The Santa Barbara Array is an experiment managed by Ralph Archuleta at the Institute for Crustal Studies. Field maintenance is being done by students assistants who also work for the PBIC. This provides additional training in field work that is hard to get any other way.
There are currently twelve seismometers deployed throughout Santa Barbara. The purpose of the experiment is to examine local seismic activity, and to investigate how seismic waves move through the ground in the Santa Barbara area.
Graduate student Elizabeth Cochran organized the experiment in October of 1999. An article appeared in the Santa Barbara News Press explaining the purpose of the experiment and requesting homeowners to volunteer their backyards for the experiment. Ten of the sites are located in places of residence while the other two are buried at Santa Barbara High School and Santa Barbara Junior High respectively.
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Site # |
Site Name |
Geology |
Description |
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1 |
MK01 |
Qog |
Cobble-bolder fan gravel and fanglomerate deposits composed largely of sandstone deposits |
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2 |
TP01 |
Qog |
Cobble-bolder fan gravel and fanglomerate deposits composed largely of sandstone deposits |
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3 |
PG01 |
Qa |
Alluvium, unconsolidated floodplain deposits of silt sand and gravel |
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4 |
LR01 |
Qa |
Alluvium, unconsolidated floodplain deposits of silt sand and gravel |
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5 |
CB01 |
Qoa |
Former alluvial deposits of silt sand and gravel, in places weakly consolidated, local unconformities at base |
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6 |
MC01 |
Tml |
Lower Monterey Shale, white weathering, soft fissile to punky clay shale with interbeds of hard siliceous shale and limestone strata |
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7 |
MD01 |
Qog |
Cobble-bolder fan gravel and fanglomerate deposits composed largely of sandstone deposits |
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8 |
SK01 |
Qg |
Stream channel deposits, mostly gravel and sand |
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9 |
CL01 |
Qoa |
Former alluvial deposits of silt sand and gravel, in places weakly consolidated, local unconformities at base |
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10 |
FPDT |
Qa |
Alluvium, unconsolidated floodplain deposits of silt sand and gravel |
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11 |
SBHS |
Qoa |
Former alluvial deposits of silt sand and gravel, in places weakly consolidated, local |
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12 |
SBJH |
Qa |
Alluvium, unconsolidated floodplain deposits of silt sand and gravel |
Diblee, Thomas W. Geologic Map of Santa Barbara Quadrangle Santa Barbara, Ca