Story: Geological exploration

Monitoring seismic activity

Scientist Brad Scott monitors seismic activity in a geothermal area at Craters of the Moon, Wairākei.

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Simon Nathan, Geological exploration – Plate tectonics and other advances, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8215/monitoring-seismic-activity (accessed 9 July 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.