Research Directed Toward the Use of Long and Intermediate Period Seismic Waves for the Identification of Seismic Sources

The study of anomalous events has succeeded in clarifying many of their puzzling aspects. Careful attention to the details of body wave magnitude computations has markedly reduced the number of anomalous events on the Asian continent. The remaining anomalous events display the same short period surf...

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Main Author: McCamy, Keith
Other Authors: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY PALISADES NY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Seismology
*SEISMIC DETECTION
*SEISMIC WAVES
ANOMALIES
ASIA
CONTINENTAL SHELVES
EARTH CRUST
EARTHQUAKES
FAULTS(GEOLOGY)
LITHOSPHERE
OCEANIC CRUST
RAYLEIGH WAVES
SEISMOMETERS
SOURCES
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
TECTONICS
Intermediate period seismometers
Long period seismometers
Scotia Sea
Love waves
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA003675
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Summary:The study of anomalous events has succeeded in clarifying many of their puzzling aspects. Careful attention to the details of body wave magnitude computations has markedly reduced the number of anomalous events on the Asian continent. The remaining anomalous events display the same short period surface wave characteristics as intraplate events and because of their focal depth and the continental crustal structure there is the strong likelihood that Love wave surface magnitudes will provide a good discriminant. The propagation of Love waves from one layered structure to another has been solved by a very efficient computational method giving excellent agreement with observations. A new technique of analyzing multi-mode surface wave dispersion has been developed which makes it possible to separate fundamental and higher mode Love waves from earth quake sources, given many observations. The technique permits mapping the horizontal variations of Love wave phase velocities. The relation of earthquake focal mechanisms to global tectonic patterns has been extended to include the heretofore perplexing plate boundaries in the South Atlantic. See also report dated Mar 1974, AD778827.

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