| Information for EIL as of Thu Sep 11 9:02:24 US/Pacific 1997 | |
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| Station: Eilat, Israel | |
| Director: Dr. Gadi Shamir | Network Affiliation: GII & GEOFON |
| Address: Geophysical Institute of Israel P.O.B 2286 IL-58122 Holon Israel |
Network Contact: Geophysical Institute of Israel, Holon GEOFON Project/GeoForschungsZentrum Telegrafenberg A17 D-14473 Potsdam Germany |
| Telephone: +972-3-805112 | Open Station:yes Internet: On request |
| Fax: +972-3-802925 | Parent Organization: Geophysical Institute of Israel |
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| Coordinates: Latitude: 29.6699N Longitude: 34.9512E |
Elevation to Sensor: 210 Depth to Sensor: 200 |
| Geology: Precambrian granite porphyry and rhyolitic quartz porphyry. | |
| Vault Conditions: The STS-2 sensor is installed in a special casing directly on the floor of a tunnel. | |
| Site Description: The vault is situated 180m into a N-S oriented tunnel (The Bloch Observatory) drilled into Mt Amram, 15km north of the city of Eilat. Several tight metal doors shield the vault from the outside. The station is co-located with different other geophysical instruments. | |
| Addresses from which to obtain data. | |
| Station Instrumentation | |
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| 1. GEOFON - [ GE ]: | 18 Jul 1996 to present |
| 2. High-Gain Long-Period Seismograph System-HGLP: [HG] | 29 Jun 1972 to 02 Jan 1979 |