SYNTHETIC EARTHQUAKE SEISMORGRAMS FOR TELESEISMIC DISTANCES.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the initial train of P-waves on seismograms recorded at teleseismic distances is more complicated for earthquakes occurring in the crust than for explosions near the earth's surface. Both pure compressional and pure shear sources, and some combination sources, were assumed in separate computations. 'Spike' seismograms were first constructed and then convolved with an assumed source signal to obtain the complete synthetic seismogram. It was shown, as expected, that a buried source produces more multiply-reflected waves than does a surface source; in turn, other things being equal, an SV-source yields more than a P-source. Only the first surfacereflected multiple exhibits an amplitude comparable to that of the primary wave. Synthetic seismograms using a combined SV-P source are similar to real earthquake seismograms. However, whether a near-surface earthquake yields a more complex train of P-arrivals than does an explosion depends greatly on the ratio of SVenergy to P-energy in the earthquakes source, as well as on the relationship between them. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 14, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0600103
Entities
People
- Robert Van Nostrand