New Geophysical Monitoring Point in the High Arctic – Seismic Infrasound Array on Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago

Andrey Fedorov; Vladimir E. Asming; Yurii Vinogradov; Ivan S. Fedorov; Mikhail Pyatunin

doi:10.2205/2026es001049

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NEW GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING POINT IN THE HIGH ARCTIC – SEISMIC INFRASOUND ARRAY ON ALEXANDRA LAND ISLAND OF THE FRANZ JOSEF LAND ARCHIPELAGO New Geophysical Monitoring Point in the High Arctic – Seismic Infrasound Array on Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago

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Published in Russian Journal of Earth Sciences · Volume 26, Issue 1 · ELocator: ES1001 · Rubric: ORIGINAL ARTICLES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2205/2026es001049 · EDN: QFVUBY

Received: 28.05.2025 Accepted: 28.07.2025 Published: 26.01.2026

Authors

Andrey Fedorov

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Vladimir E. Asming

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Yurii Vinogradov

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Ivan S. Fedorov

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Mikhail Pyatunin

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Andrey Fedorov

Kola Branch, Federal Research Centre “Geophysical Survey” RAS Russian Federation

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Vladimir E. Asming

Kola Branch, Federal Research Centre “Geophysical Survey” RAS Russian Federation

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Yurii Vinogradov

Academic degree: doctor of technical sciences

Geophysical Survey Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Federation

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Ivan S. Fedorov

Kola Branch, Federal Research Centre “Geophysical Survey” RAS Russian Federation

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Mikhail Pyatunin

Central branch of the FRC GS RAS Russian Federation

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ABSTRACT

The paper describes a new array for geophysical monitoring of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, created on Alexandra Land Island, Franz Josef Land Archipelago. The array consists of a broadband seismic station and three low-frequency microphones. The technical characteristics of the equipment, installation conditions and organization of the communication channel are described. The characteristics of background seismic and acoustic noise and their variations during the year are given. The paper presents the results of the analysis of data obtained at the ZEFI seismic infrasound array in 2024. The capabilities of the complex to record seismic events at different epicentral distances and acoustic events of various natures are demonstrated. Examples of recording pairs of seismic and acoustic (infrasound) signals generated by a common source associated with exogenous processes of destruction of the Arctic cryosphere are shown. Thus, the registration capabilities of the new geophysical observation point in the high-latitude Arctic for observing tectonic processes on ocean ridges and the shelf of the Arctic seas, as well as monitoring the processes of transformation of the Arctic cryosphere of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, were demonstrated.

KEYWORDS

Seismic infrasound array, seismic station, infrasound array, Franz Josef Land archipelago, earthquakes, cryosphere, Arctic

Funding

This work was supported by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (under State Contract No. 075-00609-26) and utilized data obtained from the unique scientific facility "Seismic Infrasound Monitoring Complex for the Arctic Cryolithozone and Continuous Seismic Monitoring Complex for the Russian Federation, Adjacent Territories, and the World." The authors express their gratitude to the Russian Geographical Society for their assistance in organizing expeditions to install and maintain the ZEFI seismic infrasound complex. They also thank the management of the Russian Arctic National Park and Roman Aleksandrovich Perkhurov, Deputy Director for Development, for their ongoing and comprehensive support during the operation of the equipment at the Omega station.

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Fedorov A. V., Asming V. E., Vinogradov Y. A., Fedorov I. S., Pyatunin M. S. New Geophysical Monitoring Point in the High Arctic – Seismic Infrasound Array on Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago // Russian Journal of Earth Sciences. 2025. no. 1. ES1001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2205/2026es001049. EDN: QFVUBY. (Date of access 28.09.2026).

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Andrey Fedorov, Asming V. E., Vinogradov Y. A., Fedorov I. S., Pyatunin M. S.. "New Geophysical Monitoring Point in the High Arctic – Seismic Infrasound Array on Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago." Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 26.1 (2025): ES1001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2205/2026es001049. EDN: QFVUBY.

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Fedorov A. V., Asming V. E., Vinogradov Y. A., Fedorov I. S., Pyatunin M. S. (2025). New Geophysical Monitoring Point in the High Arctic – Seismic Infrasound Array on Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago. Russian Journal of Earth Sciences, 26(1), ES1001. https://doi.org/10.2205/2026es001049 EDN: QFVUBY.

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Andrey Fedorov, Asming V. E., Vinogradov Y. A., Fedorov I. S., Pyatunin M. S.. "New Geophysical Monitoring Point in the High Arctic – Seismic Infrasound Array on Alexandra Land Island of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago." Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 26, no. 1 (2025): ES1001. https://doi.org/10.2205/2026es001049. EDN: QFVUBY.

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