USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

NEW YORK
TIe), NY
GENERAL INFORMATION
Operated by:
Address:
Telephone:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Department of Geology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
THY, NY 12UH
518-270-6476
Address to obtain records:
SITE INFORMATION
As above.
Records for six components (three OS-sec jnstruments and three 22.0-sec instruments) are
available on photographic paper through 1966.
Code
Station
name
Latitude Longitude Elev Date Date
Foundation; geologic
(deg N. ) (deg w. ) (meters) opened closed 'g'
lRY Troy-------------------- 42.7311 73.6669 Jl8 1960 Open-- Iroy Shale of Ruedemann 1 (1944) ;
Cambrian.
lRuedemann, Rudolf, and Cushing, H. D., 1914, Geology of Saratoga Springs and vicinity: N.Y. State Mus. Bull. 169, 177 p.
INSTRUMENTATION
Seismometer
Code Typ' Component
Galvo
T (sec)
g
Type
recording
Magnification
,t T o
Remarks
TRY Press-Ewing---------- z 22.0
Helicorder
3 K
Recorded on two recorders
with different
response curves.
Timing system;
Tuning-fork clock timed with WW\' hourly.
System response curves:
Available from station.
SHORT HISTORY
TRY records on two recorders with two response curves, one with a lowered response at 7 sec to cut down on microseisms
caused by storms in the Atlantic.
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