3 sensors in postholes at 15m

USA

Coso Geothermal Field: 12 station network in 100m boreholes

COUNTRY

MAJOR TEMPORARY PROJECTS: Borehole and Surface Stations. Standalone and Real Time

AUSTRALIA

Olympic Dam Mine Hydrofrac: 6 surface stations

 

USA

Mammoth Geothermal Field Micro-earthquake study: 45 surface stations. 10k events recorded
in 1997

ICELAND

Krafla Geothermal Field Exploration:
40 surface stations

USA

Kill Van Kull Dredge Blast Monitoring:
8 surface stations

 

INDONESIA

15 – 18 posthole seismic stations deployed within 3 geothermal field prospects - Muara Laboh, Rajabasa, Rantau Dedap

 

USA

Naknek Engineered Geothermal System
Site

JAPAN

Kijiyama-Uenotai geothermal area: 15 surface station deployment

 

USA

Utah Geothermal Exploration: 8 surface stations at Box Elder

KENYA

Olkaria Kenyan Rift Valley Geothermal
study: 60 surface stations

USA

Nevada Geothermal Exploration:
6 surface stations at Silverpeak

 

KENYA

Olkaria / Domes Geothermal Field Seismic Study: 20 ‘geowatch’ instruments

 

USA

Loma Prieta Earthquake Aftershock study:
6 surface stations

NEW ZEALAND

Autonomous Building Vibration study, CBD, Auckland: 3 stations

USA

Orange Country Quarry Blast Monitoring:
6 surface stations

SPAIN

Tunnel Boring Seismic Look-Ahead Experiment: 16 level, 3-C seismometer
string in horizontal 150m drill hole

 

USA

Wilmington Dredge Blast Monitoring:
4 surface stations


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