INFORMATION for ZOBO as of February 1994 | |
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Station: Zongo Valley, Bolivia (UTC-4) | |
Director: Ramon Cabre, S. J. | Network Affiliation: USGS - GDSN |
Address: Observatorio San Calixto Casilla 12656 La Paz, Bolivia |
Network Contact: Albuquerque Seismic Laboratory Building 10002, Kirtland AFB, east Albuquerque, NM 87115-5000 |
Telephone: 356098 | Open Station: No |
Fax: 591 2 376805 | Parent Organization: Observatorio San Calixto |
Telex: 355 3236 Fides BV | |
Coordinates: Latitude: 16.2694S Longitude: 68.1250W |
Elevation to Sensor: 4392 Depth to Sensor: 300 |
Geology: The vault is located in a tunnel in granodiorite of the Huayna Potosi batholith in the eastern Cordillera of the Andes. | |
Vault Conditions: The seismometers are in a small chamber at the end of the tunnel about 50 meters from the entrance. The humidity in the chamber is 100% condensing, however, the seismometers are in sealed tanks filled with argon gas. The tanks are bolted to the concrete floor which is poured on bedrock. | |
Site Description: | |
Addresses from which to obtain data. |
Station Instrumentation | |
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Abbreviated Seismic Research Observatory - ASRO: [AS] | 10 Sep 1976 to Sep 1993 |