Scientists to use findings from Texas Stadium implosion in research into Earth’s crust.
The implosion of Texas Stadium in Irving may soon provide researchers with more data to use in determining characteristics of the earth’s crust and mantle.
The stadium is located in the Ouachita deformation zone. “Dallas happens to be a really interesting location between a couple of terrains,” Dr. Jay Pulliam, professor of geology, said. “The stuff below the sediments, the actual solid elements, the crust and mantle has not been studied here.”
Pulliam worked with Dallas ISD teacher David Boyd and a team of Baylor students to place a seismometer and recording equipment 0.47 kilometers from the implosion site last Tuesday. This proximity will allow the researchers to know the exact time of the implosion and the specific wave form created by it, so that they can track the wave at other stations that picked it up.
“We wanted first to see the seismic wave form that was created when they blew up Texas Stadium,” Boyd said. “If we know the exact parameters of that wave form, we can deduct that wave form from the other seismometers.”
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