scholarly journals Absolute Centroid Location of Submarine Earthquakes from 3D Waveform Modeling of Water Reverberations

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge C. Castellanos ◽  
Zhongwen Zhan ◽  
Wenbo Wu
Keyword(s):  
Waveform Modeling ◽  
Submarine Earthquakes ◽  
Centroid Location

Towards multi-method geophysical sensing on submarine cables 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongwen Zhan ◽  
Mattia Cantono ◽  
Jorge Castellanos ◽  
Miguel González Herráez ◽  
Zhensheng Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Interferometry ◽  
Distributed Sensing ◽  
Ocean Dynamics ◽  
Submarine Cable ◽  
Geophysical Research ◽  
Acoustic Sensing ◽  
Rayleigh Backscattering ◽  
Submarine Earthquakes ◽  
Distributed Acoustic Sensing ◽  
Submarine Cables

<p>The oceans present a major gap in geophysical instrumentation, hindering fundamental research on submarine earthquakes and the Earth’s interior structure, as well as effective earthquake and tsunami warning for offshore events. Emerging fiber-optic sensing technologies that can leverage submarine telecommunication cables present an new opportunity in filling the data gap. Marra et al. (2018) turned a 96 km long submarine cable into a sensitive seismic sensor using ultra-stable laser interferometry of a round-tripped signal. Another technology, Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), interrogates intrinsic Rayleigh backscattering and converts tens of kilometers of dedicated fiber into thousands of seismic strainmeters on the seafloor (e.g., Lindsey et al., 2019; Sladen et al., 2019; Williams et al., 2019; Spica et al., 2020). Zhan et al. (2021) successfully sensed seismic and water waves over a 10,000 km long submarine cable connecting Los Angeles and Valparaiso, by monitoring the polarization of regular optical telecommunication channels. However, these new technologies have substantially different levels of sensitivity, coverage, spatial resolution, and scalability. In this talk, we advocate that strategic combinations of the different sensing techniques (including conventional geophysical networks) are necessary to provide the broadest coverage of the seafloor while making high-fidelity, physically interpretable measurements. Strategic collaborations between the geophysics community and telecommunication community without burdening the telecomm operation (e.g., by multiplexing or using regular telecom signals) will be critical to the long term success.</p><p> </p><p>Marra, G., C. Clivati, R. Luckett, A. Tampellini, J. Kronjäger, L. Wright, A. Mura, F. Levi, S. Robinson, A. Xuereb, B. Baptie, D. Calonico, 2018. Ultrastable laser interferometry for earthquake detection with terrestrial and submarine cables. Science, eaat4458.</p><p>Lindsey, N.J., T. C. Dawe, J. B. Ajo-Franklin, 2019. Illuminating seafloor faults and ocean dynamics with dark fiber distributed acoustic sensing. Science. <strong>366</strong>, 1103–1107.</p><p>Sladen, A., D. Rivet, J. P. Ampuero, L. De Barros, Y. Hello, G. Calbris, P. Lamare, 2019. Distributed sensing of earthquakes and ocean-solid Earth interactions on seafloor telecom cables. Nat Commun. <strong>10</strong>, 5777.</p><p>Spica, Z.J., Nishida, K., Akuhara, T., Pétrélis, F., Shinohara, M. and Yamada, T., 2020. Marine Sediment Characterized by Ocean‐Bottom Fiber‐Optic Seismology. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(16), p.e2020GL088360.</p><p>Williams, E.F., M. R. Fernández-Ruiz, R. Magalhaes, R. Vanthillo, Z. Zhan, M. González-Herráez, H. F. Martins, 2019. Distributed sensing of microseisms and teleseisms with submarine dark fibers. Nat Commun. <strong>10</strong>, 5778.</p><p>Zhan, Z., M. Cantono, V. Kamalov, A. Mecozzi, R. Muller, S. Yin, J.C. Castellanos, 2021. Optical polarization-based seismic and water wave sensing on transoceanic cables. Science, in press.</p>

scholarly journals MODELING THE MYSTERIOUS TSUNAMI SWIRLS IN THE NORTHEAST COAST OF JAPAN DURING THE MARCH 2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul C. Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Japan Sea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Generation Model ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Tsunami Waves ◽  
Submarine Earthquakes ◽  
Resolution Model ◽  
Fine Resolution ◽  
Northeast Coast

The formation of tsunami swirls near the coast is an obvious oceanographic phenomenon during the occurrence of giant submarine earthquakes and mega-tsunamis. Several tsunami vortices were generated during the Asian tsunami of 2004 and the great Japan tsunami of March 2011 which lasted for several hours.New models of tsunami generation and propagation are hereby proposed and were used to investigate the tsunami inception, propagation and associated formation of swirls in the eastern coast of Japan. The proposed generation model assumes that the tsunami was driven by current oscillations at the seabed induced by the submarine earthquake. The major aim of this study is to develop a tsunami model to simulate the occurrence of tsunami swirls. Specifically, this study attempts to simulate and understand the formation of the mysterious tsunami swirls in the northeast coast of Japan. In addition, this study determines the vulnerability of the Philippines to destructive tsunami waves that originate near Japan. A coarse-resolution model was therefore developed in a relatively large area encompassing Japan Sea and the eastern Philippine Sea. On the other hand, a fine-resolution model was implemented in a small area off Sendai coast near the epicenter. The model result was compared with the tsunami record obtained from the National Data Buoy Center with relatively good agreement as far as the height and period of the tsunami are concerned. Furthermore, the fine-resolution model was able to simulate the occurrence of tsunami vortices off Sendai coast with various sizes that lasted for several hours.

scholarly journals HYDRODYNAMIC AND BOUSSINESQ WAVE MODELING FOR THE N219 AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT SEAPLANE DOCK DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN PANJANG ISLAND

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanah Khoirunnisa ◽  
Mardi Wibowo ◽  
Wahyu Hendriyono ◽  
Khusnul Setia Wardani
Keyword(s):  
Flight Test ◽  
The Other ◽  
Waveform Modeling ◽  
Significant Wave ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Wave Heights ◽  
Significant Wave Heights ◽  
Wave Conditions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mike 21

The flight test of N219 Amphibious aircraft will be targeted in 2003/2024. For flight tests, these aircraft need a seaplane dock. One of the potential locations for the seaplane dock is Panjang Island at Seribu Islands. This study aims to know the characteristic of hydrodynamic and wave conditions and to determine whether Panjang Island is suitable for the seaplane dock. This study uses a modeling method with MIKE 21 FM HD-SW module and MIKE 21 Boussinesq Wave (BW)  module. The bathymetry data were obtained from the Indonesian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center (Pushidrosal), tide data is generated from Tide Model Driver (TMD), wave and wind data from ECMWF. The result of surface elevation validation between hydrodynamic modeling and TMD is 92%. During the west monsoon and spring conditions, the difference in the largest and lowest current velocity is quite large (0.018-0.199 m/s), on the other hand, when the tides are in neap conditions (0.008-0.144 m/s). Meanwhile, during the east monsoon and spring conditions, the difference in the largest and lowest current velocities is quite large (0.02-0.193 m/s), on the other hand, when the tides are in neap conditions (0.008-0.146 m/s). The maximum wave height resulting from the 50-year return period waveform modeling between 1.139 - 1.474 m. Meanwhile, the significant wave heights between 0.679 - 0.741 with a significant wave period of 13.45 seconds. In general, the current and wave conditions of the two locations are suitable for the construction of the seaplane dock, except that the dominant wave heights are still above the requirements.

scholarly journals Tsunami risk in New Zealand

1968 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-101
Author(s):  
G. A. Eiby
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Earthquake Risk ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
Local Origin ◽  
Submarine Earthquakes ◽  
Tsunami Risk ◽  
Bodies Of Water ◽  
Sea Wave

The manner in which an earthquake produces a tsunami , or seismic sea-wave , is not well understood. In Japan and in Chile they accompany most large shallow submarine earthquakes close to the coast, while in New Zealand and much of the South West Pacific tsunamis of local origin have been of comparatively rare occurrence, and are usually small. Nevertheless, both tsunamis and seiches (resonant oscillations of enclosed bodies of water) constitute an appreciable component of our earthquake risk.

scholarly journals Fault reactivation by gas injection at an underground gas storage off the east coast of Spain

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Villaseñor ◽  
Robert B. Herrmann ◽  
Beatriz Gaite ◽  
Arantza Ugalde
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Fault Plane ◽  
Source Parameters ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Focal Depth ◽  
Gas Storage ◽  
Fault Reactivation ◽  
Underground Gas Storage ◽  
Waveform Modeling ◽  
Valencia Trough

Abstract. During September–October of 2013 an intense swarm of earthquakes occurred off the east coast of Spain associated with the injection of the base gas in an offshore underground gas storage. Two weeks after the end of the injection operations, three moderate-sized earthquakes (Mw 4.0–4.1) occurred near the storage. These events were widely felt by the nearby population, leading to the indefinite shut-down of the facility. Here we investigate the source parameters (focal depth and mechanism) of the largest earthquakes in the sequence in order to identify the faults reactivated by the gas injection, and to help understand the processes that caused the earthquakes. Our waveform modeling results indicate that the largest earthquakes occurred at depths of 6–8 km beneath the sea floor, significantly deeper than the injection depth (~ 1800 m). Although we cannot undoubtedly discriminate the fault plane from the two nodal planes of the mechanisms, most evidence seems to favor a NW-SE striking fault plane. We propose that the gas injection reactivated unmapped faults in the Paleozoic basement, with regional orientation possibly inherited from the opening of the Valencia Trough.

A mathematical analysis of tsunami generation in shallow water due to seabed deformation

2011 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuo Iguchi
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Field ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Water Wave ◽  
Initial Velocity ◽  
Tsunami Generation ◽  
Wave Problem ◽  
Initial Displacement ◽  
Water Wave Problem ◽  
Submarine Earthquakes ◽  
Tsunami Model

In numerical computations of tsunamis due to submarine earthquakes, it is frequently assumed that the initial displacement of the water surface is equal to the permanent shift of the seabed and that the initial velocity field is equal to zero and the shallow-water equations are often used to simulate the propagation of tsunamis. We give a mathematically rigorous justification of this tsunami model starting from the full water-wave problem by comparing the solution of the full problem with that of the tsunami model. We also show that, in some cases, we have to impose a non-zero initial velocity field, which arises as a nonlinear effect.

scholarly journals An efficientg-centroid location algorithm for cographs

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (9) ◽  
pp. 1405-1413 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Location Problem ◽  
Maximum Clique ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Outerplanar Graphs ◽  
Arbitrary Graph ◽  
Maximal Outerplanar Graphs ◽  
Split Graphs ◽  
Location Algorithm ◽  
Centroid Location

In 1998, Pandu Rangan et al. Proved that locating theg-centroid for an arbitrary graph is𝒩𝒫-hard by reducing the problem of finding the maximum clique size of a graph to theg-centroid location problem. They have also given an efficient polynomial time algorithm for locating theg-centroid for maximal outerplanar graphs, Ptolemaic graphs, and split graphs. In this paper, we present anO(nm)time algorithm for locating theg-centroid for cographs, wherenis the number of vertices andmis the number of edges of the graph.

Modeling teleseismic SV waves from underground explosions with tectonic release: Results for Southern Novaya Zemlya

1988 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 1158-1178
Author(s):  
Brian P. Cohee ◽  
Thorne Lay
Keyword(s):  
Source Region ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Strike Slip ◽  
Destructive Interference ◽  
Ray Theory ◽  
Source Strength ◽  
Sh Waves ◽  
Waveform Modeling ◽  
Novaya Zemlya ◽  
Double Couple

Abstract Detailed forward modeling of long-period shear waves for two large underground explosions at the Southern Novaya Zemlya test site indicates that the appropriate equivalent double-couple orientation for the tectonic release radiation is vertical strike-slip. Previous studies of observed teleseismic SH waveforms and SV amplitudes for the 27 October 1973 and 2 November 1974 events using geometric ray theory could not distinguish between vertical strike-slip and 45°-dipping thrust geometries. Either mechanism can match the observed four-lobed SH radiation pattern, and the two-lobed SV amplitude pattern can be produced by interference with an appropriate size explosion pS signal. However, the complexity of the observed SV waveforms arising from Sp conversions near the receiver, diffracted Sp, and shear-coupled PL phases is not accounted for in the ray theory synthetics. Incorporating more realistic Green's functions using Baag and Langston's (1985b) WKBJ spectral method allows more complete modeling of the SV signals. Due to differences in frequency content between the explosion and double-couple SV waveforms, constructive interference occurs more efficiently than destructive interference when the two signals are linearly superimposed. As a result, using tectonic release moments determined from the SH waves and the optimum F factors required to match the SV amplitude patterns, the waveforms produced by the strike-slip and thrust orientations differ substantially at some azimuths. The strike-slip solution yields a consistently superior match to the data. Using the EU2 model of Lerner-Lam and Jordan (1987) for the source region and either EU2 or TNA (Grand and Helmberger, 1984) for the receiver structure, together with an attenuation model similar to SL8, we obtain a double-couple moment, M0 = 3.2 × 1024 dyne-cm and explosion source strength, ψ∞ = 3.8 ± 0.5 × 1011 cm3 for the 27 October 1973 event, and M0 = 1.7 × 1024 dyne-cm and ψ∞ = 2.0 ± 0.3 × 1011 cm3 for the 2 November 1974 event. Complete waveform modeling of SV signals can thus provide improved constraints on tectonic release radiation and explosion source strength.

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