40Hz High Frequency Sensor
Salient Features:
EPIC owns two types of 40Hz vertical geophones.
- The 40Hz geophones for the Multichannel Digitizer Systems are manufactured by Sercel and Geospace. These vertical geophones are critically damped at 0.555 and have a sensitivity of about 21 V/m/s.
- The 40Hz geophones for the Texan Digitizers these geophones are manufactured by Sercel. These vertical geophones are critically damped at 0.555 and have a sensitivity of 35.3 V/m/s
Uses primarily include active source studies.
Manufacturer Documents:
- http://www.sercel.com/products/Lists/ProductSpecification/Geophones_specifications_Sercel_EN.pdf
- http://www.geospace.com/
Installation & Troubleshooting:
Installation requires a separate bubble level to be placed on top of the geophone for proper leveling.
Other Documents:
Response Characteristics:
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