SCIGN is an array of Global Positioning System (GPS) stations distributed throughout Southern California with emphasis on the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region.
The major objectives of the array are:
- To provide regional coverage for estimating earthquake potential throughout Southern California
- To identify active blind thrust faults and test models of compressional tectonics in the Los Angeles region
- To measure local variations in strain rate that might reveal the mechanical properties of earthquake faults
- In the event of an earthquake, to measure permanent crustal deformation not detectable by seismographs, as well as the response of major faults to the regional change in strain
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General Information
SCIGN Report - 2002 SCEC Annual Meeting (PDF)
SCIGN Accomplishments (4/19/02) (PDF)
Unveiling Event: SCIGN celebrated completion on July 6, 2001. For photos and full transcripts of the event, see the
SCEC Instanet on-line article.
SCIGN Publication List (9/30/02)
(PDF) or
(DOC)
Overview Paper on SCIGN
(PDF)
SCEC Newsletter on SCIGN
(PDF)
SCEC Education Module: about SCIGN for teachers and students
Sources of Research Funding
Technical information about the array
Data Comparisons - SCIGN MIT Report
SCIGN Analysis Committee Report
SCIGN Station Map
Station architecture and technical issues:
SCIGN Radomes,
shallow drilled-braced monuments,
receiver programming instructions, met pack installation, firmware upgrades, etc.
Monument Disassembly
Results of the
SCIGN Data Archive Survey
Related Site: interactive maps with a
classification system for SCIGN site noise
