University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Facilities

Hockley Seismic Station

Station HKT is the first IRIS/GSN station in Texas; the nearest regional broad-band stations are located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tuscon, Arizona, and in Mexico City. The Hockley station helps fill the large gap in station coverage throughout the mid-west and along the Gulf coast states.

K-12 Resources

UTIG’s GK-12 PROGRAM partners three graduate student fellows each year with six science teachers and work alongside with scientists and graduate students as part of a team, and through this interaction, are improving their scientific content knowledge, their understanding of the technology used in the geosciences. They gain an understanding of how research is carried out and integrate research with education.

Marine Seismic Data Center

A system to disseminate marine seismic data, the main components are a Field Data Center at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and a Processed Data Center at the University of Texas. The center at UT also seeks efficient methods for scientists with National Science Foundation funding to meet data-sharing quidelines. Small images and metadata are freely available for all database entries but some data are restricted.

OBS Facilities

Investigators apply seismic refraction surveying to a wide range of problems. To carry out seismic refraction work on the seafloor, UTIG has developed a specialized ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS). This is a microprocessor- controlled instrument that is placed on the seafloor to record seismic signals generated by seismic sources.

TexSeis Earthquake Center

Real-time data center collecting and disseminating online data from seismic facilities across the region.

UTIG Library

In addition to approximately 2000 books, the library subscribes to 40 current journals and has limited back holdings of almost 200 others. The UTIG Library collection circulates to faculty and students of UTIG.