ANSIR: Instrumentation and Scheduling

 
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Seismic Recorders
3 instrument types
ANU TerraSAWR
66 instruments (23 under maintenance)
ANU LPR200 (AUS)
167 instruments (24 under maintenance)
ANU LPR200 (NZ)
26 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Seismometers
5 instrument types
Nanometrics Trillium Compact 120s (AUS)
120 instruments (1 under maintenance)
Nanometrics Trillium Compact 120s (NZ)
5 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Nanometrics Trillium Compact Horizon 120s
12 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Nanometrics Trillium Compact Posthole 120s
35 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Nanometrics Trillium Compact 20s
30 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Short-Period Seismometers
3 instrument types
LE-3D Lite (AUS)
90 instruments (0 under maintenance)
LE-3D Lite (NZ)
25 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Sercel L28-3D
18 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Nodal Seismometers
3 instrument types
IGU-16HR 3C 5Hz (AUS)
215 instruments (0 under maintenance)
IGU-16HR 3C 5Hz (NZ)
111 instruments (0 under maintenance)
IGU-BD 3C 5s
99 instruments (0 under maintenance)
Fibre Optic DAS
3 instrument types
Silixa iDAS 24
1 instrument (0 under maintenance)
Silixa iDAS 25
1 instrument (0 under maintenance)
Silixa iDAS 25 (NZ)
1 instrument (0 under maintenance)
Magnetotellurics
4 instrument types
MTU-5C
9 instruments (0 under maintenance)
EDL
24 instruments (0 under maintenance)
LEMI-424
20 instruments (0 under maintenance)
LEMI-423
23 instruments (0 under maintenance)

(last updated 20 June 2025)


Please note: demand for equipment & services is increasing, so please apply well ahead of your project timeline and consult with the scientific coordinators listed above.


 
 

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KEY CONTACTS
AuScope National Geophysics
Program Manager:
Dr Ben Kay


SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS

For portable seismic and OBS experiments: Santiago Velasquez,
Australian National Uni 

For electromagnetic experiments:
Prof Graham Heinson, Adelaide Uni

For petrophysical experiments:
Dr Dan Sandiford, Melbourne Uni

For reflection seismic services:
Marina Costelloe and Donna Cathro
Geoscience Australia

ANSIR PARTNERS
Geoscience Australia, AuScope, CSIRO, Australian National Uni, Uni of Adelaide, Uni of Melbourne, Uni of TAS, Uni of WA, Macquarie Uni, Uni of Auckland & Victoria Uni (Wellington).