Recording earth strain with optical fibers

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1152-1160

  Blum, John A ^a   Nooner, Scott L ^b   Zumberge, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Interferometry; Optical fibers; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTICS; FLOORS; GLASS FIBERS; HEALTH; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL RECORDING; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

AVERAGE STRAIN; CRITICAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FIBER CABLES; HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); LOCAL EFFECTS; LONG DISTANCES; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); SEA FLOORS; TEMPERATURE CHANGING;

FIBERS;

EID: 47849107269     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926882     Document Type: Article

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