GEOSCIENCE 405 - Topics in Geophysics

Spring 2006 - Dr. Jennifer Anderson

Spring has arrived in Minnesota!!!  Students in Geophysics finally got to play outside in the nice weather at Lake Winona.  Students set up a 12-channel seismic system to determine depth to the water table and the velocity properties of near-surface materials.  The seismic source used was a student-powered sledge-hammer; interestingly no earthquakes were detected during this exercise.  Check out our work!

	Students in GEOS 405 set up the seismic line.
	Doug Portis gets ready to power the seismic source.
	Jay Bittner takes a swing.
	Joe Staloch and friends watching the action...
	Ross Hoffman sets the strike plate while Sam Plitzuweit looks on.
	Paul Raymaker takes a shot.
	Students took bets about whether Sam Siebenalar would break the plate...
	Dr. Anderson demonstrates the "proper" technique
	Finally, after all the exertion, we've got data to analyze...stay tuned for the solution
	After all the work, Amanda Shields supervises clean-up.

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