Teleseismic determinations of body-wave (P, S) spectra, interpreted in terms of the Brune (1970) seismic-source model, are used to estimate the parameters seismic moment (Mo) and source dimension (r) for three large, shallow, strike-slip earthquakes occurring on nearly vertical fault planes and for which the same parameters can be determined from field (F) data. These earthquakes are (I) the Bo...

The impact of topographic attributes on the uneven distribution of seismic response and associated devastation has frequently been observed and documented during seismic events, but has rarely been investigated at a regional scale. Existing numerical and experimental techniques applied to explore the impact of topographic attributes in the aggravation of seismic response, have been limited to i...

The way fractures affect seismic waves depends on fracture mechanical parameters, such as compliance and saturating fluid, and on their geometric properties, such as dimensions and spacing. When fractures are small relative to the seismic wavelength, waves will be weakly affected by fractures, and in effective medium theory, a zone comprised of many small fractures is equivalent to a homogeneou...

[1] It is known that GPS time series contain a seasonal variation that is not due to tectonic motions, and it has recently been shown that crustal seismic velocities may also vary seasonally. In order to explain these changes, a number of hypotheses have been given, among which thermoelastic and hydrology‐induced stresses and strains are leading candidates. Unfortunately, though, since a genera...

Introduction: In recent years, spacecraft observations of asteroids 951 Gaspra, 243 Ida, 253 Mathilde, and 433 Eros have shown the overriding dominance of impact processes with regard to the structure and appearance of these small, irregular bodies. One currently unanswered question is: to what degree does seismic shaking from impacts affect the surface morphology of these bodies [1]? Through d...

Seismic and acoustic noise from moving tracked vehicles was used to determine the seismic to acoustic signal coupling ratio (SAR) in the ground. The seismic signal received on a geophone contains some energy that has propagated as seismic waves and some energy that couples from acoustic waves to seismic waves in the vicinity of the geophone. We use the frequency domain coherence between the mic...

The simulation of the wave propagation caused by seismic stimulation allows us to study the behaviour of the environment and to evaluate the consequences. The model involves the wave equation which includes an hysteresis loop in the stress-strain relationship. This induces nonlinearities and, at the vertices of the loop, non-differentiable mathematic operators. We propose a numerical process wh...

Seismic imaging, popularly known as tomography, borrowing the term from medical sciences, produces the raster image of the internal structure by combining information from a set of projections obtained at different viewing angles. To engineer high resolution and accurate solutions to mining problems, seismic traveltime tomography can yield a high resolution image of the subsurface to provide in...

Beresnev, I.A., 1991. Remarks on 'Experimental investigation of non-linear seismic effects'. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 69: 1-3. This letter is in response to the paper by V.S. Solovev entitled 'Experimental investigation of non-linear seismic effects'. We reaffirm that experimental results discussed by us in earlier work and by Solovev can be explained only by the assumption of nonlinear effe...

The propagation of seismic waves through Earth can now be modeled accurately with the recently developed spectral-element method. This method takes into account heterogeneity in Earth models, such as three-dimensional variations of seismic wave velocity, density, and crustal thickness. The method is implemented on relatively inexpensive clusters of personal computers, so-called Beowulf machines...