Case studies
Equipment from Güralp Systems is in use in seismic arrays around the world.
The Eskdalemuir Seismic ArrayApril 2004A 20-station site in southern Scotland, operated by Güralp Systems. | |
Networked vault in CornwallJune 2006A single-person installation of a digital sensor, power management system and VSAT to form a permanent, remotely-operable station. | |
The Güralp Systems test vaultMarch 2006Güralp Systems test all their new instruments in this specially-built vault near the factory. | |
Case study: Strong-motion arrays for damsMarch 2006Güralp Systems' CMG-5T and 40T-1 sensors are being used for safety monitoring in a major hydroelectric project in Romania. | |
Case study: Discovering the seismic effects of wind farmsMarch 2006A research team at Keele University has been using CMG-5T and CMG-6TD sensors to investigate ground motion caused by wind turbines. | |
Case study: Monitoring culturally significant buildingsMarch 2006Studying vibrations in the structure of a historic mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. | |
Case study: Authenticating seismic stations at Conrad Observatory, AustriaMarch 2006A three-instrument vault and borehole station using Authentication Modules to provide CD1.0 and CD1.1 data authenticated with strong cryptography. | |
Case study: Strong motion arrays monitoring large structuresMarch 2006Safety monitoring along a new railway line with CMG-5T instruments, digitizers and DCMs running DSS and Scream! protocols. | |
Case study: The Montserrat Volcano Observatory seismic monitoring networkOctober 2005
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Case study: Borehole array in JapanNovember 2004A network of 14 instruments installed as an upgrade to a pre-existing array. |
Customer news
New borehole instruments for the South PoleDecember 2006 | |
First Spanish OBS installed off CatalunyaAugust 2005 | |
New borehole array in AfricaMarch 2005 | |
Portable seismic arrays make Mexican wavesOctober 2004 | |
105 more CMG-3T instruments for EarthScope USArrayOctober 2004 |
Institutions with Güralp instrument pools
- POLARIS, the Canadian geophysical research consortium (90 × CMG-3ESP and CMG-40T)
- PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech (over 200 × CMG-3T, CMG-3ESP and CMG-40T)
- SeisUK at Leicester University (29 × CMG-3TD, 20 × CMG-40TD and 150 × CMG-6T)
- Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam (65 × CMG-3ESP Compact and 30 × CMG-3ESPD)
- Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (36 × CMG-5T)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (100 × CMG-3ESP)
