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Chicxulub Seismic Experiment

Entry ID: PASSCAL_CHICXULUB_ACTIVE

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Summary

Abstract: These data are from 91 PASSCAL instruments located on land
and recording shots from a marine seismic vessel near the
Yucatan Penninsula of Mexico.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 21.89

S: 20.66

E: -89.0

W: -89.96

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: J. Morgan, Imperial College of London

Dataset Title: Chicxulub Seismic Experiment

Dataset Publisher: IRIS > Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-09-01

Stop Date: 1996-10-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > MEXICO > YUCATAN PENINSULA

SOLID EARTH > CRUST

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > SEISMIC PROFILE > SEISMIC BODY WAVES

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > SEISMIC PROFILE > SEISMIC SURFACE WAVES

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

IRIS-GSN > Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Network - Global Seismographic Network

PASSCAL > Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere

SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS

Instrument

SEISMOMETERS

Access Constraints None.

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Ancillary Keywords

ACTIVE SOURCE

ANISOTROPY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

IRIS

Data Center

PASSCAL Instrument Center, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Data Center URL: http://www.passcal.nmt.edu/
Dataset ID: PASSCAL Assembled Set 99-006 (active source)/Chicxulub

Data Center Personnel
Name: IRIS PASSCAL INSTRUMENT CENTER Phone: (505) 835-5070 Fax: (505) 835-5079 Email: passcal at passcal.nmt.edu Contact Address: PASSCAL Instrument Center New Mexico Tech 100 East Road City: Socorro Province or State: NM Postal Code: 87801 Country: USA

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Data Center URL: http://www.iris.edu/
Dataset ID: PASSCAL Assembled Set 99-006 (active source)/Chicxulub

Data Center Personnel
Name: TIM AHERN Phone: +1 206 547-0393 Email: tim at iris.washington.edu Contact Address: IRIS Data Management System 1408 NE 45 St, Suite 201 City: Seattle Postal Code: WA 98105 Country: United States