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Permanent seismological observatory at MZS-Terra Nova Bay

A permanent seismological observatory, international code TNV, is operating at MZS Italian Antarctic station: Seismological VBB data are recorded and collected according to the international SEED standard.

Two independent parallel chains are running:


1) Streckeisen STS-1 Sensors + Quanterra Q330HR datalogger, marked with location code 01;

2) Streckeisen STS-2 Seismometer + Quanterra Q330HR datalogger, marked with location code 02.

All data are available for the international seismological community.

Research activities: global seismicity of the Earth studies; studies of local and regional seismicity; lithospheric structure studies.

Simple

Identification info

Date (Creation)
1989-01-01

Identifier

Code
3e46df39-e0c5-40e7-a61e-85ec1fbfe571
Purpose
Seismic research
Status
On going

Principal investigator

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Alberto Delladio

Principal investigator

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Peter Danecek

Principal investigator

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Salvatore Mazza

Principal investigator

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Stefania Danesi

Principal investigator

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Andrea Morelli

Principal investigator

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Nicola Pagliuca

Author

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Alberto Delladio

Author

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Peter Danecek

Author

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Salvatore Mazza

Author

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Stefania Danesi

Author

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Andrea Morelli

Author

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Nicola Pagliuca
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
1
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

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W


Temporal extent

Time period
1989-01-01
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental monitoring facilities
  • Geology
GCMD - Locations
  • ANTARCTICA
Gazetteer of Antarctica
  • Mario Zucchelli Station
GCMD - Providers
  • IT/PNRA
  • IT/INGV
GCMD - Science Keywords
  • SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES
  • SEISMIC BODY WAVES
NASA Thesaurus
  • seismology
  • earthquakes
  • seismometers
  • seismograms
GCMD - Instruments
  • Seismometers
  • SEISMOGRAPHS

Resource constraints

Use constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
CC BY 4.0

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access

Associated resource

Title
PNRA14_00129 OSS-07 - Osservatori sismologici permanenti in Antartide-Osservatorio di MZS

Identifier

Code
PNRA14_00129 OSS-07
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Project

Associated resource

Title
IV Italian Expedition to Antarctica
Date (Validity Begins)
1988
Date (Validity Expires)
1989
Edition
4

Identifier

Code
4
Description
Observatory installation
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign

Associated resource

Title
XIV Italian Expedition to Antarctica
Date (Validity Begins)
1998
Date (Validity Expires)
1999
Edition
14

Identifier

Code
14
Description
Quanterra CCU-3 data logger replacement with Quanterra Q4126
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign

Associated resource

Title
XVII Italian Expedition to Antarctica
Date (Validity Begins)
2001
Date (Validity Expires)
2002
Edition
17

Identifier

Code
17
Description
Installation of the new Streckeisen STS-2 sensor in place of the Guralp CMG-3; Replacement of Quanterra Q4680 data logger with Quanterra Q330HR data logger
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign

Associated resource

Title
XXXI Italian Expedition to Antarctica
Date (Validity Begins)
2015
Date (Validity Expires)
2016
Edition
31

Identifier

Code
31
Description
Replacement of the first Quanterra Q4126 data logger with Quanterra Q330HR data logger
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign

Associated resource

Title
XXXII Italian Expedition to Antarctica
Date (Validity Begins)
2016
Date (Validity Expires)
2017
Edition
32

Identifier

Code
32
Description
Replacement of the second Quanterra Q4126 data logger with Quanterra Q330HR data logger
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • FDSN Station XML

  • FDSN SEED

OnLine resource
MZS Seismological Observatory

Homepage

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Pass
true

Resource lineage

Statement
Raw data from seismological observatory
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Identifier

Code
WGS84
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Instrument

Identifier
STS-1

Type
Seismograph

Instrument

Identifier
STS-2

Type
Seismograph

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/3e46df39-e0c5-40e7-a61e-85ec1fbfe571

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) - Emanuele Pica

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
http://antarcticdatacenter.ingv.it/srv/api/records/3e46df39-e0c5-40e7-a61e-85ec1fbfe571

Date info (Revision)
2021-03-19T10:49:12
Date info (Creation)
2021-02-10T17:30:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

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S
E
W


Keywords

GCMD - Instruments
SEISMOGRAPHS Seismometers
GCMD - Providers
IT/INGV IT/PNRA
GCMD - Science Keywords
SEISMIC BODY WAVES SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Environmental monitoring facilities Geology
NASA Thesaurus
earthquakes seismograms seismology seismometers

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