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oa Initial Reconnaissance Noise Survey for Reconstruction and Modernization of the Ukrainian National Seismic Network (UT)
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Nov 2023, Volume 2023, p.1 - 5
Abstract
The seismic hazard department and department of seismic activity of Carpathian area of the Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, with the support and collaboration of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Michigan State University (MSU), and the EarthScope Consortium (EarthScope) plan to expand the national seismic network through the installation of permanent broadband seismic stations in the territory of Ukraine. This is due to the fact that western, south-western and southern parts of Ukraine are located within the massive seismically active belt of the planet formed as a result of collision of Eurasian and African continental plates, spanning from the Azores via the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and Caucasus and farther to Hindu Kush. This belt also includes the Carpathian Arc with major subcrustal earthquakes in Vrancea zone and the Crimean-Black Sea segment.