Deep Seismic Sounding Data

• This document is an interim report within a work package of the SERA project. The document lists a considerable number of previous Deep Seismic Sounding (DSS) projects, where data is available in some form. DSS projects are large scale, logistically complex, and there can be some problems in obtaining formal permission to use the very large seismic sources which may be necessary to be able to successfully record seismic signals penetrating to the relevant depths and distances. This implies that in some cases it would be very difficult to repeat the projects, or conduct a similar project along the same recording profile. This means that even older data can be potentially very valuable, and not all such data is available in modern, digital form (e.g. time series), and some metadata descriptions may be complicated or incomplete.In the text below, we discuss what is meant by DSS data; some of the complications related to this type of data, metadata, different forms of data, and some common types of derived (processed data) which exist. We also present information on a considerable number of DSS projects related to the European area, and list some (but far from all) relevant publications. Note that the term “database” is used in AERA. For DSS data, much data is available in well-structured and maintained digital databases, some is available in digital form only as images of seismic sections, and some data exists only in analogue form e.g. as plotted seismic sections. We consider all such types of data to be relevant, and include them in the “database” concept, as discussed below.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

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