From San Francisco to Tōhoku – 111 yr of continuous earthquake recording in Göttingen
| Autor: | W. Brunk, M. Leven, U. Wedeken, Holger Steffen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Seismometer
History 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences lcsh:Dynamic and structural geology 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences German earthquake recording Göttingen History and Philosophy of Science lcsh:QE500-639.5 Observatory 11. Sustainability lcsh:Science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences lcsh:QE1-996.5 lcsh:QC801-809 Archaeology language.human_language lcsh:QC1-999 Cultural heritage lcsh:Geology lcsh:Geophysics. Cosmic physics language General Earth and Planetary Sciences lcsh:Q lcsh:Physics |
| Zdroj: | History of Geo-and Space Sciences, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2014) |
| Popis: | In 1902, the so-called Erdbebenhaus (earthquake house) was built in the garden of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Göttingen to host and protect the very sensitive and fragile seismographs designed by Emil Wiechert. These instruments were the standard at their time, and they are still in operation today, documenting 111 yr of almost continuous seismological observations. Since 2005, the observatory is owned by the Wiechert'sche Erdbebenwarte Göttingen e.V. (Wiechert's earthquake observatory in Göttingen, registered society). This society aims at extending the observational record and protecting the observatory as a cultural heritage. In this paper we review the history of the observatory in the last 111 yr. Special attention is given to the developments in the last decade, when the observatory and further historic buildings and instruments changed ownership. Due to the efforts by the society, the observatory is still running now and open to the public. In addition, it is a part of the German Regional Seismic Network and, thus, observations can be used for scientific investigations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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