A Seismic Bottom Station Based on a Molecular Electron Seismometer for Shelf Areas and Transitional Zones

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the design of a portable seismic bottom station (PSBS) based on a molecular electron seismometer for research in seismology and volcanology (Sobisevich et al., 2008) and for dealing with a number of important applied problems (Bashilov, 2001) in the design of special monitoring systems, alarm systems, as well as the exploration and development of hydrocarbon deposits in shelf areas and transitional zones. The station is a further development of a portable bottom module, PBM (Bashilov et al., 2013) whose testing results are also presented in this article. The design has been modified and supplemented in response to the remarks made during testing on Lake Seliger (Bashilov et al., 2017).