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ZOBO - Zongo Valley, Bolivia (photo1, photo2)

  INFORMATION for ZOBO as of February 1994
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
Abbreviated Seismic Research Observatory - ASRO: [AS] 10 Sep 1976 to Sep 1993

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