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Active Tectonics, Quantitative Structural Geology and Geomorphology Research Group

COMPUTING AND FIELD RESOURCES

 Computing Resources:
The Active Tectonics, Quantitative Structural Geology and Geomorphology research group is housed in a several hundred square foot laboratory space with 3 adjacent student offices. In this laboratory and related facilities, available computer hardware tools include 8 PC desktop computers, 1 PC laptop computer, a 6-node Linux cluster, 1 UNIX workstation, 4 data servers, CD/DVD writers, flatbed scanner and 3 color printers. Available software (beyond standard drafting and image editing, word-processing, and spreadsheet tools) includes ENVI and ERDAS Imagine (including Leica Photogrammetry Suite) for analysis of remotely sensed data and digital topographic data, ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcView and GRASS GIS for GIS compilation and digital mapping, MatLab for analysis and visualization, ANSYS for finite element and POLY3D and DIS3D for boundary element mechanical modeling.

The research group employs a systems administrator/programmer for technical assistance, computer systems support and programming assistance.


COMPUTERS

TYPE MANUFACTURER MODEL & SPECS OPERATING SYSTEM NAME
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX620 - 3.4 Ghz P4, 2 GB RAM Windows XP Parkfield
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX260 - 2.0 Ghz P4, 512 MB RAM Windows XP Sanjose
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX260 - 2.0 Ghz P4, 512 MB RAM Windows XP Lapaz
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX270 - 3.0 Ghz P4, 2 GB RAM Windows 2000 Arena
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX260 - 2.8 Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM Windows XP Wupatki
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX260 - 2.8 Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM Windows XP Cholame
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX260 - 2.4 Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM Windows XP Tsunami
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX260 - 2.8 Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM Windows XP Ledi
PC Desktop Dell Optiplex GX240 - 1.7 Ghz P4, 1 GB RAM Windows XP Shivwitz
PC Laptop Dell P3 Windows 2000 Laptop
Workstation Sun Sunblade 2000 Solaris 8 Cordillera
Cluster Dell 2.8 Ghz Xeon Hyperthreaded w/ 2 GB RAM. 550 GB storage Linux Red Hat Enterprise Agassiz (ASU-GEON-Pop)
Cluster Dell 2.8 Ghz Xeon Hyperthreaded w/ 2 GB RAM. 2 TB storage Linux Red Hat 8.0 ASU-GEON-Data
Cluster Dell 4: 2.8 Ghz Xeon Hyperthreaded w/ 2 GB RAM Linux Red Hat Enterprise ASU-GEON-Compute
Server Dell Precision Workstation 450 - Dual Xeon 2.8 Ghz, 2 GB RAM Windows XP Aspen
Server Dell PowerEdge 1800 - Dual Xeon 2.8 Ghz, 1 GB RAM. 500 Gb storage Fedora Core 3 Sagunto
Server Qsol 1.2 Ghz P4, 512 RAM. 400 GB Storage Debian Hurricane
Server Dell 2.4 Ghz Celeron, 512 RAM Linux Red Hat Enterprise ASU-GEON-Central
Server Dell 350 Mhz P3 Linux Red Hat 8.0 Servmail



Field Resources:
Field tools essential for our projects include 2 Leica-Wild TCM 1100 total station (consisting of an electronic theodolite and electronic distance meter (EDM)) providing high precision 3 dimensional locations of sighted targets within a few seconds over about 1 km providing a linear accuracy of 3 mm plus or minus 2 ppm and angular accuracy of 3" and recording the data digitally. For data reduction, we use both custom UNIX and Windows software and LISCAD--the Leica-Wild surveying and engineering software that is designed to work with these instruments. Portable printers and laptops permit us to work with survey data in the field. 5 Motorola radios provide field communications. We also have a full suite of field tools necessary for supporting large field expeditions. Two digital cameras and two film cameras are available for field work. We also have helium balloon and kite-based aerial photography systems available for detailed documentation of important landforms and field sites (http://activetectonics.la.asu.edu/kites/index.html).



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Last updated: August 3, 2006