Central Rocks

Show 3: Rex Flake "Puget Sound Tiltmeters"

Central Washington University geodetic engineer Rex Flake discusses his pet project: design, installation, and data processing of tiltmeters around the Puget Sound. Rex gives background on the plate tectonic setting of the Northwest, seismic hazards that we face, and how his tiltmeters will help our understanding of the Juan de Fuca-North American plate interface. Taped on February 17, 2006.