The objective of this new project is to investigate the generation of complex seismic waves by explosions in media with realistic three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneity, including topography. To do this, we use information on subsurface heterogeneity from nuclear test sites to develop 3D models that have the characteristics of the emplacement media for actual nuclear tests. We then run calculatio...

S U M M A R Y We perform a comprehensive analysis of dynamic triggering around the Babaoshan and Huangzhuang-Gaoliying faults near Beijing, China. The triggered earthquakes are identified as impulsive seismic arrivals with clearP and S waves in 5 Hz high-pass-filtered three-component velocity seismograms during the passage of large amplitude body and surface waves of large teleseismic earthquak...

Abstract The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, ruptured more than a dozen faults, making it difficult to prescribe model fault for analyzing the event by inversion. To this earthquake from teleseismic records, we used potency density tensor inversion, which projects multiple slips onto single plane, reducing non-uniqueness due uncertainty in selecting faults’ orientations. resulting distri...

Resolving earthquake parameters, especially depth, is difficult for events occurring within basins because of issues involved with separating source properties from propagational path effects. Here, we demonstrate some advantages of using a combination of teleseismic and regional waveform data to improve resolution following a bootstrapping approach. Local SS-S differential arrivals from a fore...