FDSN Station Page - ASCN

Information for ASCN as of September 2013

Station: Butt Crater, Ascension Island

Director:

Network Affiliation: IRIS/IDA - GSN

Address:

BBC Atlantic Relay Station

Ascension Island

South Atlantic Ocean

Telephone:

Fax:

Telex:

Coordinates:

• Latitude: 7.9327 S
• Longitude: 14.3601 W
• Elevation to Sensor: 173
• Depth to Sensor(KS54000): 100

Geology:Layered volcanics

Network Contact:IDA Seismographic Network Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0225

Open Station: Yes

Parent Organization:

Vault Conditions: The KS54000 is emplaced in a cased borehole at a depth of 100 meters. The Trillium120PH is set in a shallow borehole at a depth of 6 meters approximately 1.5 meters from the KS54000 borehole.

Site Description: N/A

Address from which to obtain data:

IRIS Data Management Center; 1408 NE 45th St.; Seattle, WA 98105; USA

Phone 206-547-0393

Station Instrumentation

1. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 22 May 2009 to Present
2. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 09 Nov 2003 to 21 May 2009
3. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 27 Nov 2002 to 07 Nov 2003
4. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 11 Jun 1995 to 27 Nov 2002
5. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 01 Oct 1994 to 10 Jun 1995