Monitoring temporal variations in instrument responses in regional broadband seismic network using ambient seismic noise

High‐quality broadband data are required to promote the development of seismology research. Instrument response errors that affect data quality are often difficult to detect from visual waveform inspection alone. Here, we propose a method that uses ambient noise data in the period range of 5?25 s to monitor instrument performance and check data quality in situ. Amplitude information of coda waves and travel time of surface waves extracted from cross‐correlations of ambient noise are used to assess temporal variations in the sensitivity and poles–zeros of instrument responses. The method is based on an analysis of amplitude and phase index parameters calculated from pairwise cross‐correlations of three stations, which provides multiple references for reliable error estimates. Index parameters calculated daily during a two‐year observation period are evaluated to identify stations with instrument response errors in real time. During data processing, initial instrument responses are used in place of available instrument responses to simulate instrument response errors, which are then used to verify our results. The coda waves of noise cross‐correlations help mitigate the effects of a non‐isotropic field and make the amplitude measurements quite stable. Additionally, effects of instrument response errors that experience pole–zero variations on monitoring temporal variations in crustal properties appear statistically significant of velocity perturbation and larger than the standard deviation. Monitoring seismic instrument performance helps eliminate data pollution before analysis begins.     

宽频带地震台网在滑坡地质灾害监测预报中的应用

在千将坪滑坡前地震动事件分析基础上,总结滑坡前滑坡体内部岩体形变和破裂所产生地震信号的典型特征,并建立宽频带地震台,对金坪子滑坡体和早谷田危岩体进行监测实验,提取基岩类、土质类和危岩体类3种基本物质组成滑坡的微振动前兆信息特征,为地震台网在滑坡监测预报中的应用推广和监测预报系统软件的研制奠定基础.根据测震学原理,研发滑坡监测分析系统软件（Smas）,可为滑坡大规模活动前快速预警.     

Higher degree moment tensor inversion of Mani earthquake using far-field broadband recording

Breakthrough point source model, extended earthquake source model is used to calculate more seismic source parameters in this paper. We express seismic source using higher degree moment tensors, to reduce a large number terms originally presenting in higher degree moment tensor representation, Haskell rupture model is used. We inverted the source parameters of Mani earthquake in Tibet using broad-band body wave of 32 stations of Global Seismograph Network (GSN), the results show that it is a strike-slip fault, rupture direction is 75° , rupture duration is 19 s, the fault plan is f =77° , d =88° , l =0° , the auxiliary plane is f =347° , d =90° , l =178° , and the fault dimension is 47 km′ 28 km. These results will give new quantitative data for earth dynamics and have practical meaning for seismic source tomography research.     

在微机上实现数字地震波形的预处理

数字地震资料的预处理是每个使用数字地震资料的学者所必然要遇到的基本问题。为避免波形处理中烦琐的手工劳动，最大限度地利用微机来完成绝大部分操作，实现波形处理的程序化，是国内外地震软件学者所追求的共同目标。本文在这方面作了探索，所开发的软件确实使数字地震波形预处理变得很轻松。     

Well tie for broadband seismic data

The seismic industry is increasingly acquiring broadband data in order to reap the benefits of extra low‐ and high‐frequency contents. At the low end, as the sharp low‐cut decay gets closer to zero frequency, it becomes harder for a well tie to estimate the low‐frequency response correctly. The fundamental difficulty is that well logs are too short to allow accurate estimation of the long‐period content of the data. Three distinctive techniques, namely parametric constant phase, frequency‐domain least squares with multi‐tapering, and Bayesian time domain with broadband priors, are introduced in this paper to provide a robust solution to the wavelet estimation problem for broadband seismic data. Each of these techniques has a different mathematical foundation that would enable one to explore a wide range of solutions that could be used on a case‐by‐case basis depending on the problem at hand. A case study from the North West Shelf Australia is used to analyse the performance of the proposed techniques. Cross‐validation is proposed as a robust quality control measure for evaluating well‐tie applications. It is observed that when the seismic data are carefully processed, then the constant phase approach would likely offer a good solution. The frequency‐domain method does not assume a constant phase. This flexibility makes it prone to over‐fitting when the phase is approximately constant. Broadband priors for the time‐domain least‐squares method are found to perform well in defining low‐frequency side lobes to the wavelet.     

Seismotectonic study of Kishtwar region of Jammu Province using local broadband seismic data

Two moderate earthquakes of Mw 5.7 on the first of May and Mw 5.2 on the second of August occurred in the Kishtwar region in the year 2013. Our broadband seismic observatories located in the region recorded these events and the aftershocks. We analyzed these data to understand the seismotectonics of this region. Most of the events were located between 33.03° to 33.29° N latitude and 75.40° to 76.07° E longitude. Focal depths of these shallow earthquakes range from 7 to 12 km and are confined between Panjal Thrust (PT) and Kishtwar Window (KW). Spectral analysis of these events reveals that stress drop, source radius, corner frequency, and moment magnitude varied between 3.3 and 70.1 bars, 0.121 and 3.55 km, 0.397 and 6.06 Hz, and Mw 2.2 and Mw 5.7, respectively. The low stress drop of small-magnitude earthquakes reveals the brittle nature of the upper crust which is coincident with the field observations. The variation of stress drop with magnitude shows positive correlation whereas no such relation was observed between stress drop and depth of focus. The b value calculated (0.83) for the area reveals high stress accumulation within the incompetent rock zones in the area.     

横跨天山的宽频带流动地震台阵观测

中国地震局地质研究所台阵地震学实验室于2003年4月—2004年9月,横跨天山布设了由60台仪器组成,总长度超过500 km,宽频带流动地震观测剖面.野外观测记录地震事件1434个.横跨天山的接收函数剖面表明,沿测线地壳结构复杂,介质存在明显的横向非均匀.同时,我们的初步结果还揭示了天山与两侧盆地的耦合关系,天山下方的壳幔界面较为模糊.     

Very broadband seismic background noise analysis of permanent good vaulted seismic stations

This paper describes the results of a preliminary study conducted to analyze seismic background noise at sites of recently deployed very broadband stations of the Egyptian National Seismological Network (ENSN). The main purpose of the study is to assess the effects of permanent seismic vault construction and also to establish characteristics and origin of seismic noise at those sites. Another goal of this study is to determine the time needed for noise at those sites to stabilize. The power spectral densities of background noise at short period band (SP), very broadband (VBB), and ultra long period band (ULP) for each component of each broadband seismometer deployed in the different investigated sites are calculated. A MATLAB code has been developed that manages data processing and data analysis and compares the results with the high-noise model (NHNM) and low-noise model (NLNM) of Peterson (1993). Based on the obtained analysis, the noise stability and the efficiency of each station to record regional and teleseismic events are measured. The results of this study could be used in the future to evaluate station quality, to improve those processes that require background noise values, such as automatic association, and to improve the estimation of station and network detection and location thresholds.     

甘东南地区宽频带地震台阵背景噪声特征分析

基于甘肃东南地区150个宽频带流动台站2010年的垂直分量连续波形记录,通过计算台站对之间背景噪声的互相关函数并叠加得到5—10s和10—20s两个周期的瑞雷面波信号,并通过信噪比和归一化背景能量流两种方法研究了该地区背景噪声源的时空演化特征.研究结果表明,甘东南地区5—10s和10—20s周期的背景噪声源具有明显的季节变化特征和各自的优势方位.5—10s周期的背景噪声在夏季的能量优势方位为170°—240°,噪声源主要位于印度洋,而冬季为100°—150°,主要位于北太平洋;10—20s周期的背景噪声源则比较复杂,其优势方位受多个大洋的交替影响,夏季噪声源能量优势方位为170°—210°,噪声源主要位于印度洋,冬季为90°—150°和310°—355°,噪声源分别位于北太平洋和北大西洋.由于这两个周期的背景噪声源在甘东南地区存在明显的季节变化,因此在利用背景噪声方法研究该地区介质速度结构时需充分考虑噪声源的非均匀性所产生的影响.      

Simulation of broadband seismic ground motions at dam canyons by using a deterministic numerical approach

As a deterministic numerical approach for simulation of earthquake ground motions, the spectral element method (SEM) is applied to generate a broadband acceleration array for dam-canyons instead of the traditional empirical or stochastic methods. Specifically, the SEM analysis model with an extra fine mesh is used for the Pacoima Canyon to simulate the entire path starting from earthquake source rupture via the propagation medium to the local site. The source and the 3D earth model (velocity structure) are validated through the modeling of the Newhall earthquake on 28 October 2012 at a frequency of up to 8 Hz. Subsequently, the San Fernando earthquake records on 13 January 2001 are further used to study the effects of propagation path in simulation. Finally, the spatially varying ground motions at the Pacoima Canyon are obtained for different source mechanisms. The results show that the source mechanism and the local site topography significantly affect the distribution of the peak accelerations along the canyon.     

The ADSS-3 broadband stand-alone digital seismic station

The SSD-3 three-channel seismic recorder and the ADSS-3 three-component broadband standalone digital seismic station based on the SSD-3 together with SM-3E seismic sensors were developed. The main advantage of this equipment in comparison with foreign and domestic analogs is simplicity and convenience while maintaining high technical characteristics. The structure and operation of the seismic sensor and seismic recorder are considered, and their main technical characteristics are given. Laboratory, bench, and comparative tests of the seismic recorder and station demonstrated their working capacity and compliance with the development goal. Based on the test results, the ADSS-3 seismic station was commissioned as a three-component broadband observation point of the Mikhnevo small-aperture seismic array. The data obtained using the ADSS-3 made is possible to study the structure of the crust and upper mantle of this region using the receiver function method.     

宽频数据在致密砂岩储层预测中的应用

西湖凹陷深层致密砂岩储层具有良好的勘探开发前景,受埋深影响,目的层地震资料品质较差.A构造通过斜缆宽频采集和处理获取宽频地震数据,提升了资料品质,然而应用常规子波提取方法对宽频数据进行子波提取并反演计算纵波阻抗,结果与井上实测数值差异较大,影响储层的定量解释.针对这一问题,提出统计性子波和确定性子波相结合的长短子波合并宽频子波提取方法,提取的宽频子波比常规子波低频丰富、旁瓣小,能更真实地反映地震信息,约束稀疏脉冲反演的纵波阻抗结果与测井曲线吻合度更高.基于宽频数据和常规数据分别进行约束稀疏脉冲弹性波阻抗反演,预测A构造优质储层分布,经已钻井证实,宽频数据比常规数据储层预测精度高,预测的储层展布特征与研究区地质沉积认识一致.结果表明:这种基于宽频子波提取的宽频资料应用方法有效降低了致密砂岩储层预测的多解性.     

宽带卫星在地震监测数据传输中的应用

针对当前测震台网及大震现场流动监测中使用拨号链路及无线传输链路进行数据传输时的不足之处,提出了基于宽带卫星的地震数据传输方案.并以IPSTAR宽带卫星为例分析了几种地震数据传输的典型应用,对我国的流动地震监测台站建设及水库地震台网建设具有一定的借鉴意义.实验结果表明,基于宽带卫星的数据传输在应对中强地震现场应急流动监测及偏远地区水库地震监测方面具有适应性强,成本低廉,架设方便可靠等优点,作为现有地震监测数据传输方式的补充,具有不可替代的作用.     

Detection of regional phases of seismic body waves using an array of three-component sensors

A small-aperture seismic array consisting of seven three-component seismometers carried out continuous measurements of regional seismicity in a selected area of the Nizhni Novgorod nuclear power plant during four months of 2013. Automatic signal detection using beamforming was applied separately for each motion component. Two horizontal components were transformed into radial and transverse components for the given values of the velocity and azimuth of the plane wave front. We have investigated the dependence of the coherence of microseismic noise on frequency, azimuth, and slowness, as well as determining the level of cross-correlation between signals on separate channels in order to estimate expected improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio, which is crucial for signal detection. Most signals detected by the seismic array from regional sources are associated with quarry blasts. Using repetitive explosions at seven quarries, we have quantitatively estimated and compared the increase in detection efficiency of regional seismic phases using a three-component small aperture seismic array and a subarray of vertical sensors. Horizontal sensors showed a higher efficiency in the detection of transverse waves, while the subarray of vertical sensors missed S-waves from certain events. For one of the nearby quarries, the vertical subarray missed up to 25% of events (5 of 20). The results of the investigation point to the need for the use of three-component seismic arrays for the study of regional seismicity.     

A real-time algorithm for broadband high-dynamic seismic data compression

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地震监测模拟记录图纸数字化

大量地震监测模拟记录图纸面临腐烂和损坏,模拟记录资料数字化是挽救此成果的一种办法,在模拟记录图纸中,代表时点的纵轴线存在直线轴和曲线轴2种类型。为实现地震监测模拟记录图纸数字化,分析并提出轴线、记录曲线的数字化解决方法,基于Matlab实现影像读取、图像旋转、轴线匹配、曲线跟踪、数值转换、导出"时点—测量值"数据表等功能,并通过实例展现模拟图纸数字化成果,为验证成果的可靠性,将数字化与人工读取成果进行比较,发现二者具有一致性。     

Regional variation of spectral parameters for seismic design from broadband probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

The characterisation of the seismic hazard input is a critical element of any seismic design code, not only in terms of the absolute levels of ground motion considered but also of the shape of the design spectrum. In the case of Europe, future revisions of the seismic design provisions, both at a national and a pan‐European level, may implement considerable modifications to the existing provisions in light of recent seismic hazard models, such as the 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model. Constraint of the shape of the long‐period design spectrum from seismic hazard estimates on such a scale has not been possible, however, owing to the limited spectral period range of existing ground motion models. Building upon recent developments in ground motion modelling, the 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model is adapted here with a new ground motion logic tree to provide a broadband Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for rock sites across a spectral period range from 0.05 seconds to 10.0 seconds. The resulting uniform hazard spectra (UHS) are compared against existing results for European and broadband Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis and against a proposed formulation of a generalised design spectrum in which controlling parameters can be optimised to best fit the uniform hazard spectra in order to demonstrate their variability on a European scale. Significant variations in the controlling parameters of the design spectrum are seen both across and within stable and active regions. These trends can help guide recalibrations of the code spectra in future revisions to seismic design codes, particularly for the longer‐period displacement spectrum.     

地震传感器的新技术与发展

宽频带、大动态、低噪声、低功耗、便携式、高度智能化是地球物理观测技术的发展趋势.本文简要回顾了地震传感器的发展,详细介绍了几种设计先进、性能优越、基于不同换能机理的新型地震传感器.这些传感器有些已经有原理样机,有些还处于概念设计中,它们将是未来宽频带地震仪技术发展的主要方向.     

图像数字去噪处理方法研究及其应用

本文基于地震剖面的数字化图像特征,提出用光栅算子将地震剖面按产状分离成产状相对单一的多幅数字图像剖面。对每一幅产状相对单一的数字图像剖面,用向量分解技术的向量最大特征值对应基向量投影的原理获取有效相干信息的办法实现信噪分离;在结合地质、物探分析的基础上进行最终输出剖面的滤波加权重建,获得信噪比高、波组特征保持好、分辨率相对保证的剖面。实际资料处理结果表明本文提出方法的去噪应用效果显著。