Seismic Activation in the Eastern Part of the Southern Slope of the Great Caucasus in the Late XX to Early XXI Centuries

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - In this paper, we consider a series of strong earthquakes that occurred on the central and eastern segments of the southern slope of the Greater...     

One-dimensional velocity model of the Middle Kura Depresion from local earthquakes data of Azerbaijan

We present the method for determining the velocity model of the Earth’s crust and the parameters of earthquakes in the Middle Kura Depression from the data of network telemetry in Azerbaijan. Application of this method allowed us to recalculate the main parameters of the hypocenters of the earthquake, to compute the corrections to the arrival times of P and S waves at the observation station, and to significantly improve the accuracy in determining the coordinates of the earthquakes. The model was constructed using the VELEST program, which calculates one-dimensional minimal velocity models from the travel times of seismic waves.     

Understanding groundwater chemistry using mixing models

For the last 15 a, SKB (the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company) has been using the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (HRL) as the main test site for the development of suitable tools and methods for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Major achievements have been made in the development of a new groundwater modelling technique. The technique described in this paper is used within the ongoing site investigations of Forsmark and Simpevarp in Sweden.