Tien Shan 98 Seismograph Installation Notes - Bachu

Notes for the 1998 Tien Shan Seismic Field Trip - Bachu

Steve Roecker
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
roecker@gretchen.geo.rpi.edu Mail


Photos From the Bachu Installation


Figure C6. Bachu. A panoramic series of photos looking south from the tower at Bachu of the reservoir. Sequence is from east to west.

Figure C7. Bachu. West of C6.

Figure C8. Bachu. West of C7.

Figure C9. Bachu. West of C8.

Figure C10. Bachu. Guo Biao (aka Mr. Sleepy) taking it easy by the seismo-tower.

Figure C11. Bachu. The ground floor of the seismo-tower. The Chinese sensors are on the pier, the CMG-3ESP is under the insulated box in the forefront.

Figure C12. Bachu. Chun Jo Hue (aka. Mr. Hungry) putting together the recording system on the second floor of the seismo-tower.

Figure C13. Bachu. A view of the ground floor of the sesimo-tower taken fom the second floor. the CMG-3ESP is beneath the insulated box to the left, the break-out box is on the floor at the center right of the photo.

Figure C14. Bachu. The seismo-tower at Bachu. The sensor is on the ground just on the other side of the door, the DAS is on the first floor (about half-way up), and the GPS clock and solar panels are on the roof.

Figure C15. Bachu. View, looking to the north from the reservoir, of the region surrounding the seismo-tower. The tower is located just to the right of center in this picture.

Figure C17. Bachu. The crew in front of the main office in Bachu, to which the data from the seismo-tower is telemetered (for the Chinese seismometers).


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