RAPID: Seismic Investigation of Geysers at El Tatio

这个快速请求收集一个新的和令人兴奋的数据集，将支持目前由国家科学基金会资助的间歇泉喷发研究。本提案的目标是建立一个短期地震阵列，监测和表征El Tatio间歇泉气田地下水的地震行为。这是世界上第三大间歇泉。由于对轻微侵入性科学研究的态度较为宽松，El Tatio是部署此类网络的理想地点。这些数据在传感器密度和持续时间上都是独一无二的。因此，结果可能会超过任何其他间歇泉领域。我们的目标是表征地下过程导致地震振动和相关的表面喷发特征测量MichaelManga？s group（at UC Berkeley）.同时测量温度，放电率，喷发高度，喷发持续时间和复发时间，将使这个数据集完全独特。作为世界？作为美国第三大间歇泉场，El Tatio是一个重要的地质旅游景点。更好地了解这些地区的地下过程最终将有助于教育更广泛的公众。间歇泉喷发也是理解火山喷发过程的关键，也是限制地热能发电的重要属性的关键。因为这是一个独特的数据集，数据将存档在IRISDMC为子孙后代，我们预计，数据将有助于进一步调查地热和间歇泉过程。

THhis RAPID requestaims to collect a new and exciting data set that will support geyser eruptionresearch currently funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of this proposalis to create a short-term seismic array that will monitor and characterize the seismicbehavior of the shall subsurface at El Tatio Geyser Fields. This is the third largestgeyser field in the world. Due to the more relaxed stance on marginally invasivescientific investigations, El Tatio is an ideal location to deploy such a network. The datawill be unique in sensor density and duration. Consequently, results will likely surpassthose for any other geyser field. The goal is to characterize subsurface processes resulting in seismic vibrations andcorrelate these sources with surface eruption characteristics measured by MichaelManga?s group (at UC Berkeley). The concurrent measurements of temperature,discharge rate, eruption height, eruption duration and recurrence time, will make this dataset completely unique. As the world?s third largest geyser field, El Tatio is a key geotourism location. Betterunderstanding of the subsurface processes for such locations will eventually helpeducation the broader public. Geyser eruptions are also key for understanding volcaniceruption processes as well as constraining important properties for geothermal energygeneration. Because this is a unique data set, and the data will be archived at the IRISDMC for posterity, we anticipate that the data will contribute to further investigationsinto geothermal and geyser processes.