Supported by a partnership of 10 universities from across Canada, the NFSI operates state-of-the-art ocean-bottom seismometers enabling innovative research investigations across the world’s oceans, inland seas, and lakes in both passive and active source seismology. Based at Dalhousie University, our lab provides instrumentation and data preprocessing services worldwide, and maintains a repository of ocean-based seismic data.
The SOURCE project is an international multidisciplinary research effort exploring potential offshore freshwater aquifers under the Gulf of St. Lawrence around Prince Edward Island, led by Dal's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department with support from NFSI. Professional videographer Felix Heinzelmann has prepared a brief promotional video describing the project's goals and introducing some of the researchers.
Our latest blog post is a long one with everything we got up to in 2024
Read about the highlights of our 2023 season.
NFSI staff were accompanied by videographer Felix Heinzelmann on our deployment of 8 Aquarius BOBS in the St Lawrence Seaway in September 2023. We got in-depth about some of the challenges we face and our hopes for the future of the facility.