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June 10, 24 : Installation of MACIV profiles has started

From 10 to 14 June, 2024, 10 people from ISTerre and LMV have installed 25 new seismic stations along the N-S, E-W and diagonal profiles of the MACIV experiment (red diamonds on the map below).
The 40 remaining stations will be installed in the first week of July (4 stations), then in the fall of 2024.
These stations belong to the temporary network with code XF_2024.

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October 7, 24 : 80% of profile stations are installed

From 30 September to 4 October, 2024, 9 people from ISTerre and the LMV have installed 23 additional seismological stations along the North-South and East-West profiles of the MACIV experiment.
The remaining 13 stations will be installed before the end of November 2024.
These stations belong to the temporary XF network.

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Jan. 29, 25 : All 65 profile stations are now installed

On 29 January 2025, colleagues from Toulouse have installed the last MACIV profile station, MN29A, in the municipality of Félines-Minervois (34).
The XF network is now fully installed, with 65 stations.
This installation completes the deployment of the two temporary networks of MACIV broadband stations, with a total of 100 stations in the field until 2027 : XP : blue stars on the map, 35 stations throughout the French Massif Central, complementing the permanent networks (black stars), (…)

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Feb. 10, 25 - Applications opened for a PhD position at ISTerre, Grenoble

We are looking for applicants who hold, or will hold, a Master degree for a PhD thesis at ISTerre (Univ. Grenoble Alpes - UGA) entitled :
Multi-scale noise-based seismic imaging of the French Massif Central with the data of MACIV experiment.
Applicants will have to pass the 2025 selection process of the UGA STEP (Earth and Planetary Science) Doctoral School to obtain a doctoral grant.
If funding is obtained, the thesis could start on Oct. 1, 2025.
Detailed information and (…)

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