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L059 Alice Springs observatory sites seismic refraction survey, NT, 1962

Geoscience Australia
Jones, B.F.
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Seismic refraction investigations were made at five sites in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, by the Bureau of Mineral Resources in August 1962. This work was done, at the request of the Bureau of Mineral Resources Observatory Group, to select the most suitable site for a seismological observatory. In view of the desirable features for such a site - a bedrock having a high seismic velocity and a bedrock at shallow depth - a site about three miles west of Alice Springs is recommended as the most suitable; the bedrock material has a velocity of 17,800 ft/s and the thickness of overburden is less than 20 ft.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: On the 30th and 31st of August 1962, during the period that the Bureau of Mineral Resources seismic party No.2 was based in Alice Springs making final preparations for the 1962 GilesCarnegie survey, some seismic shallow-refraction work was done in the area to investigate the suitability of several proposed seismological observatory sites. The work was done at the request of the Observator,y Group of the Bureau of Mineral Resources. A seismological observator,y site requires a solid rock foundation on which to house the seismological instruments. The physical criteria tOOe~sed in the selection of the site were: (a) bedrock having a high seismic velocity (b) bedrock at shallow depth. Five possible sites, all on Precambrian outcrops, were investigated.

Issued: 1965

Data time period: 1962-08-30 to 1962-08-31

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AU-NT | Earth Sciences | Geophysics | HVC_144637 | Published_External | Seismic Data seismic survey | Seismology and Seismic Exploration | geophysics | geoscientificInformation | petroleum exploration | seismic refraction | seismic velocity |

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