Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions
Subglacial seismicity presents the opportunity to monitor inaccessible glacial beds at the epicentral location and time. Glaciers can be underlain by rock or till, a first order control on bed mechanics. Velocity-weakening, necessary for unstable slip, has been shown for each bed type, but is much s...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:dc86d0774e744f8e9ea2f5f0ebbdfc6b 2024-09-15T17:39:55+00:00 Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions Seth Saltiel Nathan Groebner Theresa Sawi Christine McCarthy https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2024.11 https://doaj.org/article/dc86d0774e744f8e9ea2f5f0ebbdfc6b EN eng Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305524000119/type/journal_article https://doaj.org/toc/0260-3055 https://doaj.org/toc/1727-5644 doi:10.1017/aog.2024.11 0260-3055 1727-5644 https://doaj.org/article/dc86d0774e744f8e9ea2f5f0ebbdfc6b Annals of Glaciology, Pp 1-8 Seismicity subglacial exploration geophysics subglacial processes seismology glacier geophysics Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2024.11 2024-08-05T17:49:39Z Subglacial seismicity presents the opportunity to monitor inaccessible glacial beds at the epicentral location and time. Glaciers can be underlain by rock or till, a first order control on bed mechanics. Velocity-weakening, necessary for unstable slip, has been shown for each bed type, but is much stronger and evolves over more than an order of magnitude longer distances for till beds. Utilizing a de-stiffened double direct shear apparatus, we found conditions for instability at freezing temperatures and high slip rates for both bed types. During stick–slip stress-drops, we recorded acoustic emissions with piezoelectric transducers frozen into the ice. The two populations of event waveforms appear visually similar and overlap in their statistical features. We implemented a suite of supervised machine learning algorithms to classify the bed type of recorded waveforms and spectra, with prediction accuracy between 65–80%. The Random Forest Classifier is interpretable, showing the importance of initial oscillation peaks and higher frequency energy. Till beds have generally higher friction and resulting stress-drops, with more impulsive first arrivals and more high frequency content compared to rock emissions, but rock beds can produce many till-like events. Seismic signatures could enhance interpretation of bed conditions and mechanics from subglacial seismicity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Annals of Glaciology Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Annals of Glaciology 1 8 |
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Subglacial seismicity presents the opportunity to monitor inaccessible glacial beds at the epicentral location and time. Glaciers can be underlain by rock or till, a first order control on bed mechanics. Velocity-weakening, necessary for unstable slip, has been shown for each bed type, but is much stronger and evolves over more than an order of magnitude longer distances for till beds. Utilizing a de-stiffened double direct shear apparatus, we found conditions for instability at freezing temperatures and high slip rates for both bed types. During stick–slip stress-drops, we recorded acoustic emissions with piezoelectric transducers frozen into the ice. The two populations of event waveforms appear visually similar and overlap in their statistical features. We implemented a suite of supervised machine learning algorithms to classify the bed type of recorded waveforms and spectra, with prediction accuracy between 65–80%. The Random Forest Classifier is interpretable, showing the importance of initial oscillation peaks and higher frequency energy. Till beds have generally higher friction and resulting stress-drops, with more impulsive first arrivals and more high frequency content compared to rock emissions, but rock beds can produce many till-like events. Seismic signatures could enhance interpretation of bed conditions and mechanics from subglacial seismicity. |
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Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions |
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Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions |
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Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions |
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Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions |
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Characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions |
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characterization of seismicity from different glacial bed types: machine learning classification of laboratory stick-slip acoustic emissions |
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