Air Guns Shake Up Earthquake Monitoring 38
sciencehabit writes "Petroleum geologists have long used air guns in their search for oil and gas deposits. Sudden blasts from the devices generate seismic waves that they use to map underground rock formations. Could the same technique be used to study earthquakes? A team of Chinese scientists thinks so. The researchers have designed an air gun that could be useful in monitoring changes in stress buildup along fault zones."
Impressive, and probably cheaper and less risky (Score:5, Insightful)
"None of the lake's fish were killed or stunned by the shots, and instruments installed at a dam 1.4 kilometers away from the test site showed that peak ground accelerations were far below those detectable by humans"
Impressive, and probably cheaper and less risky than dynamite. No animals were harmed.
Good work!
Re:First (Score:2, Insightful)
Do you have to practice being this obnoxious, or does it come naturally?