|
Detailed Reference Information |
Il-Young, C., Jun, M., Jeon, J. and Min, K.D. (2002). Analysis of local seismo-acoustic events in the Korean Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2001GL014060. issn: 0094-8276. |
|
In order to discriminate between man-made explosions and earthquakes, a preliminary seismo-acoustic analysis was performed in the Korean Peninsula from August 1999 to December 2000. During this time, 202 seismo-acoustic events were identified as blasts. These events were concentrated in specific regions: a rock quarry, an open-pit mine and a construction site, which were identified by field survey. All of these events occurred within 200 km of a seismo-acoustic array. We applied ray-tracing methods to the atmosphere using local meteorological observations to understand the short-distance propagation characteristics of infrasonic signals. Calculated infrasonic traveltime using a local meteorological model fits well with observed traveltime from a quarry. Local winds make possible infrasonic wave ducts in the lower atmosphere, and allow infrasonic wave arrival at short distances. Ray tracing using a local meteorological model has been used for the association between seismic and infrasonic signals. |
|
|
|
BACKGROUND DATA FILES |
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
|
|
Keywords
Seismology, General or miscellaneous, Seismology, Nuclear explosion seismology |
|
Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
|
|
|