A strong motion database for the chiba seismometer array and its engineering analysis

A three-dimensional seismometer array was installed in the Chiba Experiment Station of the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo in 1982. The array system consists of 44 three-component accelerometers densely placed both on the ground surface and in boreholes. A complementary system for the measurement of ground and buried pipe strains was also installed at the same site. The array system has been successfully in operation, and more than 160 earthquakes have been recorded. Considering a wide use of these seismograms, the Chiba array database has recently been created comprising twenty-seven major events. This paper describes the Chiba array system and its strong motion database. Results of engineering analysis using the selected records are also presented.     

Signal and noise coherence determination for the Uppsala seismograph array station

Summary The Uppsala seismograph array station (UPSAS) has been tested with respect to mutual resemblance of body-wave signals recorded by the individual array sensors. Records ofP-, pP- andPKP-phases from ten teleseismic earthquakes and the HANDLEY explosion, in the magnitude range fromm _b =5.8 tom _b =6.9, are investigated in detail. Calculated coherence and cross-correlation functions confirm that the area selected for UPSAS provides extremely favourable conditions for the operation of an array station. High signal similarity across UPSAS shows no obvious dependence upon the location of the focus or the magnitude. Natural and man-made events provide comparable results.     

Slowness and azimuth at the Uppsala array

Summary Relative arrival times at the Uppsala tripartite seismograph array station are used to determinedT/d and ray azimuth for some 200 compressional phases. Corrections, although very small, are applied for station elevations, telephonic transmission delays and array geometry. The computeddT/d and ray azimuths are further corrected to remove the effect of lateral heterogeneity immediately beneath the array station. Errors indT/d and azimuth are considered from a partly theoretical, partly empirical approach. They amount to about 0.18 sec/deg indT/d and 1.6° in azimuth. Standard deviations in epicentral locations are empirically determined to be about 2° due to slowness error and less than 1.5° due to azimutherror; or about 250 km overall. These figures compare favourably with other, more costly, arrays.     

L in Potsdam,Seddin and Niemegk

Summary This paper deals with the deriving ofL based on the observations in Potsdam, Seddin and Niemegk. The calculation uses the investigations on finestructure ofSq published in previous papers. Two sunspot cycles were used, a quiet one and a disturbed one. The influence of the solar activity is clearly marked. The results are in good conformity with those ofS. Chapman andAd. Schmidt, but there are remarkable deviations in the results caused by using hourly values and not hourly mean values. These results are discussed, especially their mean deviations.Communication No. 173 of the Central Earth Physics Institute of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, GDR-15 Potsdam, Telegrafenberg.-This paper was presented at the XV General Assembly of IUGG, held in Moscow in August 1971.     

利用PMC方法评估地震台阵的地震检测能力——以西昌流动地震台阵为例

为实现对高密度、宽频带流动地震台阵地震检测能力的实时、不同深度评估,本研究采用"基于概率的完整性震级"(PMC)方法,以西昌流动地震台阵为例,对2013-01-13—2014-05-14期间平均的地震检测能力、不同震源深度检测能力,以及某一时刻的实时地震检测能力进行了评估.结果表明,PMC方法可识别地震观测资料处理中人为因素对地震检测能力的影响,不同震源深度下地震的检测能力存在差异,其中H=7.5km时,"网内"的完整性震级MP可达ML0.8,而在H=15.0km和25.0km时,"网内"的MP分别为ML1.0和ML1.4.在示例的2014-01-14时刻,非正常运行的台站造成地震检测能力的变化可被清晰识别出.此外,与MAXC和EMR等其它常用方法的对比表明,这些方法可能过高估计了地震台阵的检测能力.     

Development of instrumental seismology in Sweden in 1949–1958

Summary A review is given of the present (1959) seismological stations in Sweden, i.e. Uppsala, Kiruna, Skalstugan, and Göteborg, as well as of older stations, which are no longer in operation, i.e. Vassijaure, Abisko, and Lund, including all pertinent information. The disturbing effect of the loose ground at Lund in distinction from the four first-mentioned stations is clearly demonstrated. The very good ground at Uppsala, Kiruna, Skalstugan, and Göteborg, together with the use of modern equipment of high magnification has made these stations, especially Uppsala and Kiruna, very sensitive. This is obvious from the number of recorded earthquakes. The method of time measurements, including direct recording of time signals, is described, and means to reach a high time accuracy are outlined, including the recommendation to use quartz clocks. Long-period (0.5–2 min) disturbances on the long-period Benioff combinations were mainly due to air currents in the seismometer room and were eliminated by providing the seismometers with special covers. The method of ground amplitude determinations is outlined, especially for the Benioff instruments, and typical magnification curves are given. Comparisons of ground amplitudes from simultaneous records of BenioffE, N and WiechertE, N and of BenioffZ and GrenetZ have been made. The amplitude comparison between Benioff and Wiechert has given a new estimate of the effect of friction (especially of the recording pen against the paper) in the Wiechert apparatus.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Übersicht sowohl von den gegenwärtigen (1959) seismologischen Stationen in Schweden, d.h. Uppsala, Kiruna, Skalstugan und Göteborg, als auch von früheren Stationen, die nicht mehr im Betrieb sind, d.h. Vassijaure, Abisko und Lund, wird gegeben. Die störende Wirkung des lockeren Bodens in Lund zum Unterschied gegen die vier erstgenannten Stationen wird deutlich hervorgehoben. Der sehr gute Untergrund in Uppsala, Kiruna, Skalstugan und Göteborg und die Verwendung moderner Apparate hoher Vergrösserung haben diese Stationen, besonders Uppsala und Kiruna, sehr empfindlich gemacht. Dieser Umstand geht aus der Anzahl registrierter Beben hervor. Die Methode der Zeitmessungen (direkte Registrierung der Zeitsignale einbegriffen) wird beschrieben, und Massnahmen eine hohe Zeitgenauigkeit zu erreichen werden erwähnt, die auch die Verwendung von Quarz-Uhren umfassen. Langperiodische Störungen (Perioden 0.5–2 Min) auf den langperiodischen Benioff-Registrierungen waren hauptsächlich durch Luftströmungen im Seismometerraum verursacht und wurden durch spezielle Kappen über den Seismometern eliminiert. Die Methode der Bestimmung von Boden-Amplituden wird beschrieben, hauptsächlich für die Benioff-Instrumente, und typische Vergrösserungskurven sind gegeben. Vergleichungen der Bodenamplituden von parallelen Registrierungen von BenioffE, N und WiechertE, N und von BenioffZ und GrenetZ sind ausgeführt worden. Die Amplitudenvergleichung zwischen Benioff und Wiechert hat eine neue Schätzung des Einflusses der Reibung (speziell vom Schreibfeder gegen das Papier) im Wiechert-Seismographen gegeben.

     

The Finnish seismic array

This paper deals with the Finnish seismic array, which in its present state consists of two tripartite arrays, HESA and JYSA. The first of these arrays, situated near Helsinki, has been in continuous operation since 1964 and uses analog recording by frequency-modulated telemetry. The JYSA array is sited in central Finland near the town of Jyväskylä. This array consists of three substations equipped with vertical-component SP seismometers. The signals are transmitted by digital FM telemetry in the UHF band and recorded at Helsinki on magnetic tape. Events are detected visually from monitoring drums. The digital data of the events detected are handled by a microprocessor with a graphic display and fed to a Burroughs 6700 analysing computer.Comparison with the NORSAR array indicates that at frequencies below 2 Hz the absolute noise level at JYSA is about 6 dB lower, but above 2 Hz the noise level for single instruments at the two arrays is about the same. As regards detection capability, the incremental threshold is about the same for JYSA as for Hagfors and 0.5 magnitude units higher than for NORSAR, but 0.5 magnitude units lower for JYSA than for the WWSSN station NUR in southern Finland.     

RESISTIVITY PROFILING WITH DIFFERENT ELECTRODE ARRAYS OVER A GRAPHITE DEPOSIT*

Motivated by several papers by Indian colleagues suggesting that a single-pole array is the most favorable one for locating electrically conductive targets in the underground, detailed measurements were carried out with different electrode arrays over a well-known graphite deposit near Pfaffenreuth, Germany. The following arrays were used: (1) Wenner array; (2) single-pole array; (3) half-Wenner array; (4) half-Schlumberger array. Each of the arrays established the location of the main graphite deposit. The half-Schlumberger array turned out to be the most reliable one since it showed details which were only very poorly indicated by the other arrays or not at all. Mathematical modeling of three-dimensional bodies simulating the geological situation for this deposit were carried out. These results show an unexpectedly good correlation with the measured effects.     

Methods and technique of measurements of ρ<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis></Subscript> variations by GEOMES-R6 device

Upgrading of the electrical resistance variometer GEOMES-R6 of the Institute of Geophysics of the Poland Academy of Sciences, with enhancement of functional capabilities of the GEOMES assemblage for its application in laboratory measurements on rock samples, has been carried out. The assemblage operation principle, specifications, and theory of operation are given. Results of the assemblage test at measurements on marble sample and concrete model are presented. It is shown that the installation allows long-duration registration of variations of the value ρ _k on high-ohmic samples.     

P-wave velocity anomalies in the earth's mantle from the Uppsala array observations

Summary Distribution of compressional-wave velocities in the mantle is determined fromdT/d measurements using the Uppsala seismograph array station (UPSAS). Short-period vertical-component seismograms from 181 events in the epicentral distance range 16°–100° have been used. The velocity distribution shows anomalous variations at depths of 750, 1500, 1800, 2300 and 2550 km. Evidence of lateral heterogeneity beneath the northern part of the Asian continent, in the depth range 1700–2300 km, is discussed. Computed travel times, based on this velocity-depth relation, are tested by an examination of travel-time residuals from the Long Shot and Milrow explosions on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands.     

Seismic observations at Lake Emosson,Switzerland

Since 1973 several seismic stations have been brought into operation at Lake Emosson, the last large conventional hydrodam in the Swiss Alps. The reservoir is situated in a seismically active zone which stretches from the Rhone valley in southwestern Switzerland into Haute Savoie, France. The monitoring program was started before the first impounding and continued during four full load cycles. A certain correlation is indicated between water level changes and the occurrence near the reservoir of weak seismic events (M_L<0) with high frequency content. A transient series of 30 tremors occurred in August 1974, during a period of rising water level. Local events of a different type frequently occur during the periods of decreasing water level. Their daily distribution indicates a mechanism which is caused by temperature variations.Contribution No. 131 of the Geophysical Institute, Karlsruhe University. Sonderforschungsbereich Felsmechanik of Karlsruhe University. Contribution No. 299 of the Institute for Geophysics, ETH Zürich.     

蒙古中部地区SKS分裂研究的初步结果

为了进行蒙古中部地区的深部构造观测与模型研究, 中国地震局地球物理研究所和蒙古科学院天文与地球物理研究中心合作, 在该地区架设了60台宽频带流动地震台. 这些台站分布在被额尔齐斯—中蒙古—额尔古纳断裂隔断的加里东、 海西两个构造域. 本文选取了2011年8月—2012年7月部分台站记录的震中距在85°—135°且M_W≥5.0的远震事件, 通过SplitLab软件来进行SKS分析. 使用最小能量法、 旋转相关法和最小特征值法进行处理, 取得了蒙古中部地区各向异性的初步结果. 结果显示: 快慢波延时在0.8—2.0 s之间. 西北部区域靠近杭爱山脉与肯特山脉的区域构造走向均为ENE--WSW方向, 而快波方向大多为N40°W, 与区域构造走向近似垂直.根据HS3-NUVEL-1A板块模型计算的该地区板块绝对运动方向与快波偏振方向呈顺时针约15°夹角. 然而, 有个别台站表现出了两种模式的快波分裂, 其中一种与当地ENE--WSW向的断裂方向近似一致.      

Detection,Estimation of Magnitude,and Relative Location of Weak Aftershocks Using Waveform Cross-Correlation: The Earthquake of August 7, 2016, in the Town of Mariupol

The study of the stress-strain state of a medium in seismically quiet areas is difficult because of the absence of strong events. Under such circumstances, each earthquake, even relatively weak, is of high importance. In this case, all possible information on tectonic stresses and their dynamics, e.g., information on time, location, and magnitude of aftershocks, should be obtained from available seismic data. The earthquake near the town of Mariupol which occurred on August 7, 2016, had a body wave magnitude of 4.5–4.9 from the data of the different seismological centers. We detected 12 aftershocks that occurred within 5 days after the main shock using two seismic arrays (AKASG and BRTR) and one three-component station (KBZ) of the International Monitoring System, as well as two array stations of the Institute of Geosphere Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences. For six aftershocks, signals were found at three or more stations. The other aftershocks were detected from the data at two out of three nearest stations. Signal detection and association with aftershocks of the main shock, as well as estimation of magnitude and relative location of the found aftershocks, were carried out using the method of waveform cross-correlation (WFCC). The signals from the main shock that acted as the only master event (ME) for the WFCC method were used as waveform templates. To increase the signal-to-noise ratio and to determine the exact onset time of regular seismic waves from aftershocks, we used waveform templates of different length, from 10 to 180 s depending on the wave type and distance to the station, as well as band filtering in narrow frequency bands. The highest sensitivity of the detector and accuracy of the P-wave onset time estimates were reached when a waveform template included all regular waves from P to L _g . Association of signals with aftershocks was based on back projection of signal arrival times to origin times using the travel time from a master event to the station, which was measured with a very low error, being equal to almost half of the digitization step length. To develop a seismic event hypothesis, the origin times at two or more stations should be spaced within a 2-s interval.     

Petropavlovsk base seismic station for the tsunami warning service

Hardware and software are developed for the first base seismic station in the modernized seismic subsystem for tsunami warning on Kamchatka. The station is formed as a seismic array. The structure of the equipment and its communication systems are described. The station is introduced into experimental operation. The first results of recording of a local strong earthquake at points of the Petropavlovsk station are discussed.     

Monitoring of seismic events from a specific source region using a single regional array: A case study

In the monitoring of earthquakes and nuclear explosions using a sparse worldwide network of seismic stations, it is frequently necessary to make reliable location estimates using a single seismic array. It is also desirable to screen out routine industrial explosions automatically in order that analyst resources are not wasted upon detections which can, with a high level of confidence, be associated with such a source. The Kovdor mine on the Kola Peninsula of NW Russia is the site of frequent industrial blasts which are well recorded by the ARCES regional seismic array at a distance of approximately 300 km. We describe here an automatic procedure for identifying signals which are likely to result from blasts at the Kovdor mine and, wherever possible, for obtaining single array locations for such events. Carefully calibrated processing parameters were chosen using measurements from confirmed events at the mine over a one-year period for which the operators supplied Ground Truth information. Phase arrival times are estimated using an autoregressive method and slowness and azimuth are estimated using broadband f{-}k analysis in fixed frequency bands and time-windows fixed relative to the initial P-onset time. We demonstrate the improvement to slowness estimates resulting from the use of fixed frequency bands. Events can be located using a single array if, in addition to the P-phase, at least one secondary phase is found with both an acceptable slowness estimate and valid onset-time estimate. We evaluate the on-line system over a twelve month period; every event known to have occured at the mine is detected by the process and 32 out of 53 confirmed events were located automatically. The remaining events were classified as “very likely” Kovdor events and were subsequently located by an analyst. The false alarm rate is low; only 84 very likely Kovdor events were identified during the whole of 2003 and none of these were subsequently located at a large distance from the mine. The location accuracy achieved automatically by the single-array process is remarkably good, and is comparable to that obtained interactively by an experienced analyst using two-array observations. The greatest problem encountered in the single array location procedure is the difficulty in determining arrival times for secondary phases, given the weak Sn phase and the complexity of the P-coda. The method described here could be applied to a wide range of locations and sources for which the monitoring of seismic activity is desirable. The effectiveness will depend upon the distance between source and receiver, the nature of the seismic sources and the level of regional seismicity.     

Model ALADIN as regional climate model for Central and Eastern Europe

Results obtained with two versions of the Limited Area Model (LAM) ALADIN over differently sized integration domains (large, intermediate and small) in the European area are presented in order to investigate both the general model performance and the influence of domain choice on the quality of obtained results. The aim is also to illustrate the issues related to the strategy of selection of the optimal integration domain. Each of these studies has been performed with two versions of the ALADIN model: the first one is ALADIN-CLIMATE developed at CNRM/Météo-France, the second one is ALADIN-CLIMATE/CZ prepared at the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI). This leaves us with total of six experiments forced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 reanalysis data. The west Balkan domain covering Bulgaria is used as an evaluation region for investigation of the temporal and spatial properties of simulated precipitation and temperature fields. This region has been selected for its challenging orography making the results obtained here a valuable source for studies leading to further developments in climate modeling. It was found that size of the domain strongly affects the quality of obtained results. We have found that the largest domain reproduces the spatial characteristics of climate (such as bias) very well, but its use results in a poor representation of temporal aspects, which are however captured very well in experiments over both smaller domains. Our findings suggest that there is no optimal choice of domain size, securing the best results for both spatial and temporal evaluation.     

Use of the mantle magnitudeM m for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes

The mantle magnitudeM _m is used on a dataset of more than 180 wavetrains from 44 large shallow historical earthquakes to reassess their moments, which in many cases had been previously estimated only on the basis of the earthquake's rupture area. We provide 27 new or revised values ofM _o, based on the spectral amplitudes of surface waves recorded at a number of stations, principally Uppsala and Pasadena. Among them, and most significantly, we document a large low-frequency component to the source of the 1923 Kanto earthquake: the low-frequency seismic moment is 2.9×10²⁸ dyn-cm, in accord with geodetic observations. On the other hand, we revise downwards the seismic moment of the 1906 Ecuador event, which did not exceed 6×10²⁸ dyn-cm.Finally, the study of the 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaskan earthquakes whose exceptionally large moments are properly retrieved throughM _m measurements, serves proof that this approach performs flawlessly even for the very greatest earthquakes, and is therefore successful in its goal to avoid the saturation effects plaguing any magnitude scale measured at a fixed period.     

A comparison between airguns and explosives as wide-angle seismic sources

The relative merits of a 48-gun, 9324 cu. in. (153 litre) airgun array and a 200 kg explosive source are considered for the purposes of long-range (0–400 km) refraction seismic work, with particular reference to traveltime modelling. Theoretical source calculations indicate that in the frequency range 2.5–12.0 Hz, the airgun source will produce an RMS pressure ∼ 8% of that produced by the explosive source and an initial burst pressure ∼17% of that produced by the explosive source. Observed data support these calculations at short ranges and illustrate the greater attenuation of the airgun signal with range due to its lack of very low frequency (< 5 Hz) content. At short offsets, the airgun array provides a preferable seismic source to the explosives, due to densely spaced shots and a consistent waveform resulting in excellent trace-to-trace coherence. With increasing offsets, it may be necessary to stack the airgun data to enhance its signal-to-noise ratio: here we use a 4-fold stack. Large explosive shots, although more powerful, produce a less consistent waveform and are more widely spaced due to operational constraints. The offset at which airguns provide a preferable source is dependent on the ambient noise. This practical comparison of real sources demonstrates that, even without advanced processing, a well-tuned airgun array may provide a preferable source to explosives at offsets up to 160 km, under favourable experimental conditions.     

RESOLUTION OF RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY INFERRED FROM NUMERICAL SIMULATION1

Some factors affecting the resolution and accuracy of resistivity tomography are examined using numerical simulation. The inversion method used is based on smoothness-constrained least-squares and finite-element methods. An appropriate block discretization is obtained by dividing the target region into square blocks of size equal to half the minimum electrode spacing. While the effect of the damping factor on the resolution is significant, the resolution is not very sensitive to Gaussian noise as long as the damping factor is properly chosen, according to the noise level. The issue of choosing an optimum electrode array should be considered at the planning stage of a survey. When the instrumental accuracy is high, the dipole-dipole array is more suitable for resolving complex structures than the pole-pole array. The pole-dipole array gives somewhat less resolution than the dipole-dipole array but yields greater signal strength; thus, the pole-dipole array may be a good compromise between resolution and signal strength. The effect of an inhomogeneity located outside the target region may be very small if block discretization is done so as to represent the resistivity variations in both the target and outside regions.     

Study of Dynamical Structure of an Unusual Monsoon Depression formed over the Bay of Bengal during August 2006

Monsoon depressions, the main rain-producing systems over the Indian region along and near their tracks, are found to intensify the monsoon circulation by organizing low-level convergence. The normal track of the monsoon depressions is along the position of the monsoon trough at the surface, i.e., northwestward from the Head Bay of Bengal. Most of the monsoon depressions dissipate within one or two days after landfall. An unusual monsoon depression formed in the Bay of Bengal during the 1^st week of August 2006 causing heavy to very heavy rainfall over Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat States of India. The track of this depression was anomalously southward from the mean track of the August depressions. It maintained its intensity during its longer travel. This paper addresses some of the dynamical characteristics of the depression in relation to its southward/westward track and longer travel. It is observed that horizontal advection of absolute vorticity above 550 hPa (below 600 hPa) along west (east) of the depression and maximum divergence of absolute vorticity below 400 hPa dominated for the westward movement of the depression. Increased moisture supply from the Arabian Sea (after the landfall of the depression) helped to maintain the intensity of the system throughout its long travel. The energy conversion terms revealed the strengthening of the zonal flow at higher levels prior to the formation of the depression.