Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) - Overview

In this overview of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), Glen Mattioli (Director of Geodetic Infrastructure, UNAVCO) provides an overview of its important activities and impact. EarthScope scientists developed this network of instruments to carefully measure changes in the Earth's surface caused by the interaction between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates along the border of the western United States and Alaska. The PBO system employs a variety of approaches and equipment to make these detailed measurements, including Global Positioning System (GPS) stations, laser strainmeters, and geodetic imaging. PBO data offer valuable new insights into many Earth processes such as earthquakes, volcanism, and tsunamis. It is even being used to help manage water resources by offering new ways to measure groundwater, soil moisture, and snow.

PBO funding from the National Science Foundation includes Award #EAR-1261833: 2013-2018 UNAVCO Community Proposal Geodesy Advancing Geosciences and EarthScope: The GAGE Facility. Principal investigators are Meghan Miller, Charles Meertens, Glen Mattioli, and Donna Charlevoix.

Video produced by McLean Media. Additional images courtesy Beth Bartel, Henry Bergland, Ryan Bierma, Frank Wyatt, NOAA, UNAVCO, USGS, Alex Whitmore, Shutterstock, Cmpxchg8b (Flickr), Google Earth, and the EarthScope National Office. Title animation by NASA and the Visible Earth Team (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov).

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Additional Music: "Living Physicist" and “Art of Gardens” by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number EAR-1252031. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the producers and participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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