POLARIS (seismology)
POLARIS (PUPS) was an underground experiment to observe seismic signals at depth in very hard rock. It was carried out at SNOLAB, and underground physics laboratory, in Sudbury, Ontario.[1][2] In addition to academic research, the observational data collected by the POLARIS system was used by the Canadian National Data Centre (CNDC) for earthquake, and nuclear explosion (see Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) monitoring.[3] The name POLARIS is an acronym for Portable Observatories for Lithospheric Analysis and Research Investigating Seismicity. [4]
Background
SNOLAB is an underground physics lab situated deep in the
SNOLAB is the world's deepest operational clean room facility. Although accessed through an active mine, the laboratory proper is maintained as a class-2000 cleanroom, with very low levels of dust and background radiation. SNOLAB's 2070 m (6800 feet) of overburden rock provides 6010 metre water equivalent (MWE) shielding from cosmic rays, providing a low-background environment for experiments requiring high sensitivities and extremely low counting rates.[7]
Description
POLARIS consisted of multiple three-point broadband
References
- ^ SNOLAB presentation
- ^ Quantumday.com article
- ^ CNDC overview
- ^ a b c d Gail M. Atkinson, SanLinn I. Kaka, David Eaton, Allison Bent, Veronika Peci, Stephen Halchuk. 2008. A Very Close Look at a Moderate Earthquake near Sudbury, Ontario. Seismological Research Letters 79:1 January/February 2008. pg. 119
- ISBN 0-919336-65-5
- ^ "Sudbury". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ SNOLAB User's Handbook Rev. 2 (PDF), 2006-06-26, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2013-02-01