the source parameters and focal depth of the destructive mw 6.5, 31 march. 2006 iran- silakhor earthquake, the two largest foreshocks and a major aftershock are determined using broadband data from a seismic network in iran based on a time-domain linear moment tensor inversion. the earthquakes occurred in the zagros suture zone in western iran. waveform inversion of the selected events estimate...

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S U M M A R Y We describe a parametrization of moment tensors that is suitable for use in algorithms for moment tensor inversion. The parameters are conceptually natural and can be easily visualized. The ingredients of the parametrization are present in the literature; we have consolidated them into a concise statement in a geometric setting. We treat several familiar moment tensor topics in th...

Waveform inversion to determine the seismic moment tensor is a standard approach in determining the source mechanism of natural and man-made seismicity. The moment tensor is a general representation that includes the double-couple (DC) and non-double-couple sources such as explosions, opening and closing cracks, and volume compensated linear vector dipoles (CLVD). Previous studies (Ford et al.,...

The development and progress of fractures is accompanied by the radiation of acoustic waves due to microcracking. In the transient waveforms of acoustic emissions a huge number of information about fracture processes and the state of the material is inherent. Signal-based analysis of acoustic emissions allows, amongst other studies, for a fracture mechanics based investigation of failure. From ...

Source mechanisms of 26 large shallow earthquakes are determined in terms of a double-couple point source with a correction for the nondirectional part of source finiteness by using P-wave first motions and long-period Rayleigh wave spectra recorded on WWSSN, IDA, and GDSN networks. The combined use of both data sets allows us to determine the double-couple mechanism uniquely in most cases. Con...