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Pollution of Geophysical Sites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. Kovalevsky*
Affiliation:
CERGA, Observatoire de la Cte d’Azur, 06130 Grasse, France

Abstract

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Astronomy in all wavelengths is not the only science to suffer from various causes of pollution. Sites in which geophysical research is being conducted are also in danger due to a variety of external causes. Among them, the following are described and discussed in addition to electromagnetic nuisances that are common to geophysicists and astronomers: heat production, magnetic disturbances, artificial vibrations in seismic observatories, chemical pollution in atmospheric studies, signal jamming, vandalism and site modifications around automatic stations.

Type
Other Environmental Issues
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

References

Problems connected with the protection of geophysical sites are described in detail in “Rapport du groupe de travail sur la protection des observatoires astronomiques et geophysiques”, November 1984, Academie des Sciences, 23 quai Conti, F-75006 Paris, France.Google Scholar