Differential wave equation and seismic events Sean Ford & Holly Brown Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
Outline Holly and Sean 101 Quick intro: Wave equation Monitoring nuclear tests Predicting ground motion for a future event on the Hayward Fault Hayward Fault tour
Introduction Seismic sources Earthquake Explosion Slip on a plane Pressure pulse on a sphere
Start with Newton Add ‘constitutive equation’ to relate stress to strain to displacement Seismic wave equation
Can decompose to P and S wave solutions of the form Wave equation can be solved by plane- wave Seismic wave equation
The wave equation is solved on a computer by using a discrete representation of the differential equation Finite differences
Possible project: Sumatra earthquake Time (sec)
Possible project Time (sec)
Possible project T Time (sec)
Seismic sources Earthquake - slip on a plane Explosion - pressure pulse on a sphere Compressional (P-wave) radiation pattern Shear (S-wave) radiation pattern No volume change Compressional (P-wave) radiation constant No Shear (S-wave) radiation Volume change
From Walter et al. (2008)
North Korea Nuclear Test From Walter et al. (2008)
Seismic moment tensors M represents all possible force couple components due to a seismic source in a cartesian coordinate system Necessary to have two force couples (double couple, DC), so that angular momentum is conserved in the source sphere, which leads to M ij = M ji and the moment tensor is symmetric
Seismic moment tensors Double-couple (DC) y z x Compensated linear vector dipole (CLVD) Isotropic y z x y z x Model Source M Couples Focal Ring Fault Explosion Strike-slip Mechanism
Moment tensor inversion in matrix form d = Gm m = vector of 6 independent moment tensor elements m = (G T G) -1 G T d
Western US
Source-type plot We calculate source-type plot parameters (Hudson et al., 1989)
Source-type plot We calculate source-type plot parameters (Hudson et al., 1989) Explosion Implosion
Source-type plot We calculate source-type plot parameters (Hudson et al., 1989) Explosion Implosion DC-CLVD+CLVD
Source-type plot We calculate source-type plot parameters (Hudson et al., 1989) Explosion Implosion DC-CLVD+CLVD HOYA Little Skull
Source-type plot We calculate source-type plot parameters (Hudson et al., 1989) Explosion Implosion DC-CLVD+CLVD HOYA Little Skull HOYA Little Skull
Source-type plot We calculate source-type plot parameters (Hudson et al., 1989) Explosion Implosion DC-CLVD+CLVD HOYA Little Skull HOYA Little Skull
Western US
9 Oct 06 North Korea test
Crandall Canyon, Utah Site of 6 Aug 08 Mine Collapse Crandall Canyon, Utah Site of 6 Aug 08 Mine Collapse
Can be implosion
Or shallow normal event
Use method for nuclear test explosions to find source at Crandall Canyon
Crandall Canyon event plotted near where a closing crack or collapse source should plot Dominantly implosional Crandall Canyon
Crandall Canyon event plotted near where a closing crack or collapse source should plot Dominantly implosional But also some shear portion
Hayward Fault
Hayward fault GoogleEarth tour 1868 Hayward event M6.8 Scenario events from USGS San Pablo epicenter Fremont epicenter View from Concord