Hello fellow MSNoise users,
I have in my hands a case of an erupted mud volcano. The event took
place between February 12th and February 13th and got attention very
quickly from media and people in Trinidad & Tobago. I don't know if any
of you have any experience working with MSNoise and mud volcanoes. A
high quality drone footage you can find here
<https://www.facebook.com/topshotaerialservices/videos/984076211740133/>,
story on the media here
<http://newsday.co.tt/2018/02/17/mud-volcano-goes-quiet/>.
I am thinking of setting up a project around it, but since there is not
much information as to what to expect, I seek advice from all of you.
According to geologists here, the whole thing has gone dormant on the
surface. There is no volcanic activity, hard rock or magma movement
underneath. Some studies propose a disturbance down to 3 or 6 Km of mud
and gas intruding the younger harder formations.
Questions in my mind are both of practical and scientific perspective:
- Since we don't expect any conventional seismic/volcanic activity, will
the network record anything of use?
- I have in my hands 5 to 6 Guralp 5TDE (accelerometers). Will they be
able to record noise down to the frequencies of interest?
- Related to the previous, what would be the optimum aperture to deploy
the sensors (taking into account we need to extract information down to
3-6 Km)?
Any ideas, suggestions or advice are appreciated.
Ilias
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Ilias Papadopoulos | Engineering Seismologist
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/ Recipient of The UWI Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence (2013) /
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