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Scanned Recordings of the Rangely, Colorado (USA) Earthquake Control Experiment (1972)

May 19, 2025

These are scanned recordings from the Rangely earthquake control experiment that took place from 1969-1974 in the area surrounding Rangely, Colorado. Data were telemetered to Menlo Park, California, where they were recorded on develocorder films. Twelve stations with a total of fourteen channels were recorded and are available in this data set. Data were collected by the US Geological Survey.

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Publication Year 2025
Title Scanned Recordings of the Rangely, Colorado (USA) Earthquake Control Experiment (1972)
DOI 10.5066/P9E1A90X
Authors Justin L Rubinstein, Kaiwen Wang
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Earthquake Hazards Program
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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