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Surface waves
Earthquakes generate both body waves (P, S) and surface waves
Surface waves are generated along any free surface in the medium
In the Earth, free surfaces exist at the surface and at the core-mantle boundary (CMB).
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Seismic Waves Traveling through the Oceanic Lithosphere
Surface waves helped us discover the anisotropic properties of olivine in the Earth's mantle lithosphere.
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Seismic Waves Traveling through the Oceanic Lithosphere
Which waves travel faster ? Why ?
Surface waves traveling parallel to the spreading axis ?
Or surface waves traveling perpendicular to the axis ?
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Surface waves were used to first discover “seismic anisotropy” in the oceans along the Mendocino Fracture Zone by Harry Hess in 1964.
Love waves propagating in the same direction as Rayleigh waves traveled at different speeds!
This was key evidence for the study of anisotropic properties in minerals such as olivine.
Surface waves and Anisotropy in the Oceanic Mantle
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Surface Waves in the Earth
Love waves:Propagate perpendicularto the direction of travelalong the horizontal plane (S
H)
Rayleigh waves:Also propagate perpendicularto the direction of travelbut in the vertical plane (S
V)
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Surface waves During an Earthquake
Because surface waves are the largest amplitude signal on a seismogram, they can amplify displacement where sediment is thick.
In the Mexico City earthquake (1985) streets were observed to rise and fall as the surface waves passed, causing great damage from high amplitude displacements.
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Surface waves on the Seismogram
Surface waves are the largest amplitude signal on the wave train Surfaces arrive after the P and S waves, because they travel along the surface layers of the Earth where velocities are lower.
Surfaces wave energy (amplitudes) decay with distance as 1 / r
Body wave energy decays as 1 / r2
So at a given distance, which will have more energy ?
RSP
X 10^3
X 1
0^2
Time (s)
Mw = 7.9
Aleutian Islands
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Propagation of Surface Waves
Rayleigh waves travel in the vertical (z) and radial (x) plane and exhibit a combination of S
V and P energy
Love waves travel in the horizontal (y) or transverse plane and exhibit S
H energy only
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Propagation of Surface Waves
Rayleigh wave displacement occurs by retrograde elliptical motion
Love waves propagate side-to-side, trapped within a layer
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Fundamental and Multiple Surface Waves
Because surfaces wave amplitudes are slow to decay, they can travel around the globe many times The R1, R2 (Rayleigh), or G1, G2 (Love) travel paths are shown
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Record section ofvertical components from the IDA (International Deployment of Accelerometers) network.
Body wave arrivals are early and appear as steeper slopes
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Class Notes Love Waves Rayleigh Waves
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Rayleigh Wave Particle Motion
P and Sv amplitudes are out of phase by /2
This results in elliptical motion (retrograde)
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Rayleigh wave amplitudes decay with depth in the Earth and are termed “evanescent”
(Also see Fig 8.3 in your text book)
Evanescent Waves
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Surface Wave Dispersion
Phase velocity (C) travels at a different (slower) speed thanthe Group velocity (U) envelope.
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Surface Wave Dispersion
14 s
15 s
16 s
18 s
20 s
22 s
25 s
29s
33 s
40 s
50 s
Filtered Seismogram
Phase velocity (C) travels at a different (slower) speed than The Group velocity (U) envelope.
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Dispersion Curves
Group velocities are slower than phase velocities for both Love waves and Rayleigh Waves
Rapid velocity increase at short periods samples crustal velocities Slower velocity increase at longer periods samples deeper mantle
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COOK16/Melville November, 2001VANC04/Melville November, 2002
GLIMPSE Experiment
Brown UniversityLamont Doherty ObservatoryOregon State University
(Gravity Lineations and Intraplate Melting Petrology and Seismic Expedition )
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Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) DeploymentCo-authors: Donald W. Forsyth1, Yingjie Yang1, Spahr Webb2
1. Brown University, 2. Lamont Doherty Observatory
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Azimuthal Distribution of Earthquakes and Raypaths
* Ideal azimuthal distribution* 155 Earthquakes * 4.5 < Ms < 7.8
Raypath density varies from 1565 to 132 paths with increasing period.
18s 33s 59s 100s
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Juan de Fuca event, Ms 5.5
Rayleigh Wave Dispersion and Sensitivity D
epth
(km
)
16 s40 s
100 s
C/
Sensitivity Kernels
14 s
15 s
16 s
18 s
20 s
22 s
25 s
29s
33 s
40 s
50 s
Filtered Seismogram
* Seismograms filtered at different periods are sensitive to different depths.* The depth of peak sensitivity increases with period.
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* Lowest phase velocities from 22 – 40 s* Velocities increase steadily 40 – 100 s* Resolution of the base of the LVZ ?
Rayleigh Wave Phase Velocities
Pha
se v
eloc
ity (
km/s
)4-20 M
y (NF, 1
989)
0–4 My (N
F, 1989)
GLIMPSE
Period (s)
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Phase Velocity Maps
* Largest velocity variations are observed at short periods.* Low velocity anomalies observed beneath seamount chains to 67 s period.
C (km/s) 2 x Std Err (km/s)
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1-D Shear Wave Velocities in the Oceanic Mantle
* High velocity lithosphere extends to 60 km +/- 20 km.* Steep positive velocity gradient identifies the base of the LVZ at ~110 km.
Starting Model(NF, 1998)
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Shear Wave Velocity Structure
* High velocity lithosphere and LVZ are well resolved.
*Low velocities are observed beneath seamount chains.
*Lithospheric thinning beneath Sojourn ridge.
A
A'B
B'
A A'
Distance from EPR (km)
B B'
Vs (km/s)
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Rayleigh Wave Dispersion and SensitivityACTIVITY
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