Equipment at the Institute of Geophysics

Technical equipment

• Land seismic
  Vibrator source ELVIS (P- und S-Wellen), 96-channel land streamer w. 1m geophone spacing, 4 Geoden.
  Processing software: VISTA (Schlumberger)
  Function: High-resolution subsurface imaging
• Gleichstrom-Widerstandstomographie
  GeoTOM, 100 Elektroden, max. Elektrodenabstand 4 m
  Function: 2D-resistivity survey
• Elektromagnetic
  CMD-Explorer for simultaneous measurements in 3 depth
  Function: 2D/3D-mapping of resistivity and magnetics (in-phase)
• Georadar
  SIR-3000 w.100 MHz,, 200 MHz und 300 MHz antenna
  Function: High-resolution subsurface imaging
• Magnetic
  2 PPM (Geometrics)
  Function: Mapping of total field anomalies
• Marine and air gravimeter KSS31M
  Function: Gravity measurement offshore and in the air
  
• Marine Magnetometer (Gradiometer) G 813 (GEOMETRICS)
  Function: Magnetics measurements offshore with two sensors to avoid the effect of daily variations
  
  
• Marine Magnetometer (Gradiometer) SeaSpy (Marine Magnetics)
  Function: Magnetics measurements offshore with two sensors to avoid the effect of daily variations
  
  
  

• Land Gravimeter LaCoste & Romberg G 260
  Function: Gravity measurement on land
  
  

• Microprocessor-based Gravimeter CG 5 Autograv (Scintrex)
  Function: Gravity measurement on land with an accuracy of 1 micro Gal
  
  

• Land Gravimeter WORDEN
  Function: Gravity measurement on land
  
  
  
  
• Mikrogravimeter CG 5 (Scintrex)
  Funktion: Schweremessungen an Land mit Genauigkeiten im MikroGal-Bereich
  
  

• Model Seismics
  Function: simulation of seismic experiments on a small scale

• Georadar SIR-3000 with 100 MHz and 300 MHz antennas
  Function: cartation of near-surface geologic structures

• Marine Reflection Seismics
  600 m streamer, 150 m streamer, 1 watergun, 1 GI-Gun, 2 G-Gun
  Function: investigation of the subsurface under the sea

• 9 Ocean Bottom Seismographs (OBS)
  Function: registration of seismic events on the bottom of the sea floor

• Ocean Bottom Multiparameter Station
  Function: registration of seismics, changes of pressure, temperature, and tilt on the bottom of the sea floor

• Hydrophon Array
  Function: registration of pressure waves on the bottom of the sea floor

• Geotron G41
  Function: 4-channel system for the measurement of specific conductivities

• 4 Vulkan-Doppler-Radar Stations
  for mobile use, including fuel cells, logger, network, GPS clocks, cables, etc.

• Magmaphysics Laboratory
  High precision multimeter, flowanalyzer, rheometer, step motors, etc.

 

Computer equipment

• 100 MBit/s network with 1 GBit/s Uplink to CIS (Central IT Services of the ZMAW)
• 69 PCs (Debian Linux and Windows)
• 30 Thin Clients
  
  
• 1 SUN-Server (CentOS)