Salient Features
These single component geophones are available as vertical units for use with the Texan digitizer and as vertical 6-channel strings for use with the multi-channel digitizer systems. The multi-channel strings are rarely used.
This single channel vertical geophone has a frequency of 4.5Hz, damping of .707 critical and a sensitivity of 100 V/m/s.
The primary use of these geophones is for active source experiments.
Manufacturer Documents:
EPIC’s 4.5Hz, vertical geophones were manufactured by
Geospace under part number GS-11D.
Installation & Troubleshooting:
Installation requires a separate bubble level to be placed on top of the geophone for proper leveling.