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Annio G, Holm S, Mangin G, Penney J, Bacquët R, Mustapha R, Darwish O, Wittgenstein AS, Schregel K, Vilgrain V, Paradis V, Sølna K, Nordsletten DA, Sinkus R. Making sense of scattering: Seeing microstructure through shear waves. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadp3363. [PMID: 39083612 PMCID: PMC11290519 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp3363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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The physics of shear waves traveling through matter carries fundamental insights into its structure, for instance, quantifying stiffness for disease characterization. However, the origin of shear wave attenuation in tissue is currently not properly understood. Attenuation is caused by two phenomena: absorption due to energy dissipation and scattering on structures such as vessels fundamentally tied to the material's microstructure. Here, we present a scattering theory in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging, which enables the unraveling of a material's innate constitutive and scattering characteristics. By overcoming a three-order-of-magnitude scale difference between wavelength and average intervessel distance, we provide noninvasively a macroscopic measure of vascular architecture. The validity of the theory is demonstrated through simulations, phantoms, in vivo mice, and human experiments and compared against histology as gold standard. Our approach expands the field of imaging by using the dispersion properties of shear waves as macroscopic observable proxies for deciphering the underlying ultrastructures.
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- Giacomo Annio
- Laboratory of Vascular Translation Science, LVTS, U1148, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
- Department of Physics and Computational Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory of Vascular Translation Science, LVTS, U1148, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Vascular Translation Science, LVTS, U1148, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
- Inflammation Research Center, CRI, U1149, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
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- Inflammation Research Center, CRI, U1149, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
- Department of Pathology, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Laboratory of Vascular Translation Science, LVTS, U1148, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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Saengduean P, Yang J, Shragge J, Snieder R, Wakin MB. Multi-source wavefield reconstruction of distributed acoustic sensing data using compressive sensing and seismic interferometry. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2024; 156:1309-1318. [PMID: 39177360 DOI: 10.1121/10.0028123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
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Seismic data recorded by distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) interrogator units on deployed optical fiber are being used for a variety of subsurface imaging and monitoring investigations. To reduce the costs of active-source DAS surveying applications, seismic interferometry can be applied to estimate inter-sensor wavefields from DAS records. However, recording long-term records for ambient interferometry requires considerable data storage and sections of DAS optical fibers may be unusable because of broadside sensitivity considerations from the DAS fiber orientation and due to localized coherent energy sources with amplitudes significantly larger than the ambient signal of interest. Compressive sensing, a wavefield reconstruction technique, can mitigate the problems of large data storage and unusable data. We apply compressive sensing-based multi-source wavefield reconstruction to estimate correlograms of ambient DAS records from a fiber array in Perth, Australia. The multi-source method uses all available virtual-source gathers for simultaneous wavefield reconstruction and is different from the conventional single-source method that separately reconstructs individual virtual-source gathers. Using the Fourier and curvelet transforms to sparsify interferometric wavefields, we show that multi-source reconstruction is applicable to the DAS data and that the Fourier multi-source reconstruction can improve the recovered wavefields by approximately 5-10 dB, compared to the Fourier and curvelet single-source wavefield reconstructions.
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- Patipan Saengduean
- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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Wang Z, Shi F. Ultrasonic diffuse bulk wave passive array imaging of internal defects in a complex structure. ULTRASONICS 2024; 141:107345. [PMID: 38820873 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Ultrasonic bulk wave inspection of defects in safety-critical components with complex external geometries, such as turbine blades is challenging. While ultrasonic phased array imaging can yield high-resolution subsurface images, a commercial phased array probe can hardly be mounted on irregular external boundaries to perform in-situ imaging. In fact, a component with irregular shapes, as a highly reverberant body, is capable of generating elastic random diffuse or coda wavefields. The diffuse wavefields can be utilized to reconstruct Green's functions between any two passive receiving points. In this paper, an ultrasonic passive array imaging method using the diffuse reverberation resulting from complex boundaries is implemented to image internal defects. The method involves the utilization of active piezoelectric actuators to excite elastic diffuse waves within the component, which are received by a laser vibrometer scanning at multiple points. A passive full matrix capture (FMC) of array signals is extracted for defect imaging using the total focusing method. The proposed method is evaluated by the numerical simulations, and the effects of centre frequency, bandwidth, and source excitation methods on the imaging performance are investigated. An experiment using a turbine blade-like structure is conducted to further evaluate the imaging method.
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- Zhengjun Wang
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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Huang C, Hosseinzadeh AZ, Lanza di Scalea F. Ultrasparse Ultrasonic Synthetic Aperture Focus Imaging by Passive Sensing. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2024; 71:518-535. [PMID: 38530711 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2024.3382231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Ultrasonic synthetic aperture focus techniques (SAFTs) using less than the total number of available array elements to transmit ("sparse" transmissions) have been recently used in both medical imaging and industrial nondestructive testing (NDT) imaging to increase test speed and simplify multiplexer hardware. The challenge of sparse arrays is to obtain a reasonable image quality given the reduced transmitter-receiver combinations available to the beamforming process. This article proposes a "ultrasparse" SAFT method that employs a minimum number of transmitter elements (from one to four elements only) to obtain an entire full-matrix capture (FMC) set of waveforms. Specifically, a "virtual" FMC is obtained from normalized cross-power spectra between each array element pair in an implementation of "passive" ultrasonic sensing. In order to maintain high image quality without sacrificing imaging speed (e.g., applying a minimal initial time delay and keeping a short time recording window), several key steps have to be taken in this "passive" imaging mode, specifically: 1) the use of carefully designed segment-averaged normalized cross-power spectrum (NCPS) for robust passive reconstruction of the ultrasonic impulse response function (IRF) between two receivers; 2) the use of both the causal and acausal portions of the passively reconstructed IRFs; and 3) the compounding of multiple wave modes in the beamforming process. These steps also ensure the elimination of the near-field blind zone hence potentially enabling near-field imaging. The article first reviews the theory of passive IRF reconstruction between two receivers, comparing time-averaged cross correlation versus segment-averaged NCPS, and then demonstrates the application to ultrasparse SAFT FMC imaging of drilled holes in an aluminum block using a linear transducer array where only one to four elements are used in transmission.
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Payen T, Crouzet S, Guillen N, Chen Y, Chapelon JY, Lafon C, Catheline S. Passive Elastography for Clinical HIFU Lesion Detection. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2024; 43:1594-1604. [PMID: 38109239 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2023.3344182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a promising treatment modality for a wide range of pathologies including prostate cancer. However, the lack of a reliable ultrasound-based monitoring technique limits its clinical use. Ultrasound currently provides real-time HIFU planning, but its use for monitoring is usually limited to detecting the backscatter increase resulting from chaotic bubble appearance. HIFU has been shown to generate stiffening in various tissues, so elastography is an interesting lead for ablation monitoring. However, the standard techniques usually require the generation of a controlled push which can be problematic in deeper organs. Passive elastography offers a potential alternative as it uses the physiological wave field to estimate the elasticity in tissues and not an external perturbation. This technique was adapted to process B-mode images acquired with a clinical system. It was first shown to faithfully assess elasticity in calibrated phantoms. The technique was then implemented on the Focal One® clinical system to evaluate its capacity to detect HIFU lesions in vitro (CNR = 9.2 dB) showing its independence regarding the bubbles resulting from HIFU and in vivo where the physiological wave field was successfully used to detect and delineate lesions of different sizes in porcine liver. Finally, the technique was performed for the very first time in four prostate cancer patients showing strong variation in elasticity before and after HIFU treatment (average variation of 33.0 ± 16.0 % ). Passive elastography has shown evidence of its potential to monitor HIFU treatment and thus help spread its use.
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Lukešová R, Málek J. Seismic Beacon-A New Instrument for Detection of Changes in Rock Massif. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 24:234. [PMID: 38203096 PMCID: PMC10781327 DOI: 10.3390/s24010234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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The seismic beacon is a new instrument that allows for the measurement of changes in a rock massif with high sensitivity. It is based on effects, which affect the propagation of harmonic seismic waves generated continuously with stable and precise frequency and amplitude. These seismic waves are registered by a system of seismic stations. The amplitude of the seismic signal is very small, and it is normally hidden in a seismic noise. Special techniques are applied to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. In 2020, the first prototype of the seismic beacon was constructed in a laboratory, and field tests were performed in 2022 and 2023. During the tests, the changes in spectral amplitude and phase of seismic waves were detected, which is interpreted as the changes in material properties. These measurements testified the basic functionality of the device. The seismic beacon has been developed primarily for the detection of critical stress before an earthquake, which is manifested by non-linear effects such as higher harmonics generation. In addition, it could be used, for example, in the detection of magma movements, groundwater level changes, changes in hydrocarbon saturation in rocks during the extraction of oil and natural gas, or the penetration of gases and liquids into the earth's crust.
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- Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of The Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 09 Prague, Czech Republic;
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Cabrera-Pérez I, Soubestre J, D'Auria L, Barrancos J, Martín-Lorenzo A, van Dorth DM, Padilla GD, Przeor M, Pérez NM. Geothermal and structural features of La Palma island (Canary Islands) imaged by ambient noise tomography. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12892. [PMID: 37558726 PMCID: PMC10412587 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39910-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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La Palma island is located in the NW of the Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active of the archipelago, therefore the existence of geothermal resources on the island is highly probable. The main objective of this work is to detect velocity anomalies potentially related to active geothermal reservoirs on La Palma island, by achieving a high-resolution seismic velocity model of the first few kilometres of the crust using Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT). The obtained ANT model is merged with a recent local earthquake tomography model. Our findings reveal two high-velocity zones in the island's northern and southern parts, that could be related to a plutonic intrusion and old oceanic crust materials. Conversely, four low-velocity zones are imaged in the southern part of the island. Two of them can be related to hydrothermal alteration zones located beneath the Cumbre Vieja volcanic complex. This hypothesis is reinforced by comparing the S-wave velocity model with the seismicity recorded during the pre-eruptive phase of the 2021 Tajogaite eruption, which revealed an aseismic volume coinciding with these low-velocity zones. Another low-velocity zone is observed in the southern part of the island, which we interpret as highly fractured rocks which could favour the ascent of hot fluids. A last low-velocity zone is observed in the central part of the island and associated with loose deposits generated by the Aridane valley mega landslide.
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- Iván Cabrera-Pérez
- Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Gustave Eiffel, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
- Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), 38600, Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Boger-Lombard J, Slobodkin Y, Katz O. Towards passive non-line-of-sight acoustic localization around corners using uncontrolled random noise sources. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4952. [PMID: 36973284 PMCID: PMC10043274 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31490-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Non-line-of-sight (NLoS) imaging is an important challenge in many fields ranging from autonomous vehicles and smart cities to defense applications. Several recent works in optics and acoustics tackle the challenge of imaging targets hidden from view (e.g. placed around a corner) by measuring time-of-flight information using active SONAR/LiDAR techniques, effectively mapping the Green functions (impulse responses) from several controlled sources to an array of detectors. Here, leveraging passive correlations-based imaging techniques (also termed 'acoustic daylight imaging'), we study the possibility of acoustic NLoS target localization around a corner without the use of controlled active sources. We demonstrate localization and tracking of a human subject hidden around a corner in a reverberating room using Green functions retrieved from correlations of broadband uncontrolled noise sources recorded by multiple detectors. Our results demonstrate that for NLoS localization controlled active sources can be replaced by passive detectors as long as a sufficiently broadband noise is present in the scene.
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- Jeremy Boger-Lombard
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Vanwynsberghe C, Bouley S, Antoni J. Gain and phase calibration of sensor arrays from ambient noise by cross-spectral measurements fitting. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 153:1319. [PMID: 36859144 DOI: 10.1121/10.0017250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We address the problem of blind gain and phase calibration of a sensor array from ambient noise. The key motivation is to ease the calibration process by avoiding a complex procedure setup. We show that computing the sample covariance matrix in a diffuse field is sufficient to recover the complex gains. To do so, we formulate a non-convex least-square problem based on sample and model covariances. We propose to obtain a solution by low-rank matrix approximation, and two efficient proximal algorithms are derived accordingly. The first algorithm solves the problem modified with a convex relaxation to guarantee that the solution is a global minimizer, and the second algorithm directly solves the initial non-convex problem. We investigate the efficiency of the proposed algorithms by numerical and experimental results according to different sensing configurations. These results show that efficient calibration highly depends on how the measurements are correlated. That is, estimation is achieved more accurately when the field is spatially over-sampled.
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- Université Lyon, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Lyon, Laboratoire Vibrations Acoustique, EA677, Villeurbanne 69621, France
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Sheng Y, Mordret A, Brenguier F, Boué P, Vernon F, Takeda T, Aoki Y, Taira T, Ben‐Zion Y. Seeking Repeating Anthropogenic Seismic Sources: Implications for Seismic Velocity Monitoring at Fault Zones. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH 2023; 128:e2022JB024725. [PMID: 37035576 PMCID: PMC10078280 DOI: 10.1029/2022jb024725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Seismic velocities in rocks are highly sensitive to changes in permanent deformation and fluid content. The temporal variation of seismic velocity during the preparation phase of earthquakes has been well documented in laboratories but rarely observed in nature. It has been recently found that some anthropogenic, high-frequency (>1 Hz) seismic sources are powerful enough to generate body waves that travel down to a few kilometers and can be used to monitor fault zones at seismogenic depth. Anthropogenic seismic sources typically have fixed spatial distribution and provide new perspectives for velocity monitoring. In this work, we propose a systematic workflow to seek such powerful seismic sources in a rapid and straightforward manner. We tackle the problem from a statistical point of view, considering that persistent, powerful seismic sources yield highly coherent correlation functions (CFs) between pairs of seismic sensors. The algorithm is tested in California and Japan. Multiple sites close to fault zones show high-frequency CFs stable for an extended period of time. These findings have great potential for monitoring fault zones, including the San Jacinto Fault and the Ridgecrest area in Southern California, Napa in Northern California, and faults in central Japan. However, extra steps, such as beamforming or polarization analysis, are required to determine the dominant seismic sources and study the source characteristics, which are crucial to interpreting the velocity monitoring results. Train tremors identified by the present approach have been successfully used for seismic velocity monitoring of the San Jacinto Fault in previous studies.
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- Y. Sheng
- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- University Grenoble AlpesUniversity Savoie Mont BlancCNRSIRDUniversity Gustave EiffelGrenobleFrance
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of California San DiegoSan DiegoCAUSA
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- National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster ResilienceTsukubaJapan
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- Earthquake Research InstituteUniversity of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Berkeley Seismological LaboratoryUniversity of California BerkeleyBerkeleyCAUSA
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- Department of Earth Sciences and Southern California Earthquake CenterUniversity of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCAUSA
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Wang K, Li W, Zhao L, Yu D, Wei S. Research on Self-Noise Characteristics of Nine Types of Seismometers Obtained by PDF Representation Using Continuous Seismic Data from the Malingshan Seismic Station, China. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 23:110. [PMID: 36616708 PMCID: PMC9824286 DOI: 10.3390/s23010110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The self-noise level of a seismometer can determine the performance of the seismic instrument and limit the ability to use seismic data to solve geoscience problems. Accurately measuring and simultaneously comparing the self-noise models from different types of seismometers has long been a challenging task due to the constraints of observation conditions. In this paper, the self-noise power spectral density (PSD) values of nine types of seismometers are calculated using four months of continuous seismic waveforms from Malingshan seismic station, China, and nine self-noise models are obtained based on the probability density function (PDF) representation. For the seismometer STS-2.5, the self-noise levels on the horizontal channels (E−W and N−S) are significantly higher than that on the vertical channel (U−D) in the microseism band (0.1 Hz to 1 Hz), which is a computing bias caused by the misalignment between the sensors in the horizontal direction, while the remarkably elevated noise on the horizontal channels at the low frequencies (<0.6 Hz) may originate from the local variation of atmospheric pressure. As for the very broadband seismometers Trillium-Horizon-120 and Trillium-120PA, and the ultra-broadband seismometers Trillium-Horizon-360 and CMG-3T-360, there is a trade-off between the microseism band range and low-frequency range in the PSD curves of the vertical channel. When the level of self-noise in the microseism band is high, the self-noise at low frequencies is relatively low. Although compared with the other very broadband seismometers, the self-noise level of the vertical component of the STS-2.5 is 3 dB to 4 dB lower at frequencies less than 1 Hz, the self-noise level of the STS-2.5 at high frequencies (>2 Hz) is slightly higher than others. From our observations, we conclude that the nine seismometers cannot reach the lowest noise level in all frequency bands within the working range.
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- Kaiming Wang
- The First Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Tianjin 300180, China
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- The First Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Tianjin 300180, China
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- The First Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Tianjin 300180, China
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- The First Monitoring and Application Center, China Earthquake Administration, Tianjin 300180, China
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- School of Materials Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
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Maguire R, Schmandt B, Li J, Jiang C, Li G, Wilgus J, Chen M. Magma accumulation at depths of prior rhyolite storage beneath Yellowstone Caldera. Science 2022; 378:1001-1004. [PMID: 36454843 DOI: 10.1126/science.ade0347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Seismic tomography has provided key insight into Yellowstone's crustal magmatic system that includes attempts to understand the melt distribution in the subsurface and the current stage of the volcano's life cycle. We present new tomographic images of the shear wave speed of the Yellowstone magmatic system based on full waveform inversion of ambient noise correlations, which illuminates shear wave speed reductions of greater than 30% associated with Yellowstone's silicic magma reservoir. The slowest seismic wave speeds (shear wave speed less than 2.3 kilometers per second) are present at depths between 3 and 8 kilometers, overlapping with petrological estimates of the assembly depth of erupted rhyolite bodies. Assuming that Yellowstone's magmatic system is a crystal mush with broadly distributed melt, we estimate a partial melt fraction of 16 to 20%.
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- Ross Maguire
- Department of Geology, School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Southern California Earthquake Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.,Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Li G, Liu J, Zhang S. Enhancing cross correlations of ocean ambient noise in the time domain based on random matrix theory. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2022; 152:2849. [PMID: 36456267 DOI: 10.1121/10.0015135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cross correlations of diffuse noise can be utilized to recover the time domain Green's function (TDGF) between two points. This principle allows for a variety of practical applications, such as seismic tomography, ocean thermometry, passive localization, etc. However, in the real ocean environment, loud interference noise sources usually bias the travel time estimates of the TDGF or result in poor recovery quality. To deal with this issue, a diffuse noise reconstruction approach is proposed to eliminate the influence of the strong interference noise by utilizing the time domain statistical property of ocean ambient noise recorded on single hydrophones with the help of random matrix theory. Simulation and experimental data analysis indicate that this algorithm can effectively extract the diffuse noise component from the ocean ambient noise field and retrieve the TDGF with a higher signal-to-noise ratio when coherent accumulation of cross correlations of the reconstructed diffuse noise is performed.
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- Guofu Li
- National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China
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- National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China
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- National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China
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Shashkin P, Gurevich B, Yavuz S, Glubokovskikh S, Pevzner R. Monitoring Injected CO 2 Using Earthquake Waves Measured by Downhole Fibre-Optic Sensors: CO2CRC Otway Stage 3 Case Study. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:7863. [PMID: 36298211 PMCID: PMC9607304 DOI: 10.3390/s22207863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Monitoring changes of formation properties along the well bore associated with the presence of carbon dioxide can be important for both tracking the plume inside of the primary containment and detecting leakage into the zone located above the reservoir. This can be achieved with time lapse wireline logging, but this approach requires well intervention and is not always possible. If the well is permanently instrumented with an optical fibre, it can be used as a distributed seismic receiver array to detect gas behind the casing by monitoring changes in amplitude of the seismic waves generated by active or passive seismic sources. Previous research showed the efficacy of this technique using continuous seismic sources. The Stage 3 Otway Project presented an opportunity to test this technique using passive seismic recording, as downhole fibre-optic arrays recorded numerous regional earthquakes over the period of nearly 2 years before, during, and after CO2 injection. Analysis of P-wave amplitudes extracted from these downhole gathers shows a consistent amplitude anomaly at the injection level, visible in all events that occurred after the start of injection. This indicates that the anomaly is caused by changes in elastic properties in the reservoir caused by CO2 saturation. However, extracted amplitudes show significant variability between earthquakes even without subsurface changes; thus, multiple events are required to distinguish the time-lapse anomaly from time-lapse noise. Ubiquity of these events even in a tectonically quiet region (such as Australia) makes this technique a viable and cost-effective option for downhole monitoring.
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- Pavel Shashkin
- Centre for Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
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Mao S, Lecointre A, van der Hilst RD, Campillo M. Space-time monitoring of groundwater fluctuations with passive seismic interferometry. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4643. [PMID: 35941118 PMCID: PMC9360030 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32194-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Historic levels of drought, globally, call for sustainable freshwater management. Under pressing demand is a refined understanding of the structures and dynamics of groundwater systems. Here we present an unconventional, cost-effective approach to aquifer monitoring using seismograph arrays. Employing advanced seismic interferometry techniques, we calculate the space-time evolution of relative changes in seismic velocity, as a measure of hydrological properties. During 2000–2020 in basins near Los Angeles, seismic velocity variations match groundwater tables measured in wells and surface deformations inferred from satellite sensing, but the seismological approach adds temporal and depth resolutions for deep structures and processes. Maps of long-term seismic velocity changes reveal distinct patterns (decline or recovery) of groundwater storage in basins that are adjacent but adjudicated to water districts conducting different pumping practices. This pilot application bridges the gap between seismology and hydrology, and shows the promise of leveraging seismometers worldwide to provide 4D characterizations of groundwater and other near-surface systems. Characterization of groundwater systems is important for sustainable freshwater management. Here, the authors map the distribution of groundwater storage changes at several hundred meters below the metropolitan Los Angeles during 2000–2020, by developing a cost-effective method using ambient ground vibrations recorded by seismometers.
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- Shujuan Mao
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. .,Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Saint Martin d'Hères, France. .,Stanford University, Stanford, USA.
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.,Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Saint Martin d'Hères, France
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Barone I, Cassiani G, Ourabah A, Boaga J, Pavoni M, Deiana R. Surface wave tomography using dense 3D data around the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11806. [PMID: 35821245 PMCID: PMC9276776 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A dense single-node 3D seismic survey has been carried out around the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (Italy), in order to give new insights about the archaeological setting of the area. The survey made use of nearly 1500 vertical nodes deployed over two rectangular grids. 38 shot positions were fired all around the two receiver patches. The fundamental mode Rayleigh wave signal is here analysed: traveltimes are directly inferred from the signal phases, and phase velocity maps are obtained using Eikonal tomography. Also surface wave amplitudes are used, to produce autospectrum gradient maps. The joint analysis of phase velocity and autospectrum gradient allowed the identification of several buried features, among which possible remains of radial walls of the adjacent Roman amphitheater, structures belonging to a medieval convent, and the root area of an eradicated tree. Finally, depth inversion of 1D dispersion curves allowed the reconstruction of a quasi-3D shear-wave velocity model.
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- Ilaria Barone
- Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, Padova, 35131, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, Padova, 35131, Italy.,Centro Interdipartimentale per i Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Padova, piazza Capitaniato 7, Padova, 35139, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, Padova, 35131, Italy.,Centro Interdipartimentale per i Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Padova, piazza Capitaniato 7, Padova, 35139, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, via G. Gradenigo 6, Padova, 35131, Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale per i Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Padova, piazza Capitaniato 7, Padova, 35139, Italy.,Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Padova, piazza Capitaniato 7, Padova, 35139, Italy
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Evaluation of Various Data Acquisition Scenarios for the Retrieval of Seismic Body Waves from Ambient Noise Seismic Interferometry Technique via Numerical Modeling. GEOSCIENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/geosciences12070270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Seismic interferometry is often proposed as a cost-efficient technique for reservoir monitoring including CO2 sequestration due to its low cost and environmental advantages over active source imaging. Although many studies have demonstrated the ability of seismic interferometry to retrieve surface waves, body wave imaging remains challenging due to their generally lower amplitudes of body waves in seismic interferometry data. An optimum data acquisition strategy can help retrieve low amplitude body waves better, however, rare attempts have been made to evaluate various data acquisition strategies. In this study, we use numerical modeling to examine three different acquisition schemes to evaluate the retrievability of P waves from seismic interferometry data. From our numerical results, we observe that (1) positing receivers beneath the attenuated weathered layer improves the data quality and signal to noise ratio, but additional processing steps including predictive deconvolution and Radom transform filter are necessary to remove the downgoing surface multiples, artifacts that are generated from this data acquisition; (2) vertical seismic profiling (VSP) alongside with the conventional surface seismic acquisition improve the target zone detection; and (3) crosswell acquisition of seismic interferometry is an ineffective means to obtain reflection events due to the non-similarity of ray paths from the noise sources meaning that the required stationary phase theory is not fulfilled.
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Ulrich IE, Boehm C, Zunino A, Bösch C, Fichtner A. Diffuse ultrasound computed tomography. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2022; 151:3654. [PMID: 35778223 DOI: 10.1121/10.0011540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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An alternative approach to acquire transmission travel time data is proposed, exploiting the geometry of devices commonly used in ultrasound computed tomography for medical imaging or non-destructive testing with ultrasonic waves. The intent is to (i) shorten acquisition time for devices with a large number of emitters, (ii) to eliminate the calibration step, and (iii) to suppress instrument noise. Inspired by seismic ambient field interferometry, the method rests on the active excitation of diffuse ultrasonic wavefields and the extraction of deterministic travel time information by inter-station correlation. To reduce stochastic errors and accelerate convergence, ensemble interferograms are obtained by phase-weighted stacking of observed and computed correlograms, generated with identical realizations of random sources. Mimicking an imaging setup, the accuracy of the travel time measurements as a function of the number of emitters and random realizations can be assessed both analytically and with spectral-element simulations for phantoms mimicking the model parameter distribution. The results warrant tomographic reconstructions with straight- or bent-ray approaches, where the effect of inherent stochastic fluctuations can be made significantly smaller than the effect of subjective choices on regularisation. This work constitutes a first conceptual study and a necessary prelude to future implementations.
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- Ines Elisa Ulrich
- Department of Earth Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich CH-8092, Switzerland
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Song Z, Zeng X, Xie J, Bao F, Zhang G. Sensing Shallow Structure and Traffic Noise with Fiber-optic Internet Cables in an Urban Area. SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS 2021; 42:1401-1423. [PMID: 34815609 PMCID: PMC8602996 DOI: 10.1007/s10712-021-09678-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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ABSTRACT Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a novel seismic observation system developed in recent years that can realize ultrahigh density observations and has attracted extensive attention in the field of seismology. DAS uses fiber-optic cables as sensing units, which are easy to incorporate with urban telecommunication fiber-optic cables for seismological observations. Compared with seismometers, DAS has the advantages of being rapidly deployed and recyclable, being able to acquire dense observations at low cost, and convenient data collection. In this study, a 5.2 km long telecom fiber-optic internet cable was utilized as a DAS array in an urban area to record ambient noise, and the noise cross-correlation function (NCF) was calculated. There are two different distribution types of ambient noise sources along the cable, regular along-road trucks (Taihe Road) and complex ambient noise, including human activities and traffic sources along and across the Jinniu road. In the first case, we constructed a 2D S-wave velocity model down to 100 m depth and a low-velocity zone was revealed. The S-wave model well explained the traffic signal along the Taihe road and the low-velocity zone is also consistent with the results obtained from co-located geophone arrays. In the second case, due to the complexity of the traffic noise distribution, empirical Green's functions were barely achieved. Therefore, we performed a synthetic test obtaining different NCFs with different source distributions, and two specific cases that dominate the NCF results were matched. Finally, we obtained the traffic noise distribution along the road, which is consistent with the power spectra density of the ambient noise. In conclusion, by combining DAS and urban fiber-optic internet cables with urban traffic noise, we can effectively reveal the traffic activities and image shallow structures with high resolution, which could offer a reference for urban construction and disaster prevention. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS DAS turns the urban fiber-optic internet cables into ultra-dense permanent seismic observation arraysWe revealed a high-resolution shallow structure using urban fiber-optic internet cablesWe obtained the distribution of traffic activities along the road.
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- Zhenghong Song
- State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430077 China
- School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430077 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430077 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430077 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430077 China
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Minato S, Ghose R. A novel principle to localize the sensitivity of waveform tomography using wave interferences at the observation boundary. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22073. [PMID: 34764320 PMCID: PMC8586361 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01199-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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When using waveform tomography to perform high-resolution imaging of a medium, it is vital to calculate the sensitivity in order to describe how well a model fits a given set of data and how the sensitivity changes with the spatial distribution of the heterogeneities. The traditional principle behind calculating the sensitivity-for detecting small changes-suffers from an inherent limitation in case other structures, not of interest, are present along the wave propagation path. We propose a novel principle that leads to enhanced localization of the sensitivity of the waveform tomography, without having to know the intermediate structures. This new principle emerges from a boundary integral representation which utilizes wave interferences observed at multiple points. When tested on geophysical acoustic wave data, this new principle leads to much better sensitivity localization and detection of small changes in seismic velocities, which were otherwise impossible. Overcoming the insensitivity to a target area, it offers new possibilities for imaging and monitoring small changes in properties, which is critical in a wide range of disciplines and scales.
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- Shohei Minato
- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN, Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN, Delft, The Netherlands
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Vestiges of underplating and assembly in the central North China Craton based on S-wave velocities. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21218. [PMID: 34707202 PMCID: PMC8551183 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00756-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The destruction of the North China Craton (NCC) is a controversial topic among researchers. In particular, the crustal structure associated with the craton’s destruction remains unclear, even though a large number of seismic studies have been carried out in this area. To investigate the crustal structure and its dynamic implications, we perform noise tomography in the central part of the NCC. In this study, continuous vertical-component waveforms spanning one year from 112 broadband seismic stations are used to obtain the group velocity dispersion curves of Rayleigh waves at different periods, and surface wave tomography is employed to extract the Rayleigh wave group velocity distributions at 9–40 s. Finally, the S-wave velocity structure at depths of 0–60 km is determined by the inversion of pure-path dispersion data. The results show obvious differences in the crustal structure among the Western Block (WB), the Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO) and the Eastern Block (EB). The lower crust of the northern part of the EB exhibits a high-velocity S-wave anomaly, which may be related to magmatic underplating in the lower crust induced by an upwelling mantle plume. The S-wave velocity of the WB is lower than that of the TNCO in the upper and middle crust and is lower than that of both the TNCO and the EB in the lower crust. The crust of the TNCO shows higher S-wave velocities than the WB and EB in the upper and middle crust, and its overall S-wave velocity structure is clearly different from those of the WB and EB, implying that the crustal structure of the TNCO may contain vestiges of the Paleoproterozoic collision between the WB and EB and their subsequent assembly. This study marks the first time these findings are identified for the NCC.
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Kim D, Davis P, Lekić V, Maguire R, Compaire N, Schimmel M, Stutzmann E, Irving J, Lognonné P, Scholz JR, Clinton J, Zenhäusern G, Dahmen N, Deng S, Levander A, Panning MP, Garcia RF, Giardini D, Hurst K, Knapmeyer-Endrun B, Nimmo F, Pike WT, Pou L, Schmerr N, Stähler SC, Tauzin B, Widmer-Schnidrig R, Banerdt WB. Potential Pitfalls in the Analysis and Structural Interpretation of Seismic Data from the Mars InSight Mission. THE BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA : BSSA 2021; 111:2982-3002. [PMID: 35001979 PMCID: PMC8739436 DOI: 10.1785/0120210123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) of the InSight mission to Mars, has been providing direct information on Martian interior structure and dynamics of that planet since it landed. Compared to seismic recordings on Earth, ground motion measurements acquired by SEIS on Mars are made under dramatically different ambient noise conditions, but include idiosyncratic signals that arise from coupling between different InSight sensors and spacecraft components. This work is to synthesize what is known about these signal types, illustrate how they can manifest in waveforms and noise correlations, and present pitfalls in structural interpretations based on standard seismic analysis methods. We show that glitches, a type of prominent transient signal, can produce artifacts in ambient noise correlations. Sustained signals that vary in frequency, such as lander modes which are affected by variations in temperature and wind conditions over the course of the Martian Sol, can also contaminate ambient noise results. Therefore, both types of signals have the potential to bias interpretation in terms of subsurface layering. We illustrate that signal processing in the presence of identified nonseismic signals must be informed by an understanding of the underlying physical processes in order for high fidelity waveforms of ground motion to be extracted. While the origins of most idiosyncratic signals are well understood, the 2.4 Hz resonance remains debated and the literature does not contain an explanation of its fine spectral structure. Even though the selection of idiosyncratic signal types discussed in this paper may not be exhaustive, we provide guidance on best practices for enhancing the robustness of structural interpretations.
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- D. Kim
- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
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- Geosciences Barcelona – CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
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- Swiss Seismological Service (SED), ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement, Villeurbanne, France
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- Black Forest Observatory, Institute of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Weaver RL, Lee S. Diffuse energy transport and coda-wave interferometry for resonant transmission between reverberant structures. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 150:830. [PMID: 34470299 DOI: 10.1121/10.0005758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Approximate analytic and numerical theories are developed with which to model, and compare with laboratory measurements, the diffuse ultrasonic field transmitted from one elastic body to another through a resonant coupling. Particular focus is on the sensitivity of the transmitted field to perturbations in the natural frequency of the coupling and the manifestation of such perturbations as time delays in the second body. The immediate application is to measurements of slow dynamic elastic nonlinearity. It is found that the developed approximate theories do a good job of predicting the time dependence of the mean square transmitted signal and signal spectra. They also predict the time delays, both their erratic character and means. Analytic dependence of these time shifts on the fractional frequency perturbation df/f is derived.
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- Richard L Weaver
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Two-Dimensional Full-Waveform Joint Inversion of Surface Waves Using Phases and Z/H Ratios. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11156712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Surface-wave dispersion and the Z/H ratio are important parameters used to resolve the Earth’s structure, especially for S-wave velocity. Several previous studies have explored using joint inversion of these two datasets. However, all of these studies used a 1-D depth-sensitivity kernel, which lacks precision when the structure is laterally heterogeneous. Adjoint tomography (i.e., full-waveform inversion) is a state-of-the-art imaging method with a high resolution. It can obtain better-resolved lithospheric structures beyond the resolving ability of traditional ray-based travel-time tomography. In this study, we present a systematic investigation of the 2D sensitivities of the surface wave phase and Z/H ratio using the adjoint-state method. The forward-modeling experiments indicated that the 2D phase and Z/H ratio had different sensitivities to the S-wave velocity. Thus, a full-waveform joint-inversion scheme of surface waves with phases and a Z/H ratio was proposed to take advantage of their complementary sensitivities to the Earth’s structure. Both applications to synthetic data sets in large- and small-scale inversions demonstrated the advantage of the joint inversion over the individual inversions, allowing for the creation of a more unified S-wave velocity model. The proposed joint-inversion scheme offers a computationally efficient and inexpensive alternative to imaging fine-scale shallow structures beneath a 2D seismic array.
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It is a well-established principle that cross-correlating seismic observations at different receiver locations can yield estimates of band-limited inter-receiver Green’s functions. This principle, known as Green’s function retrieval or seismic interferometry, is a powerful technique that can transform noise into signals which enable remote interrogation and imaging of the Earth’s subsurface. In practice it is often necessary and even desirable to rely on noise already present in the environment. Theory that underpins many applications of ambient noise interferometry assumes that the sources of noise are uncorrelated in time. However, many real-world noise sources such as trains, highway traffic and ocean waves are inherently correlated in space and time, in direct contradiction to the these theoretical foundations. Applying standard interferometric techniques to recordings from correlated energy sources makes the Green’s function liable to estimation errors that so far have not been fully accounted for theoretically nor in practice. We show that these errors are significant for common noise sources, always perturbing or entirely obscuring the phase one wishes to retrieve. Our analysis explains why stacking may reduce the phase errors, but also shows that in commonly encountered circumstances stacking will not remediate the problem. This analytical insight allowed us to develop a novel workflow that significantly mitigates effects arising from the use of correlated noise sources. Our methodology can be used in conjunction with already existing approaches, and improves results from both correlated and uncorrelated ambient noise. Hence, we expect it to be widely applicable in ambient noise studies.
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Sun Z, Giammarinaro B, Birer A, Liu G, Catheline S. Shear Wave Generation by Remotely Stimulating Aluminum Patches With a Transient Magnetic Field and Its Preliminary Application in Elastography. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2021; 68:2129-2139. [PMID: 33001796 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2020.3028098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This article presents shear wave generation by remotely stimulating aluminum patches through a transient magnetic field, and its preliminary application in the cross-correlation approach based ultrasound elastography. METHODS A transient magnetic field is employed to remotely vibrate the patch actuators through the Lorentz force. The origin, and the characteristics of the Lorentz force are confirmed using an interferometric laser probe. The shear wave displacement fields generated in the soft medium are studied through the ultrafast ultrasound imaging. The potential of the shear wave fields generated through the patch actuators for the cross-correlation approach based elastography is confirmed through experiments on an agar phantom sample. RESULTS Under a transient magnetic field of changing rate of 10.44 kT/s, the patch actuator generates a shear wave source of amplitude of 100 μm in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) phantom sample. The shear wave fields created by experiments agree qualitatively well with those by theory. From the shear wave velocity map computed from 100 frames of shear wave fields, the boundaries of cylindrical regions of different stiffness can be clearly recognized, which are completely concealed in the ultrasound image. CONCLUSION Shear wave fields in the level of 100 μm can be remotely generated in soft medium through stimulating aluminum patches with a transient magnetic field, and qualitative shear wave velocity maps can be reconstructed from the shear wave fields generated. SIGNIFICANCE The proposed method allows potential application of the cross-correlation approach based elastography in intravascular-based or catheter-based cardiology.
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Izgi G, Eibl EPS, Donner S, Bernauer F. Performance Test of the Rotational Sensor blueSeis-3A in a Huddle Test in Fürstenfeldbruck. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21093170. [PMID: 34063575 PMCID: PMC8124979 DOI: 10.3390/s21093170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Rotational motions play a key role in measuring seismic wavefield properties. Using newly developed portable rotational instruments, it is now possible to directly measure rotational motions in a broad frequency range. Here, we investigated the instrumental self-noise and data quality in a huddle test in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, in August 2019. We compare the data from six rotational and three translational sensors. We studied the recorded signals using correlation, coherence analysis, and probabilistic power spectral densities. We sorted the coherent noise into five groups with respect to the similarities in frequency content and shape of the signals. These coherent noises were most likely caused by electrical devices, the dehumidifier system in the building, humans, and natural sources such as wind. We calculated self-noise levels through probabilistic power spectral densities and by applying the Sleeman method, a three-sensor method. Our results from both methods indicate that self-noise levels are stable between 0.5 and 40 Hz. Furthermore, we recorded the 29 August 2019 ML 3.4 Dettingen earthquake. The calculated source directions are found to be realistic for all sensors in comparison to the real back azimuth. We conclude that the five tested blueSeis-3A rotational sensors, when compared with respect to coherent noise, self-noise, and source direction, provide reliable and consistent results. Hence, field experiments with single rotational sensors can be undertaken.
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- Gizem Izgi
- Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany;
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- Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany;
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- Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany;
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 41, D-80333 Munich, Germany;
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Le Pape F, Craig D, Bean CJ. How deep ocean-land coupling controls the generation of secondary microseism Love waves. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2332. [PMID: 33879800 PMCID: PMC8058104 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22591-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Wind driven ocean wave-wave interactions produce continuous Earth vibrations at the seafloor called secondary microseisms. While the origin of associated Rayleigh waves is well understood, there is currently no quantified explanation for the existence of Love waves in the most energetic region of the microseism spectrum (3-10 s). Here, using terrestrial seismic arrays and 3D synthetic acoustic-elastic simulations combined with ocean wave hindcast data, we demonstrate that, observed from land, our general understanding of Rayleigh and Love wave microseism sources is significantly impacted by 3D propagation path effects. We show that while Rayleigh to Love wave conversions occur along the microseism path, Love waves predominantly originate from steep subsurface geological interfaces and bathymetry, directly below the ocean source that couples to the solid Earth. We conclude that, in contrast to Rayleigh waves, microseism Love waves observed on land do not directly relate to the ocean wave climate but are significantly modulated by continental margin morphologies, with a first order effect from sedimentary basins. Hence, they yield rich spatio-temporal information about ocean-land coupling in deep water.
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- Florian Le Pape
- grid.55940.3d0000 0001 0945 4402Geophysics Section, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland ,grid.7886.10000 0001 0768 2743iCRAG centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- grid.55940.3d0000 0001 0945 4402Geophysics Section, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland ,grid.7886.10000 0001 0768 2743iCRAG centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- grid.55940.3d0000 0001 0945 4402Geophysics Section, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland ,grid.7886.10000 0001 0768 2743iCRAG centre, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Multi-phase seismic source imprint of tropical cyclones. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2064. [PMID: 33824322 PMCID: PMC8024386 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22231-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The coupling between the ocean activity driven by winds and the solid Earth generates seismic signals recorded by seismometers worldwide. The 2–10 s period band, known as secondary microseism, represents the largest background seismic wavefield. While moving over the ocean, tropical cyclones generate particularly strong and localized sources of secondary microseisms that are detected remotely by seismic arrays. We assess and compare the seismic sources of P, SV, and SH waves associated with typhoon Ioke (2006) during its extra-tropical transition. To understand their generation mechanisms, we compare the observed multi-phase sources with theoretical sources computed with a numerical ocean wave model, and we assess the influence of the ocean resonance (or ocean site effect) and coastal reflection of ocean waves. We show how the location and lateral extent of the associated seismic source is period- and phase-dependent. This information is crucial for the use of body waves for ambient noise imaging and gives insights about the sea state, complementary to satellite data. The authors locate the maximum seismic energy imprint and lateral extent of the seismic sources generated by Typhoon Ioke. Based on this data set, they present a new tool to shed light on the generation mechanism of secondary microseisms body waves.
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Utilizing distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom fiber optic cables for submarine structural characterization. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5613. [PMID: 33692381 PMCID: PMC7946901 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84845-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The sparsity of permanent seismic instrumentation in marine environments often limits the availability of subsea information on geohazards, including active fault systems, in both time and space. One sensing resource that provides observational access to the seafloor environment are existing networks of ocean bottom fiber optic cables; these cables, coupled to modern distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems, can provide dense arrays of broadband seismic observations capable of recording both seismic events and the ambient noise wavefield. Here, we report a marine DAS application which demonstrates the strength and limitation of this new technique on submarine structural characterization. Based on ambient noise DAS records on a 20 km section of a fiber optic cable offshore of Moss Landing, CA, in Monterey Bay, we extract Scholte waves from DAS ambient noise records using interferometry techniques and invert the resulting multimodal dispersion curves to recover a high resolution 2D shear-wave velocity image of the near seafloor sediments. We show for the first time that the migration of coherently scattered Scholte waves observed on DAS records can provide an approach for resolving sharp lateral contrasts in subsurface properties, particularly shallow faults and depositional features near the seafloor. Our results provide improved constraints on shallow submarine features in Monterey Bay, including fault zones and paleo-channel deposits, thus highlighting one of many possible geophysical uses of the marine cable network.
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Wang B, Zeng X, Song Z, Li X, Yang J. Seismic observation and subsurface imaging using an urban telecommunication optic-fiber cable. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2021. [DOI: 10.1360/tb-2020-1427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zheng L, Fan X, Zhang P, Hao J, Qian H, Zheng T. Detection of urban hidden faults using group-velocity ambient noise tomography beneath Zhenjiang area, China. Sci Rep 2021; 11:987. [PMID: 33441778 PMCID: PMC7807081 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80249-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Mufushan-Jiaoshan fault (MJF) is a hidden active fault located on the north side of the Ningzhen Mountain Range and developed along the Yangtze River in Zhenjiang area, China. In this paper, the structure of MJF is detected and studied using group-velocity ambient noise tomography. In the study area (18 km × 25 km), 47 short-period seismic stations were deployed with the average station spacing of about 3 km and 24 days (from 27 February to 22 March 2019) of continuous ambient-noise recordings were collected. And 510 group velocity dispersion curves in the period band 0.5–5 s were extracted using the vertical component data. And then the three-dimensional shear-wave velocity structure was inverted using group dispersion data by the direct surface-wave tomographic method. Our results are consistent with the geological background of the study area, showing that in the depth range of 0.6–1.5 km, the north side of MJF presents a relatively high velocity, and the south side presents a distribution pattern of high and low velocity. While in the depth range of 1.5–2.0 km, the shear-wave velocity (Vs) model is relatively simple with relatively low velocity on the north side and relatively high velocity on the south side. And the gradient zone of Vs may be the location of the main fracture surface of MJF. The good correspondence between the Vs model and the fault structure indicates that the ambient noise tomography method can be used as an effective method for detecting hidden faults in urban environments.
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- Leiming Zheng
- Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu, China.
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- Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, Jiangsu, China
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Prunty AC, Snieder RK, Sens-Schönfelder C. Acoustic imaging using unknown random sources. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 149:499. [PMID: 33514176 DOI: 10.1121/10.0003334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We investigate the feasibility of imaging localized velocity contrasts within a nonattenuating acoustic medium using volume-distributed random point sources. We propose a simple, two-step processing flow that utilizes the linear sampling method to invert for the target locations directly from the recorded waveforms. We present several proof-of-concept experiments using Monte Carlo simulations to generate independent realizations of band limited "white noise" sources, which are randomly distributed in both time and space. Despite the unknown and random character of the illumination on the imaging targets, we show that it is possible to image strong velocity contrasts directly from multiply scattered coda waves in the recorded data. We benchmark the images obtained from the random-source experiments with those obtained by a standard application of the linear sampling method to analogous controlled-source experiments.
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- Aaron C Prunty
- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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The interaction of ocean surface waves produces pressure fluctuations at the seafloor capable of generating seismic waves in the solid Earth. The accepted mechanism satisfactorily explains secondary microseisms of the Rayleigh type, but it does not justify the presence of transversely polarized Love waves, nevertheless widely observed. An explanation for two-thirds of the worldwide ambient wave field has been wanting for over a century. Using numerical simulations of global-scale seismic wave propagation at unprecedented high frequency, here we explain the origin of secondary microseism Love waves. A small fraction of those is generated by boundary force-splitting at bathymetric inclines, but the majority is generated by the interaction of the seismic wave field with three-dimensional heterogeneity within the Earth. We present evidence for an ergodic model that explains observed seismic wave partitioning, a requirement for full-wave field ambient-noise tomography to account for realistic source distributions.
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Identifying the Frequency Dependent Interactions between Ocean Waves and the Continental Margin on Seismic Noise Recordings. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/jmse8020134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study presents an exploration into identifying the interactions between ocean waves and the continental margin in the origination of double-frequency (DF, 0.1–0.5 Hz) microseisms recorded at 33 stations across East Coast of USA (ECUSA) during a 10-day period of ordinary ocean wave climate. Daily primary vibration directions are calculated in three frequency bands and projected as great circles passing through each station. In each band, the great circles from all stations exhibit largest spatial density primarily near the continental slope in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Generation mechanisms of three DF microseism events are explored by comparing temporal and spatial variations of the DF microseisms with the migration patterns of ocean wave fronts in Wavewatch III hindcasts. Correlation analyses are conducted by comparing the frequency compositions of and calculating the Pearson correlation coefficients between the DF microseisms and the ocean waves recorded at selected buoys. The observations and analyses lead to a hypothesis that the continental slope causes wave reflection, generating low frequency DF energy and that the continental shelf is where high frequency DF energy is mainly generated in ECUSA. The hypothesis is supported by the primary vibration directions being mainly perpendicular to the strike of the continental slope.
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El Fellah Y, Bouskri G, Harnafi M, El-Aziz Khairy Abd El-Aal A, Timoulali Y, Ouchen I, Azguet R. Tracking regional heterogeneities through seismic ambient noise constrains: What Rayleigh wave tomography can tell about deep structures in northern Morocco. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES 2019; 160:103615. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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- Philippe Jousset
- Helmholtz Center Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Near-surface Geophysics, Albert Einstein Str. 42-46, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Bianco MJ, Gerstoft P, Olsen KB, Lin FC. High-resolution seismic tomography of Long Beach, CA using machine learning. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14987. [PMID: 31628398 PMCID: PMC6802216 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50381-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We use a machine learning-based tomography method to obtain high-resolution subsurface geophysical structure in Long Beach, CA, from seismic noise recorded on a "large-N" array with 5204 geophones (~13.5 million travel times). This method, called locally sparse travel time tomography (LST) uses unsupervised machine learning to exploit the dense sampling obtained by ambient noise processing on large arrays. Dense sampling permits the LST method to learn directly from the data a dictionary of local, or small-scale, geophysical features. The features are the small scale patterns of Earth structure most relevant to the given tomographic imaging scenario. Using LST, we obtain a high-resolution 1 Hz Rayleigh wave phase speed map of Long Beach. Among the geophysical features shown in the map, the important Silverado aquifer is well isolated relative to previous surface wave tomography studies. Our results show promise for LST in obtaining detailed geophysical structure in travel time tomography studies.
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- Michael J Bianco
- NoiseLab, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
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- NoiseLab, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- NoiseLab, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
- Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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3D shear wave velocity model of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the Tyrrhenian basin and margins. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3609. [PMID: 30837624 PMCID: PMC6401166 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40510-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The Tyrrhenian basin serves as a natural laboratory for back-arc basin studies in the Mediterranean region. Yet, little is known about the crust-uppermost mantle structure beneath the basin and its margins. Here, we present a new 3D shear-wave velocity model and Moho topography map for the Tyrrhenian basin and its margins using ambient noise cross-correlations. We apply a self-parameterized Bayesian inversion of Rayleigh group and phase velocity dispersions to estimate the lateral variation of shear velocity and its uncertainty as a function of depth (down to 100 km). Results reveal the presence of a broad low velocity zone between 40 and 80 km depth affecting much of the Tyrrhenian basin’s uppermost mantle structure and its extension mimics the paleogeographic reconstruction of the Calabrian arc in time. We interpret the low-velocity structure as the possible source of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts- and Ocean Island Basalts- type magmatic rocks found in the southern Tyrrhenian basin. At crustal depths, our results support an exhumed mantle basement rather than an oceanic basement below the Vavilov basin. The 3D crust-uppermost mantle structure supports a present-day geodynamics with a predominant Africa-Eurasia convergence.
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Ajo-Franklin JB, Dou S, Lindsey NJ, Monga I, Tracy C, Robertson M, Rodriguez Tribaldos V, Ulrich C, Freifeld B, Daley T, Li X. Distributed Acoustic Sensing Using Dark Fiber for Near-Surface Characterization and Broadband Seismic Event Detection. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1328. [PMID: 30718538 PMCID: PMC6362068 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36675-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We present one of the first case studies demonstrating the use of distributed acoustic sensing deployed on regional unlit fiber-optic telecommunication infrastructure (dark fiber) for broadband seismic monitoring of both near-surface soil properties and earthquake seismology. We recorded 7 months of passive seismic data on a 27 km section of dark fiber stretching from West Sacramento, CA to Woodland, CA, densely sampled at 2 m spacing. This dataset was processed to extract surface wave velocity information using ambient noise interferometry techniques; the resulting VS profiles were used to map both shallow structural profiles and groundwater depth, thus demonstrating that basin-scale variations in hydrological state could be resolved using this technique. The same array was utilized for detection of regional and teleseismic earthquakes and evaluated for long period response using records from the M8.1 Chiapas, Mexico 2017, Sep 8th event. The combination of these two sets of observations conclusively demonstrates that regionally extensive fiber-optic networks can effectively be utilized for a host of geoscience observation tasks at a combination of scale and resolution previously inaccessible.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, California, USA.,University of California, Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Network, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Network, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Computational Research Division, California, USA
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Song W, Li F, Valero M, Zhao L. Toward Creating a Subsurface Camera. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 19:E301. [PMID: 30646501 PMCID: PMC6359404 DOI: 10.3390/s19020301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 01/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this article, the framework and architecture of a Subsurface Camera (SAMERA) are envisioned and described for the first time. A SAMERA is a geophysical sensor network that senses and processes geophysical sensor signals and computes a 3D subsurface image in situ in real time. The basic mechanism is geophysical waves propagating/reflected/refracted through subsurface enter a network of geophysical sensors, where a 2D or 3D image is computed and recorded; control software may be connected to this network to allow view of the 2D/3D image and adjustment of settings such as resolution, filter, regularization, and other algorithm parameters. System prototypes based on seismic imaging have been designed. SAMERA technology is envisioned as a game changer to transform many subsurface survey and monitoring applications, including oil/gas exploration and production, subsurface infrastructures and homeland security, wastewater and CO₂ sequestration, and earthquake and volcano hazard monitoring. System prototypes for seismic imaging have been built. Creating SAMERA requires interdisciplinary collaboration and the transformation of sensor networks, signal processing, distributed computing, and geophysical imaging.
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- Wenzhan Song
- Center for Cyber-Physical Systems; University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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- Center for Cyber-Physical Systems; University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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- Center for Cyber-Physical Systems; University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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- Division of Math and Computer Science, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC 29303, USA.
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Druet T, Chapuis B, Jules M, Laffont G, Moulin E. Passive guided waves measurements using fiber Bragg gratings sensors. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2018; 144:1198. [PMID: 30424667 DOI: 10.1121/1.5054015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Guided elastic waves are often studied as an effective solution for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems of plate-like structures thanks to the capacity to propagate on large distances. In typical applications such as monitoring delaminations in aircraft fuselage, a network made of piezoelectric transducer (PZT) is used to emit and receive such waves in the structure. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors on optical fibers are a promising alternative to PZT for guided waves measurements in practical applications due to the capacity for dense multiplexing and robustness with respect to the environment. However, unlike conventional PZT transducers, FBG sensors cannot emit waves. It is demonstrated here that FBG sensors can be used in combination with a passive diffuse noise cross-correlation technique in order to extract the coherent guided waves propagating between two sensors. This could lead to a system using only FBG sensors in the near future. The reconstructed signals can then be analyzed with usual guided waves algorithms, like in active SHM systems, keeping all the advantages of this kind of monitoring in terms of fine diagnosis. The experimental demonstration shown in this paper is performed at ultrasonic frequencies (20-100 kHz) typically used in guided waves based SHM systems showing the potential of the approach.
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- Tom Druet
- CEA, LIST, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IEMN UMR CNRS 8520, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis, F-59313 Valenciennes cedex 9, France
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Kennett BLN, Pham TS. The nature of Earth's correlation wavefield: late coda of large earthquakes. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The seismic correlation wavefield constructed from the stacked cross-correlograms of the late coda of earthquake signals at stations across the globe provides a wealth of observed pulses as a function of inter-station distance. The interval from 3 to 10 h after the onset of major earthquakes is employed for the period range from 15 to 50 s. The observations can be well matched by synthetic seismograms for a radially stratified Earth. Many of the correlation phases have similar time behaviour to those in the regular wavefield, but others have no correspondence. All such correlation phases can be explained by the interaction of arrivals with a common slowness at the each of the stations being correlated. Using a generalized ray description of the seismic wavefield, the time-distance behaviour of these correlation phases arises from differences in accumulated phase on different propagation paths through the Earth. Distinct arrivals emerge from the correlation field when there are many ways in which combinations of seismic phases can arise with the same difference in propagation legs. The constituents of the late coda are dominated by steeply travelling waves, and in consequence features associated with multiple passages through the whole Earth emerge distinctly, such as high-order multiples of
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Weaver RL, Yoritomo JY. Temporally weighting a time varying noise field to improve Green function retrieval. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2018; 143:3706. [PMID: 29960499 DOI: 10.1121/1.5043406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The authors consider the retrieval of Green functions G from the correlations of non-stationary non-fully diffuse noise incident on an array of sensors. Multiple schemes are proposed for optimizing the time-varying weights with which correlations may be stacked. Using noise records created by direct numerical simulation of waves in a two-dimensional multiply scattering medium, cases are shown in which conventional stacking does a poor job and for which the proposed schemes substantially improve the recovered G, rendering it more causal and/or more symmetric, and more similar to the actual G. It is found that the schemes choose weights such that the effective incident intensity distribution is closer to isotropic.
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- Richard L Weaver
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Lanza di Scalea F, Sternini S, Liang AY. Robust passive reconstruction of dynamic transfer function in dual-output systems. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2018; 143:1019. [PMID: 29495752 DOI: 10.1121/1.5024239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The focus of this paper is the estimation of the dynamic transfer function between two outputs of a linear system subjected to an uncontrolled and generally unknown excitation, and accounting for possible uncorrelated noise present at both outputs. Several applications of this case exist in the passive identification of dynamic systems including the health monitoring and/or non-destructive evaluation of structures subjected to natural "ambient" excitations. It is well known that noise-robust transfer function estimation of a single-input-single-output system can be achieved by a normalized cross-power spectrum operation. This paper shows that, for the subject case of a dual-output system, particular caution must be placed in the choice of the normalization factor to apply to the cross-power spectrum of the two outputs. In particular, an "inter-segment" averaging method is proposed for the normalization factor in combination with the classical "intra-segment" averaging of the cross-power spectrum in order to estimate the transfer function between the two outputs without the influence of the excitation spectrum and of the uncorrelated noise at the two receivers. Validating results are presented for synthetic signals and for experimental signals from an application to high-speed ultrasonic rail inspection exploiting the train wheels as the "ambient" excitation.
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- Francesco Lanza di Scalea
- NDE & Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0085, USA
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- NDE & Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0085, USA
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- NDE & Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0085, USA
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Potter JN, Wilcox PD, Croxford AJ. Diffuse field full matrix capture for near surface ultrasonic imaging. ULTRASONICS 2018; 82:44-48. [PMID: 28750316 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2017.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This article reports a technique for near-surface ultrasonic array imaging. Information equivalent to an undelayed full matrix of inter-element responses is produced through cross-correlation of a later time diffuse full matrix. This reconstructed full matrix lacks the nonlinear effects of early time saturation present in a directly acquired response. Consequently the near-surface material information usually obscured by this effect is retrieved. Furthermore it is shown that a hybrid full matrix formed through a temporally weighted sum of coherent and reconstructed matrices allows for effective near-surface and bulk material imaging from a single direct-contact experimental realisation.
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- J N Potter
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Taira T, Nayak A, Brenguier F, Manga M. Monitoring reservoir response to earthquakes and fluid extraction, Salton Sea geothermal field, California. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:e1701536. [PMID: 29326977 PMCID: PMC5762191 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Continuous monitoring of in situ reservoir responses to stress transients provides insights into the evolution of geothermal reservoirs. By exploiting the stress dependence of seismic velocity changes, we investigate the temporal evolution of the reservoir stress state of the Salton Sea geothermal field (SSGF), California. We find that the SSGF experienced a number of sudden velocity reductions (~0.035 to 0.25%) that are most likely caused by openings of fractures due to dynamic stress transients (as small as 0.08 MPa and up to 0.45 MPa) from local and regional earthquakes. Depths of velocity changes are estimated to be about 0.5 to 1.5 km, similar to the depths of the injection and production wells. We derive an empirical in situ stress sensitivity of seismic velocity changes by relating velocity changes to dynamic stresses. We also observe systematic velocity reductions (0.04 to 0.05%) during earthquake swarms in mid-November 2009 and late-December 2010. On the basis of volumetric static and dynamic stress changes, the expected velocity reductions from the largest earthquakes with magnitude ranging from 3 to 4 in these swarms are less than 0.02%, which suggests that these earthquakes are likely not responsible for the velocity changes observed during the swarms. Instead, we argue that velocity reductions may have been induced by poroelastic opening of fractures due to aseismic deformation. We also observe a long-term velocity increase (~0.04%/year) that is most likely due to poroelastic contraction caused by the geothermal production. Our observations demonstrate that seismic interferometry provides insights into in situ reservoir response to stress changes.
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- Taka’aki Taira
- Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Weemstra C, Wapenaar K, van Dalen KN. Reflecting boundary conditions for interferometry by multidimensional deconvolution. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 142:2242. [PMID: 29092609 DOI: 10.1121/1.5007833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In an acoustical context, interferometry takes advantage of existing (ambient) wavefield recordings by turning receivers into so-called "virtual sources." The medium's response to these virtual sources can be harnessed to image that medium. Most interferometric applications, however, suffer from the fact that the retrieved virtual-source responses deviate from the true medium responses. The accrued artefacts are often predominantly due to a non-isotropic illumination of the medium of interest, and prohibit accurate interferometric imaging. Recently, it has been shown that illumination-related artefacts can be removed by means of a so-called multidimensional deconvolution (MDD) process. However, the current MDD formulation, and hence method, relies on separation of waves traveling inward and outward through the boundary of the medium of interest. As a consequence, it is predominantly useful when receivers are illuminated from one side only. This puts constraints on the applicability of the current MDD formulation to omnidirectional wavefields. In this paper, a modified formulation of the theory underlying interferometry by MDD is presented. This modified formulation eliminates the requirement to separate inward and outward propagating wavefields and, consequently, holds promise for the application of MDD to non-isotropic, omnidirectional wavefields.
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- Cornelis Weemstra
- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Structural Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN, Delft, the Netherlands
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We introduce a novel in-situ strong field ionization tomography approach for characterizing the spatial density distribution of gas jets. We show that for typical intensities in high harmonic generation experiments, the strong field ionization mechanism used in our approach provides an improvement in the resolution close to factor of 2 (resolving about 8 times smaller voxel volume), when compared to linear/single-photon imaging modalities. We find, that while the depth of scan in linear tomography is limited by resolution loss due to the divergence of the driving laser beam, in the proposed approach the depth of focus is localized due to the inherent physical nature of strong-field interaction and discuss implications of these findings. We explore key aspects of the proposed method and compare it with commonly used single- and multi-photon imaging mechanisms. The proposed method will be particularly useful for strong field and attosecond science experiments.
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Yoritomo JY, Weaver RL. Effect of dispersion on the convergence rate for Green's function retrieval. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2016; 140:4496. [PMID: 28040020 DOI: 10.1121/1.4972267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Much information about wave propagation in a variety of structures has been obtained from Green's function retrieval by noise correlation. Here it is examined how dispersion affects Green's function retrieval and, in particular, its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). On recalling how the inherent spread of a signal due to band limitation is augmented by spread due to dispersion and propagation distance, and how both affect amplitude, it is argued that SNR in highly dispersive media can be substantially lowered by strong dispersion. It is argued that this is most relevant for gravity waves over large propagation distances in the ocean or atmosphere. In particular, it is discussed that dispersion could explain recent retrieval failure from surface gravity wave noise in the ocean. Methods are considered to ameliorate the poor SNR due to dispersion. Numerical simulation is used to substantiate the analytic results.
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- John Y Yoritomo
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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