scholarly journals IDENTIFIKASI ORIENTASI REKAHAN MIKRO AREA PANAS BUMI MONTE AMIATA BERDASARKAN ANALISIS STUDI SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Irfan - Hanif ◽  
Ahmad Zaenudin ◽  
Nandi Haerudin ◽  
Rahmat C Wibowo

Shear Wave Splitting is an application of seismic wave to analyse the anisotropy level of a certain medium. Generally, shear wave propagation through a rock formation will be polarized (φ) into two parts especially when the medium structures are different, such as fracture. The polarized shear wave which is perpendicular to fracture will propagate slower than the wave that propagates parallel to the fracture. The delay time (δt) of both wave is proportional with the fracture intensity along the wave propagation from the source to the station. The description regarding fracture orientation can be obtained by analysing both Shear Wave Splitting parameters (φ and δt), and this information is adequately important in geothermal exploration or exploitation phase at Mt. Amiata. Based on the result of this research, the micro earthquake source is focused on the east to the south area and spread along 3 earthquake stations. The existence of micro earthquake source is mainly focused at the depth of 1 to 4 km. In addition, the polarization direction of each earthquake station at the geological map shows a dominant fracture orientation consistently at NW-SE. All of the three stations also show that the polarization direction is integrated to the local fault existence in the subsurface. Furthermore, the research shows that the high intensity fracture distribution occurred at MCIV station area in the southern part of research location. Meanwhile, the low intensity fracture distribution occurred at ARCI and SACS station area in the western and the eastern part of research location. The high value of fracture intensity accompanied by the high amount of structure intensity, strengthen the prediction of the high anisotropy existence which potentially tends to the high permeability presence at the area.Keywords: shear wave splitting, anisotropy, fracture, geothermal, polarization direction, fracture intensity.

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Tatham ◽  
Martin D. Matthews ◽  
K. K. Sekharan ◽  
Christopher J. Wade ◽  
Louis M. Liro

Geophysics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Tatham ◽  
Martin D. Matthews ◽  
K. K. Sekharan ◽  
Christopher J. Wade ◽  
Louis M. Liro

In a series of physical model experiments, fractured media are simulated by stacks of thin Plexiglas sheets clamped together tightly to form blocks. The plates are assembled underwater, and a very thin water layer between the sheets prevents formation of an effectively welded interface between them. Thus, the stacked material is not a series of welded plates but rather a truly fractured medium simulating a potential petroleum reservoir with only fracture porosity and permeability. Sheets of constant thickness are used, but the intensity of fracturing between the different models is simulated by using different thicknesses of Plexiglas for each model. Observation of direct shear‐wave arrivals through the stack, with propagation parallel to the sheets and polarization of particle motion allowed to be parallel to, normal to, or in any arbitrary angle to the sheets, definitively demonstrate the existence of shear‐wave splitting and hence anisotropy. For Plexiglas sheets 1/16 in thick (0.16 cm) representing a fracture intensity of about 16 fractures per wavelength, shear‐wave splitting and hence anisotropy are clearly observed. For greater fracture intensities (i.e., thinner plates) the degree of anisotropy is greater, and for less intense fracturing (i.e., thicker plates), the degree of anisotropy is less. These experimental data suggest that for fracture intensities of greater than about 10 fractures per wavelength there is a simple relation between fracture intensity and degree of anisotropy in two different polarizations of shear waves. For fracture intensities less than a threshold of about 10 per wavelength, there is no simple observed relation between them. Further, the faster of the split shear‐wave velocities is near the solid material velocity, and the observed variation in velocity for various fracture intensities is in the slower of the split shear‐wave velocities.


Geophysics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. D35-D40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatoshi Miyazawa ◽  
Roel Snieder ◽  
Anupama Venkataraman

We extract downward-propagating P- and S-waves from industrial noise generated by human and/or machine activity at the surface propagating down a borehole at Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, and measure shear-wave splitting from these data. The continuous seismic data are recorded at eight sensors along a downhole well during steam injection into a 420–470-m-deep oil reservoir. We crosscorrelate the waveforms observed at the top sensor and other sensors to extract estimates of the direct P- and S-wave components of the Green’s function that account for wave propagation between sensors. Fast high-frequency and slow low-frequency signals propagating vertically from the surface to the bottom are found for the vertical and horizontal components of the wave motion, which are identified with P- and S-waves, respectively. The fastest S-wave polarized in the east-northeast–west-southwest direction is about 1.9% faster than the slowest S-wave polarized in the northwest-southeast direction. The direction of polarization of the fast S-wave is rotated clockwise by [Formula: see text] from the maximum principal stress axis as estimated from the regional stress field. This study demonstrates the useful application of seismic interferometry to field data to determine structural parameters, which are P- and S-wave velocities and a shear-wave-splitting coefficient, with high accuracy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 473 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Song Zheng ◽  
Hong Fu Fan ◽  
Yan Hui Zhang

Shear wave splitting technology plays important role in detecting fractures. Picking up the calculation window is necessary in the shear wave splitting technology and plays a decisive role in the accuracy and precision detecting the orientation of fractures and fracture intensity. Conventionally, the calculation window for shear wave splitting is manually set, which is both laborious and subjective. Thus providing an mechanical automated method of picking up the calculation window is very meaningful.


1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Tatham ◽  
Martin D. Matthews ◽  
K. K. Sekharan

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raoof Gholami ◽  
Ali Moradzadeh ◽  
Vamegh Rasouli ◽  
Javid Hanachi

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Arya Dwi Candra ◽  
Bagus Jaya Santosa

The northern Sumatra consists of several tectonic segments, such as subduction zone, the Sumatra and Mentawai faults. An analysis that can be used to identify the tectonic segments, located beneath the northern Sumatra, is shear wave- splitting. The purpose of the analysis of shear-wave splitting is to monitor the anisotropic characteristics of the structure of the earth layers located beneath the northern Sumatra. The monitoring data were collected from 4 BMKG stations with the magnitude was more than 6.3 Mw and the the range of the epicentral distance was about 85̊-140̊. The data analysis was conducted by using Splitlab program based on rotation-correlation method. The result of the shear-wave splitting analysis shows that there are two anisotropic layers. The delay time found in the first layer is about 0,5-0,9 s, which is assumed that it occurs due to the Sumatran fault. Meanwhile, the delay time found in the second layer is about 1,4-1,8 s, which is assumed that it occurs due to the subduction plate movement on the upper mantle layer. The results of TPTI, TSI and TRSI stations has shown congruence, that is the polarization direction is parallel to the Sumatra fault on the upper layer and the polarization direction is perpendicular to the Sumatra fault on the lower layer. The PSI station shows the polarization direction is different from the other stations, in which they show the polarization direction is perpendicular to the Sumatra fault on the upper layer and the polarization direction is parallel to the Sumatra fault on the lower layer. The difference of the data processing in the PSI station, we assume, is caused by the presence of a complex layer beneath Toba caldera.


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