Curtin In-Situ GeoLab - advancing geophysical sensing.

The Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is a novel approach in sensing which constantly increasing its presence in various geophysical applications. It is paramount to understand the measurements, their limitations and performance of the technology for proper utilisation. Benchmarking emerging technologies against conventional receivers and across different equipment designs is also essential. Curtin University has built the InSitu GeoLab Research facility and accumulated a comprehensive reference datasets that includes data with conventional geophones as well as new distributed sensors. The Curtin GeoLab based on a deep well instrumented with fibre optic sensing cable, surface deployed helical fibre cables, a number of controlled sources. Here we present results of recent DAS borehole trials and DAS surface experiments at the facility.