FDSN Station Page - BFO

Information for BFO as of December 2019

Station: Black Forest Observatory, Schiltach, Germany

Director: Dr. Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig

Network Affiliation: IRIS/IDA - GSN

Address: Black Forest Observatory Heubach 206 D-77709 Wolfach, Germany

Telephone:

Fax:49-7836-7650

Telex:

Coordinates: 

• Latitude: 48.3301 N
• Longitude: 8.3296 E
• Elevation to Sensor: 638m
• Depth to Sensor: 160m

Geology:Granite

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:Black Forest Observatory Schiltach, Germany

Vault Conditions: Sensors are located in an inactive silver mine. The STS-1 seismometers are situated in a seismic vault in the mine approximately 500 meters horizontally into the mountain, about 160 meters below the surface. The tunnels were excavated in granite. The granite is overlain by a sedimentary sequence consisting primarily of Triassic red sandstone from 0-100 meters depth.

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 ] 21 Jun 2012 to Present
2. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 15 Feb 1997 to 21 Jun 2012
3. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 19 Jul 1996 to 14 Feb 1997
4. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 29 May 1996 to 18 Jul 1996