Forensic seismology and the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty

D Bowers, ND Selby - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
One application of forensic seismology is to help verify compliance with the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. One of the challenges facing the forensic seismologist is to …

A tectonic origin for the largest marsquake observed by InSight

B Fernando, IJ Daubar… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The S1222a marsquake detected by InSight on 4 May 2022 was the largest of the mission,
at 4.7. Given its resemblance to two other large seismic events (S1000a and S1094b), which …

A method for including path effects in ground‐motion prediction equations: An example using the Mw 9.0 Tohoku earthquake aftershocks

HM Dawood… - Bulletin of the …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Past studies in tectonic regions dominated by subduction zones that result in the creation of
volcanic belts, such as New Zealand and Japan, have pointed to higher attenuation rates …

Broad-band Lg attenuation modelling in the Middle East

ME Pasyanos, EM Matzel, WR Walter… - Geophysical Journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We present a broad-band tomographic model of Lg attenuation in the Middle East derived
from source-and site-corrected amplitudes. Absolute amplitude measurements are made on …

Body‐wave methods of distinguishing between explosions, collapses, and earthquakes: Application to recent events in North Korea

WR Walter, DA Dodge, G Ichinose… - Seismological …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Examination of regional distance seismic data from historic nuclear test sites has led to a
variety of very effective discriminants between explosions, earthquakes, and collapses. We …

Seismic Lg‐wave Q tomography in and around Northeast China

LF Zhao, XB Xie, WM Wang, JH Zhang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate regional variations in the Lg‐wave quality factor (Q) in Northeast China and
its vicinity with a tomographic method. Digital seismic data recorded at 20 broadband …

Source Spectral Modeling of Regional P/S Discriminants at Nuclear Test Sites in China and the Former Soviet Union

MD Fisk - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Theoretical understanding of regional P/S discriminants has been a long-standing research
topic with important implications for nuclear explosion monitoring. The observation that …

Using P/S amplitude ratios for seismic discrimination at local distances

CT O'Rourke, GE Baker… - Bulletin of the …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We used a dense seismic network to test the P/S amplitude ratio discriminant for
earthquakes and explosions at distances from 20 to 200 km in a complex tectonic setting …

不同地区人工爆炸与天然地震记录特征及识别研究

王婷婷, 边银菊, 杨千里, 任梦依 - 地震学报, 2021 - dzxb.org
本文分析了河北怀来多次爆炸, 河北三河采石场多次爆炸和低震级天然地震事件的记录特征和时
频差异. 结果显示: 河北怀来爆炸的P 波能量强, 衰减快, S 波发育弱; 河北三河采石场爆炸的P 波 …

A Simultaneous Multiphase Approach to Determine P-Wave and S-Wave Attenuation of the Crust and Upper Mantle

ME Pasyanos, WR Walter… - Bulletin of the …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We have generalized the methodology of our regional amplitude tomography from the Lg
phase to the four primary regional phases (Pn, Pg, Sn, Lg). Differences in the geometrical …