The great British earthquake of 1984 seen from afar

Summary. The Lleyn Peninsular earthquake which occurred at 0656 on 1984 July 19 was recorded at three medium aperture seismological array stations located at teleseismic distances. From these recordings an estimate is made of the hypocentre, origin time, magnitude and fault-plane solution of the earthquake. The fault-plane solution was determined using the Pearce algorithm and indicates that the focal mechanism is predominantly strike-slip. The fault-plane solution was used to generate synthetic seismograms for comparison with the observed to confirm the nature of the source and in particular the depth of focus which was estimated to be 20.5 km. It is concluded that the determination of the earthquake parameters using only three teleseismic seismograms is in good agreement with the results obtained from an analysis of 45 local and regional seismological stations.     

The New Preamplification System for the UTR-2 Radio Telescope

The paper describes the preamplification antenna system (PAS) ofthe decameter radio telescope UTR-2. The new PAS have the continuous frequency range 8 to 40 MHz. The dynamic range is: 54 dbm at low frequencies and 30 dbm at high frequencies. To extendthe dynamic range the signal spectrum is divided and summed up with the aid of frequency selective devices, each consisting oftwo identical antimetric bandpass filters of even order and twohybrid adders. Within each of the three bands, the signal is amplified in multistage amplifiers with a deep linear frequencyindependent negative feedback in each stage. Part One presents thegoals, underlying ideas and structure of the PAS. Part Twodescribes details of the design, specific parameters and some observational results.     

Processing And Interpretation Of Electromagnetic Induction Array Data

The simultaneous nature of array data can be exploitedin electromagnetic induction studiesfor three general purposes.First, one or more reference sites can be usedto reduce bias, improve signal-to-noise ratios, and provide bettercontrol over source complications and coherent noisein estimates of MT impedances and otherEM transfer functions (TFs).Although a single good reference site can dramatically improveTF estimates, improvements due to multiple sites are often rather modest, because local noise is the limiting factor.Secondly, arrays allow for estimation of inter-station transfer functions, and maps of anomalous horizontal field variations. Relatively straightforward modifications to inversion codes wouldallow quantitative interpretation of these additionalconstraints on resistivity variations.Finally, with arrays it is possible to estimate the response of theEarth to a richer spectrum of external source excitations. In particular,the natural extension to the usual uniform source assumption implicit inthe MT method allows for three curl-free magnetic gradient sources.Quantitative interpretation of the response of a three-dimensionalEarth to these sources could provide additionalconstraints on large scale variations in crustal and uppermantle resistivity, and might help to overcome problemsdue to aliasing of near surface distortion in widely spaced MT data.     

地面电探CT技术的研究及其在三峡地区地下考古中的应用试验

１９９４年３月在三峡淹没区进行综合考古物探研究（该项目主要由日本田中保士先生资助）时，根据电流扩散及穿透原理，提出了地面电探ＣＴ新技术并将其用于考古实践．为获得资料的充分重叠，可使用数十至５０００个探头，现场实时或线下处理得到数百幅纵、横断面及一定深度平剖面的彩色影像图、可直观显示数十米深的地下微观结构．至少对１—３个推断墓，经洛阳铲钻探结果发现了‘活土”，有可能发现公元前４７５—２２１年的“巴王陵”．本研究所发展的地面电探ＣＴ有益于考古技术现代化及三峡地下文物的抢救．     

Spatial correlation of earthquake ground motion: non-parametric estimation

A non-parametric method, called multidimensional correlation mapping (MCM), is used to describe the local spatial correlation of different components of earthquake ground acceleration. The method estimates spatial correlation without presuming homogeneity or isotropy of the phase-aligned local ground motion fields. For selected events recorded by the SMART1 accelerograph array, we obtain contour plots of equal correlation of ground acceleration, with respect to the center of the array. Displacement time-histories are also computed from the accelerograms and the spatial correlation of the displacements is estimated for comparison with that of the accelerations.     

Estimating site-specific strong earthquake motions

The Campus Earthquake Program (CEP) of the University of California (UC) started in March 1996, and involved a partnership among seven campuses of the UC—Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz—and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The aim of the CEP was to provide University campuses with site-specific assessments of their earthquake strong motion exposure, to complement estimates they obtain from consultants according to the state-of-the-practice (SOP), i.e. Building Codes (UBC 97, IBC 2000), and Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA). The Building Codes are highly simplified tools, while the more sophisticated PSHA is still somewhat generic in its approach because it usually draws from many earthquakes not necessarily related to the faults threatening the site under study.Between 1996 and 2001, the site-specific studies focused on three campuses: Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara. Each campus selected 1–3 sites to demonstrate the methods and procedures used by the CEP: Rivera Library and Parking Lots (PL) 13 and 16 at UCR, Thornton Hospital, the Cancer Center, and PL 601 at UCSD, and Engineering I building at UCSB. The project provided an estimate of strong ground motions at each selected site, for selected earthquake scenarios. These estimates were obtained by using an integrated geological, seismological, geophysical, and geotechnical approach, that brings together the capabilities of campus and laboratory personnel. Most of the site-specific results are also applicable to risk evaluation of other sites on the respective campuses.The CEP studies have provided a critical assessment of whether existing campus seismic design bases are appropriate. Generally speaking, the current assumptions are not acknowledging the severity of the majority of expected motions. Eventually, both the results from the SOP and from the CEP should be analyzed, to arrive at decisions concerning the design-basis for buildings on UC campuses.     

Static Design of Cable Mooring Arrays for Offshore Guyed Towers

The key consideration in controlling the dynamic response of an offshore guyed tower subjected to environmental loading is the selection of the stiffness characteristics of the cable mooring array. In the present study, each cable in the array consists of three segments: a leading segment attached to the tower, a short heavy middle segment, and a seabed trailing segment attached at the extremity to an anchor pile. A nonlinear static model is presented in algorithmic form that defines the stiffness characteristics of the cable array. The model involves the inelastic static catenary equations coupled with conditions of geometric compatibility, formulated in terms of seven nondimensional system parameters. The effects of varying each of the system parameters on the stiffness characteristics of example cable arrays are presented and the implications for cable design are discussed.     

一种以等差分级的DEM填洼算法

DEM的填洼是水系提取中最耗时的过程。真实的地表低高程点通常在空间上相邻,在对低高程栅格进行填洼时,少数栅格的高程值更新会导致级内大量栅格的循环迭代,从而消耗大量运算时间。为了提高DEM的填洼效率,在分级填洼的基础上,提出一种等差分级填洼算法,该算法顾及DEM各级填洼时间呈幂函数逐级递减这一地形规律。算法首先创建一系列数组,数组大小随等差数列递增;然后依次将排序后的DEM数据存放至数组中,由于定义的数组大小逐渐增大,因此,低高程区域被“分割”得很细;最后,当填洼运算从级内转至数组内时,低高程区域细致的划分极大缩短了栅格循环迭代时间,从而使得算法获得了较高的效率。新算法既能有效缩短填洼过程中的迭代时间,又能保证所提取水系的完整性与连贯性。为验证算法的有效性,选用四川省不同地区的SRTM 90 m分辨率DEM作为实验数据,并与已有的DEM分级填洼算法进行对比分析。实验结果显示：当研究区域栅格总数达到两千万个时,本文算法填洼效率提升了50%左右,且随着DEM数据量的增大,算法效率的提升更为明显,与此同时,利用新方法进行填洼后,DEM水文线连续性较强,表明了新方法的有效性。     

CORRELATION PATTERNS IN CHARACTERISTICS OF SPATIALLY VARIABLE SEISMIC GROUND MOTIONS

A methodology for the investigation of the spatial variation of seismic ground motions is presented; data recorded at the SMART-1 dense instrument array in Lotung, Taiwan, during Events 5 and 39 are used in the analysis. The seismic motions are modeled as superpositions of sinusoidal functions, described by their amplitude, frequency, wavenumber and phase. For each event and direction (horizontal or vertical) analysed, the approach identifies a coherent, common component in the seismic motions at all recording stations, and variabilities in amplitudes and phases around the common component sinusoidal characteristics, that are particular for each recording station. It is shown that the variations in both the amplitudes and the phases of the motions at the station locations around the common component characteristics contribute significantly to the spatially variable nature of the motions, and, furthermore, they are correlated: increase in the variability of the amplitudes of the motions recorded at individual stations around the common amplitude implies increase in the variability of the phases around the common phase. The dispersion range of the amplitude and phase variability around their corresponding common components appear also to be associated with physical parameters. The spatially variable arrival time delays of the waveforms at the stations due to their upward travelling through the site topography, in addition to the wave passage delays identified from signal processing techniques, constitute another important cause for the spatial variation of the motions; their consideration in the approach facilitates also the identification of the correlation patterns in the amplitudes and phases. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.