Presentation
Scientific director : Fiona Darbyshire
Location :
GEOTOP-UQAM
201 Président-Kennedy Avenue, 7th floor
Montréal, QC H2X 3Y7 - Canada
Contact : darbyshire.fiona_ann@uqam.ca
Ph. : 514-987-3000 ext. 5054
Fax : 514-987-3635
The seismology ‘laboratory’ consists of 17 broadband seismograph stations, situated in central and northern Québec and Labrador. The station locations in the network have been chosen to complement the coverage from existing networks in Canada (permanent stations of the Canadian National Seismograph Network (CNSN) and temporary stations associated with the POLARIS project : ‘Portable Observatories for Lithospheric Analysis and Research Investigating Seismicity’).
The seismograph network targets research in the following disciplines:
- Earth structure and dynamics – data from global earthquakes can be analysed using several different methods to study the thickness and properties of the crust, the structure of the upper mantle, and regional seismic anisotropy. Detailed models of this type are fundamental for a better understanding of the processes of assembly and evolution of the Canadian Shield.
- The data from the network are available to the scientific community along with CNSN and POLARIS data. Detection of regional earthquakes by the network will be useful for researchers investigating the distribution of seismic activity and seismic hazard across eastern Canada.
