The Geophysics Department of Arman Fanavaran Zamin Company, in cooperation with the Iranian Geophysical Association, organized an educational webinar entitled Introduction to Instrumental Seismology and Design of Seismic Stations.
This webinar was presented in 3 2-hour sessions in July and August of this year, which was widely welcomed by geophysics experts and students. The topics mentioned in this webinar include:
- Familiarity with the concepts of seismology
- History of instrumental seismology
- Introducing tools for measuring and recording seismic waves
- Seismic wave recording mechanism
- How sensors work in recording seismic waves
- Types of seismic sensors, accelerometers, displacement meters and their applications
- Familiarity with different technologies of sensors in recording seismic waves
- Introducing the internal structures of a broadband and electrochemical broadband seismograph
- Digitizers and their application principles
- Internal structure of digitizers
- How digitizers work
- The role of recorders in instrumental seismology and their differences with digitizers
- The need to build a seismic station
- Types of seismic stations
- The main parameters required to select the location of the seismic station
- Study steps to select the appropriate location of the seismic station
- Standard requirements in locating a seismic station
- Existing seismic networks and their communication methods
- Types of communication infrastructure systems for seismic networks
Also, during the sessions, their learning skills were tested by providing practical exercises for the participants. Finally, for the participants in this webinar, a certificate approved by the Iranian Geophysical Association was issued.
