scholarly journals Discriminating a Nuclear Blast from A Natural Seismic Event Using A Full Moment-Tensor Inversion Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 1417 ◽  
pp. 012003
Author(s):  
T Prastowo ◽  
Madlazim ◽  
Supardiyono
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Event ◽  
Moment Tensor ◽  
Moment Tensor Inversion ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
Full Moment Tensor

scholarly journals Automated full moment tensor inversion of coal mining-induced seismicity

2013 ◽  
Vol 195 (2) ◽  
pp. 1267-1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Tolga Sen ◽  
Simone Cesca ◽  
Monika Bischoff ◽  
Thomas Meier ◽  
Torsten Dahm
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Induced Seismicity ◽  
Moment Tensor ◽  
Moment Tensor Inversion ◽  
Mining Induced Seismicity ◽  
Full Moment Tensor

scholarly journals Adaptive moment-tensor joint inversion of clustered microseismic events for monitoring geological carbon storage

2019 ◽  
Vol 219 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Lianjie Huang
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Joint Inversion ◽  
Moment Tensor ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Microseismic Monitoring ◽  
Moment Tensor Inversion ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
Microseismic Events

SUMMARY Moment-tensor inversion of induced microseismic events can provide valuable information for tracking CO2 plumes at geological carbon storage sites, and study the physical mechanism of induced microseismicity. Accurate moment-tensor inversion requires a wide-azimuthal coverage of geophones. Cost-effective microseismic monitoring for geological carbon storage often uses only one geophone array within a borehole, leading to a large uncertainty in moment-tensor inversion. We develop a new adaptive moment-tensor joint inversion method to reduce the inversion uncertainty, when using limited but typical geophone receiver geometries. We first jointly invert a number of clustered microseismic events using a uniform focal mechanism to minimize the waveform misfit between observed and predicted P and S waveforms. We then invert the moment tensor for each event within a limited searching range around the joint inversion result. We apply our adaptive joint inversion method to microseismic data acquired using a single borehole geophone array at the CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery field at Aneth, Utah. We demonstrate that our inversion method is capable of reducing the inversion uncertainty caused by the limited azimuthal coverage of geophones. Our inverted strikes of focal mechanisms of microseismic events are consistent with the event spatial distribution in subparallel pre-existing fractures or geological imperfections. The large values up to 40 per cent of the CLVD components might indicate crack opening induced by CO2/wastewater injection or rupture complexity.

scholarly journals Edges of overlying seams as a factor responsible for strong mining tremors occurrence during underground hard coal extraction in the light of seismic moment tensor inversion method

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Łukasz Wojtecki ◽  
Adam Mirek ◽  
Grażyna Dzik
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Moment ◽  
Longwall Mining ◽  
Moment Tensor ◽  
Moment Tensor Inversion ◽  
Coal Extraction ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
Seismic Moment Tensor ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mining Tremors

Physical processes occurring in the focus of tremor can be identified by solving a focal mechanism via the seismic moment tensor inversion method. In this article the estimation of focal mechanisms of strong mining tremors (according to Polish law tremors of energy higher or equal 1·105 J), which occurred during longwall mining of coal seam no. 507 in one of the hard coal mines in the Polish part of Upper Silesian Coal Basin was performed. Totally 7 strong mining tremors with the local magnitude from 1.84 to 2.52 were analysed. The most probable geomechanical processes in the foci of these tremors have been reconstructed. An attempt to determine the correlation between the edges of overlying seams no. 502, 504 or 506 and strong mining tremors occurrence has been made. The strike of determined nodal planes is in accordance with the azimuth of mentioned edges. The difference between them (absolute value) varies from 0.3° to 34.1° (on average approximately 19°).

scholarly journals An updated and extended earthquake catalogue for Greece and adjacent areas since 1900

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1425-1430 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Makropoulos ◽  
G. Kaviris ◽  
V. Kouskouna
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Hazard ◽  
Body Wave ◽  
Moment Tensor ◽  
Earthquake Catalogue ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Regression Equation ◽  
Moment Tensor Inversion ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Body Wave Magnitude

Abstract. A homogeneous earthquake catalogue for Greece and adjacent areas covering the period 1900–2009 is presented, to be used for reliable seismic hazard studies. The catalogues of Makropoulos and Burton (1981) and Makropoulos et al. (1989), covering the time span 1900–1985, were updated for the period 1986–2009 using instrumentally determined focal coordinates, except for the magnitude from the bulletin of the ISC. For Ms, which is the magnitude scale included in the previous versions, the same procedure applied since 1964 was adopted, using the ISC body wave magnitude (mb) and a regression equation. In the present update, Mw is also calculated for the entire period 1900–2009 using a formula derived from all available moment magnitudes and directly determined by the moment tensor inversion method. Thus, a magnitude homogeneous catalogue concerning both Ms and Mw scales is presented. The extended catalogue contains 7352 events, 70% more than the 4310 events of the previous published (1989) version. The completeness test revealed that the catalogue is complete for magnitudes above 4 for the last 34 yr and that no earthquake with magnitude 6 or greater has been omitted in the whole instrumental era (1900–2009).

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