Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Science Festival, let's try to give some fi gures. The cost of the design and construc-
tion completely fi nanced by INGV, was about 150,000 EUR. The ongoing costs for
transportation and maintenance were around 4,000 EUR to move it from Rome to
Genoa. The number of people needed to staff the exhibits is variable according to the
attendance, but on average with a visit every 15 min eight people were necessary to
guide and illustrate the exhibits. Each visit lasted at least 1 hr. We organized the staff in
several watches of 4-5 days, and the total number of researchers and technicians who
dedicated their time was 30 people.
Our future plans are to follow this experience and design new exhibits dealing
with other fi elds of geophysics (such as Geomagnetism and Volcanology) to provide
an all-around comprehension of the planet Earth. Up to now, we designed for the 2004
Genoa Science Festival a new exhibit tour dealing with the Earth's magnetic field
(Winkler et al., 2004).
KEYWORDS
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3-D Earth model
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Earthquakes
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Educational & Outreach Group
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Seismometer