Geospace 5 Hz Geophone 3C Land Cartesian

Full name: GS-ONE LF 5 Hz 3C LAND (BLUE) GSC8P 2’, 2450 Ω, 67% Damping

Geophones specifications can be found on the Geospace website for the vertical and horizontal components.

Geophone instrument response can be found here.

Specification

Vertical and horizontal mechanical specifications

  • Moving Mass 25.2 g
  • Maximum coil excursion p-p 3 mm
  • Diameter 30.5 mm
  • Height 40.7 mm
  • Weight 1301 g
  • Operating and Storage Temperature Range –40°C to +80°C

Electrical specifications at 25°C

  • Open-circuit sensitivity 2.55 V/in/s (100.4 V/m/s) +5%, –5%
  • Frequency 5 Hz ±0.5 Hz
  • Spurious frequency 160 Hz typical
  • Distortion at vertical and horizontal <0.15% measured at 12 Hz with 0.7 in/s p-p
  • Open-circuit damping 0.31 to 0.45
  • Coil resistance 2450 Ω ±5%
  • Sensitivity with 20 kΩ load 2.27 V/in/s (89.4 V/m/s) typical
  • Damping with 20 kΩ load 0.67 typical
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