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News Release 12-028
First EarthScope 'Transportable Array' Seismic Station Reaches U.S. East Coast
Data generate 3-D 'CT scan' of North American continent's interior
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![a seismic station in Florida.](/news/mmg/media/images/earthscope1_f2.jpg)
Transportable Array Station 457A in Florida: first such seismic station on the U.S. East Coast.
Credit: IRIS
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![A 3-D image of the mantle under Western North America.](/news/mmg/media/images/earthscope2_f2.jpg)
From the array, a CT scan-like, 3-D image of Earth's mantle under Western North America.
Credit: Richard Allen/UC-Berkeley
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![the closed vault containing the transmitting seismometer.](/news/mmg/media/images/earthscope3_f2.jpg)
A vault with the transmitting seismometer is closed, then a mound of dirt is piled on top.
Credit: IRIS
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![the seismometer wrapped in insulating material at the bottom of the vault.](/news/mmg/media/images/earthscope4_f2.jpg)
The seismometer is aligned at the bottom of the vault and wrapped in insulating material.
Credit: IRIS
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![electronic components and communications system in the upper section of vault.](/news/mmg/media/images/earthscope5_f2.jpg)
Electronic components and a communications system are in the vault's upper section.
Credit: IRIS
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![Map of the United States showing EarthScope's installation plan for the Transportable Array.](/news/mmg/media/images/earthscope6_f2.jpg)
EarthScope's installation plan for the Transportable Array as it marches across the nation.
Credit: IRIS
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