Geophysics and special measurements methods
Activities in the area of geophysics and special measurement methods are concentrated on following branches of seismological research:
- investigation of effect of mining induced seismic events on the ground and surface structure vibrations in Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin;
- investigation of shallow geological structure of the Moravian-Silesian region inferred from seismological observations;
- study of natural and induced seismicity in the Moravian-Silesian region;
- co-operation on service of the seismic station Ostrava-Krasne Pole (OKC), operating in the frame of Czech National Seismic Network and NEIC, whose data are used for all above mentioned topics;
- investigation of seismic effects generated by technical seismicity, e.g. by quarry blasts, traffic and industrial activities.
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Research and development of measurement methodology and instrumentation for geophysics and geomechanics both for laboratory and in-situ measurements represents related activity:
- seismograph based on the embedded PC equipped with remote control and data transmission via GSM network for monitoring of local seismic events;
- instrumentation for stress measurement in rock mass (rock bolt sensor, conical strain gauge, data loggers);
- sensors and data acquisition systemsfor laboratory measurement (strain gauge deformation sensors for high temperature and high preassure conditions).