seismic detector from a friend. Most of the detectors
in Missouri are owned and operated by universities
or the USGS. This detector was owned by the US Air Force, and they wanted to know why the USAF needed
a seismic detector. Here's what I was sent:
The info about the USAF made this an interestingInformation for CCM as of February 1994
Station: Cathedral Cave, Missouri
Director: Dr. Brian J. Mitchell
Network Affiliation: BILLIKEN IRIS/USGS - GSN
Address:
Geophysical Observatory
St. Louis University
3507 Laclede Avenue
St. Louis MO 63130
Network Contact:
Albuquerque Seismic Laboratory
Building 10002 Kirtland AFB East
Albuquerque, NM 87115
Telephone: 314 977-3123 Open Station: Yes
Phone No. 314 245-6555
Fax: 314 977-3117 Parent Organization:
St. Louis University
Email: mitchell@eas.slu.edu
Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.0557N
Longitude: 91.2446W
Elevation to Sensor: 222.5
Depth to Sensor: 51
Geology: Limestone
Vault Conditions: The seismograph station is located in Cathedral Cave in the Onondaga Cave State Park in Missouri. This is a large cave open to tourists. Temperature and humidity are stable. Seismometers are on concrete pads attached to bedrock.
Site Description: N/A
subject so I made a note, which got shuffled around
until yesterday. Here is what I found on the web:
Apparently the sensor was installed in 1961 for something called "Project Vela Uniform".
The system was designed for detection of undergroundIn the late 1950s scientists, diplomats, and policy-makers recognized that
improved seismological knowledge was crucial for the detection and identification of
Soviet underground nuclear-weapon tests. Consequently, the Eisenhower
administration initiated a comprehensive research and development program in
seismology, known as Project Vela Uniform. Vela Uniform, managed by the
Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, increased annual
federal support for US seismology by more than a factor of 30.
nuclear tests and had sensors worldwide. Apparently,
the seismic data was recorded on PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER
and it took months to receive all the data for a particular day.
http://www14.georgetown.edu/explore/dat ... -12984.pdf
The sensor is located in Cathedral Cave in
Onandaga State Park. I never would have guessed that
the Air Force needs seismic detectors, who knew? [/b]