Geophysical Education Observatory

Nodes - Lead nodes ANU, Macquarie University and Geoscience Australia

Contacts

Craig O'Neill - Macquarie University
Natalie Balfour - ANU
Malcolm Sambridge - ANU
Gary Johnston - Geoscience Australia

EIF funding - A$ 1.7 million

Project duration - January 2011to December 2014

Summary

The Geophysical Education Observatory will combine real-time monitoring of the Australian continent, using seismometers, GPS stations, and borehole monitoring, to promote geoscience education across the education sector. It combines the Australian seismometer network (GA), with an additional 40 seismometers installed in schools under the Seismometers-in-Schools project (EDU-SIS), together with the Australian GNSS pool of GPS stations, in addition to ~20 additional GPS stations installed in schools under the GPS-in schools (EDU-GPSIS) project, along with streamed downhole data from the subsurface observatory. The data will be combined in an online portal designed to align with educational syllabus from primary to tertiary levels.

Infrastructure

• 40 Seismometers
• GPS receivers and antennas

Last updated 22 August 2011