[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13237]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S NEW FRONTIERS

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the development 
of new frontiers in the area of seismology and the study of the Earth's 
interior. Most studies of seismic waves have been limited to surface-
based exploration due to ease of installation. But the NSF recently 
funded a dense, underground, three-dimensional array of 13 high-
sensitivity broadband seismometers at the Homestake mine in South 
Dakota.
  This ambitious project will give rise to new seismic data analysis 
techniques and aid in the design of future underground gravitational-
wave detectors, which will lead to breakthroughs in seismic noise 
tomography. These discoveries will have a broad range of applications, 
ranging from medical diagnoses, detection of mineral and oil deposits, 
and homeland security.
  I commend the National Science Foundation in their efforts to keep 
the United States at the forefront of technical advancement and 
scientific breakthroughs through its projects.

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