Written by AMU Correspondent
Saturday, 19 December 2009
AMU Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today inaugurated a Broadband Seismological Observatory at the Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University set up by the NGRI, Hyderabad to record and monitor the seismic activity in the region. Apart from Aligarh, this kind of observatories have also been set up at Narora, Moradabad, Agra, Dholpur and Gwalior.
The project undertaken by NGRI, Hyderabad with the financial assistance from Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India aims at monitoring the seismic activity in the region covering Indo-Gangetic Plains. The study aims at monitoring the seismicity from Gwalior to Moradabad by setting up Broadband Seismic Stations at approximately 50 km apart at Gwalior, Dholpur, Agra, Aligarh, Narora and Moradabad. The objective of this project is to assess the seismic hazard due to larger earthquakes.
The set up of seismic station consists of a Broadband Seismometer, Recorder and GPS. It is powered up by a 12V Battery in order to run continuously and the battery is charged by both solar modules as well as regulated power supply in order to ensure continuous recording of earthquakes. The received data shall be processed at NGRI, Hyderabad using special softwares. This will help students of the geology to understand and expand their knowledge on seismicity. Besides, the recording and observation of the data will also be beneficial to the scientific community, general public and to the media.
The NGRI scientists demonstrated the utility and purpose of this observatory to the staff and students of Department of Geology. Prof. R. K. Jadav, Director, Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai, Dr. Sahdaba Khursheed, Chairman of Department of Geology and Prof. Mahshar Raza also addressed on this occasion
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