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Technology transfer opportunities: patent licenses: portable seismic exploration probe

January 1, 1996

A new seismic source generator has been
invented at the U. S. Geological Survey.
Using kinetic energy stored by a flywheel,
the truck-mounted source transfers this
energy, by impulses, into the ground.
Both longitudinal (P) and shear (S) waves
can be generated, the latter in 12 directions,
without moving the vehicle.

Publication Year 1996
Title Technology transfer opportunities: patent licenses: portable seismic exploration probe
DOI 10.3133/fs15096
Authors
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 150-96
Index ID fs15096
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Technology Transfer Office