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The Iberia Seismic Experiment was conducted in July and August of 1997 (hence the name ISE'97) in the North Atlantic off the coast of Spain and Portugal. We collected more than 2100 kilometers of multi-channel seismic (MCS) data aboard the Research Vessel Maurice Ewing from the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. In addition, we collected wide-angle data using an Ocean Bottom Seismograph/Hydrophone (OBS/H) array, using instruments from the University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics and GEOMAR, at the Christian-Alberchts University in Kiel, Germany.
The goal of this project is to better understand the processes of continental rifting that occurred during the Triassic and Early Jurassic as North America separated from Africa and Europe during the sundering of the Pangean supercontinent. We collected a huge quantity of data (more than 500 gigabytes), and are working to process, analyze and interpret the data. Currently, there are 7 graduate students and 10 research scientists working on these tasks. There is still plenty left to do. Please visit the Publications page for more information about the current findings of our research.
Mike Unger and Dale Sawyer
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