Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (ANSIR)

ANSIR builds on the Major National Research Facility founded in 1997 by RSES and Geoscience Australia that has provided reflection seismic profiling and portable recording instrumentation for use in major geophysicial field experiments. 

The facilities operates and maintains broadband seismic equipment, which includes hundreds sets of portable broad-band and short-period seismometers and high-fidelity, 269 recorders that are suitable for a range of different deployments. Also, Lennartz LE-3Dlite 3-component 1Hz seismometers (1 Hz); Trillium Compact and Posthole broadband sensors (3-component, up to 120s), and compact solar panels.

The equipment pool also includes Silixa iDAS Distributed Acoustic Sensing interrogator and 5 km of single-mode fibre optic cable.  It also includes ~500 SmartSolo nodal seismometers and Guralp and 2 Nanometrics Abolones 6000 broadband ocean bottom seismometers (OBS). 

Details on our growing pool of instruments can be found via AuScope, our primary source of funding, along with an updated site of current supported projects and instrument availability.  Users of the facility must be able to support trained technical personnel, and have scientific personnel with prior experience on hand. 

Equipment from ANSIR Facility is available to ANSIR members on the basis of merit, as judged by the ANSIR Access Committee on the basis of a short proposal. Researchers have to meet the project operating costs and a modest mobilisation fee. Training is available for the use of the portable equipment.

Applicants for access to ANSIR equipment and services should contact the appropriate Scientific Coordinators, such as Santiago Velasquez, to first discuss their needs for prospective projects, and then prepare a formal proposal via an online form from AuScope.

Related information

https://www.auscope.org.au/ansir