Teleseismic receiver functions (RFs) from a yearlong broadband seismological experiment in Kamchatka reveal regional variations in the Moho, anisotropy in the supra-slab mantle wedge, and, along the eastern coast, Ps converted phases from the steeply dipping slab. We analyze both radialand transverse-component RFs in bin-averaged epicentral and backazimuthal sweeps, in order to detect Ps moveou...

Transverse component bodywave ground displacements from deep focus earthquakes exhibit complexities which are not accounted for by standard radially symmetric Earth models. This anomalous behavior is examined using 123 broadband teleseismic SH displacement recordings, reconstituted from shortand long-period or broadband seismograms for 11 events in the Kurile subduction zone. The greatest compl...

First arrivals of seismic waves were recorded along the Kamchatka arc using broadband seismic stations deployed for one year in 1998–1999. Cross correlation methods were used from a high resolution data set for tomographic inversion of body waves. The P-wave teleseismic tomography shows evidence of slab shoaling along the northern terminus of the Kamchatka subduction zone. Tomographic anomalies...

Long-period teleseismic P and S waves from the WWSS and Canadian networks are modeled to determine the focal parameters for the main shock in the Oroville earthquake series. Using the techniques of P first motions, wave-form synthesis, and phase identification, the focal parameters are determined as follows: dip 65°; rake 70°; strike 180°; depth 5.5 + 1.5 km; moment 5.7 _+ 2.0 x 1024 dyne-cm; a...

We compare teleseismic P-wave records for earthquakes in the magnitude range from 6.0 to 9.5 with synthetics for a self-similar, ~2 source model and conclude that the energy radiated by very large earthquakes (M,, > 8~) is not self-similar to that radiated from smaller earthquakes (Mw < 81). Furthermore, in the period band from 2 sec to several tens of seconds, we conclude that large subduction...

Analysis of broadband teleseismic data shows that the 18 June 2000 Wharton Basin earthquake, a moment magnitude 7.8 intraplate event in the region of diffuse deformation separating the Indian and Australian plates, consisted of two subevents that simultaneously ruptured two near-conjugate planes. This mode of rupture accommodates shortening by a mechanism different from that previously known el...

abstract: gridlock is an extreme traffic state where vehicle cannot move at all. this research studies the development of gridlock by theoretical and numerical analysis. it is shown that the development of gridlock can be divided into several stages. the core of the development is the evolution of congestion loop. a congestion loop is comprised of a number of consecutively connected spillover l...