Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Future Planetary Applications: Initial Results From the San Francisco Volcanic Field, a Lunar Analogue.

ABSTRACT: Seismic imaging is one of the most powerful tools available for constraining the internal structure and composition of planetary bodies as well as enabling our understanding planetary evolution, geology, and distribution of natural resources. However, traditional seismic instrumentation can be heavy and voluminous, expensive, and/or difficult to rapidly deploy in large numbers. Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) provides a promising new alternative given the ease of deployment, light weight and simplicity of fiber optic cables. However, the feasibility and best operational practices for using DAS for planetary exploration are not well-known. We examine the use of DAS with surface deployed fiber for planetary near-surface seismic exploration at two lunar geophysical analogue sites in San Fr

SUBMITTER: Harmon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature