USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

COLORADO
Trinidad, CO
GENERAL INFORMATION
Operat.ed by:
Address:
Telephone:
Trinidad State Junior College
Department of Science and Mathematics
Trinidad State Junior College
Trinidad, CO 81082
303-846-5516
Address t.o obt.ain ,ecords:
SITE INFORMATION
As above.
Code
Station name
Latitude
(deg N.)
Longitude
(deg W.)
Elev
(meters)
Date
opened
Date
closed
FoundaLion; geologic age
TJC
Trinidad State---------­
Junior College.
37.2169 104.6912 2103
10/65
Open--
Poison Canyon Formation (lower
beds); Paleocene.
INSTRUMENTATION
Code
Typo
Seismometer
Galvo Type
Component T (se~)-
0
T (sec)
g
recording
., T 0
Magnification
Remarks
ne
Benioff 6102A-------­
Benioff 4681A-------­
Sprengnether---------
Z
NS,EW
Z,NS,EW
.0
.0
20 0
5. 0 35-mm film
5 .0 --do------
30 .0 --do------
100 K
Timing system: Geotech model 5400A.
System response curves:
Available from station,
SHORT HISTORY
TJC opened in Boncarbo, Colo., under supervision of the USGS Seismology Branch, headquartered in Denver.
maintenance personnel were then and are still supplied by Trinidad State Junior College, located in Trinidad.
Operating and
Funding for
tbe project was suppl~ed by Colorado School of M~nes, located at Golden, for the f~rst 2 years. Present iund111g 15 rece~ved
from the State of Colorado.
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