A new approach to geophysical real-time measurements on a deep-sea floor using decommissioned submarine cables

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  • new approach to geophysical real-time measurements on a deep-sea floor using decommissioned submarine cables

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In order to better understand earthquake generation, tectonics at plate boundaries, and better image the Earth's deep structures, real-time geophysical measurements in the ocean are required. We therefore attempted to use decommissioned submarine cables, TPC-1 and TPC-2. An OBS was successfully linked to the TPC-1 on the landward slope of the Izu-Bonin Trench in 1997. The OBS detected co-seismic and gradual changes during a Mw 6.1 earthquake just below the station at 80 km depth on November 11, 1997. A pressure sensor co-registered a change equivalent to 50 cm sea-level change. This suggests a high possibility detecting silent earthquakes or earthquake precursors if they exist. A multi-disciplinary geophysical station has been developed for deep-sea floor using TPC-2 since 1995. The station comprises eight instrument sets: broadband seismometers, geodetic measurements, hydrophone array, deepsea digital camera, CTD, etc. These activities are examples that decommissioned submarine cables can be great global resources for real-time cost-effective geophysical measurements on a deep-sea floor.

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  • Earth, Planets and Space

    Earth, Planets and Space 50 (11-12), 913-925, 1998

    Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, The Seismological Society of Japan, The Volcanological Society of Japan , The Geodetic Society of Japan , The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences

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