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Exploring the Variability of Seismic b-Values Using a Relative Amplitude Method for Earthquake Magnitude Reassessment
Exploring the Variability of Seismic b-Values Using a Relative Amplitude Method for Earthquake Magnitude Reassessment
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202105239
- ISBN
- 9798291568583
- DDC
- 551
- 저자명
- Gable, Sydney L.
- 서명/저자
- Exploring the Variability of Seismic b-Values Using a Relative Amplitude Method for Earthquake Magnitude Reassessment
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Michigan, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 143 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Huang, Yihe.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA) is a widely used statistical approach to estimate where and when earthquakes are likely to occur based on the statistics of past seismicity patterns. A critical component of PSHA is the estimation of magnitude recurrence intervals based on the Gutenberg-Richter Law which characterizes the frequency of earthquakes magnitudes and defines the b-value which expresses the relative proportion of small to large events in the magnitude-frequency distribution (MFD). However, the MFD and the b-value are heavily influenced by the accuracy of earthquake magnitude estimates. This research addresses the critical need for high-quality magnitude measurements for small earthquakes by using relative amplitude methods. These improved magnitude estimates are used to examine spatiotemporal variations in b-value for multiple earthquake sequences to improve our understanding of short-term seismic hazard forecasting.Chapters 1 and 2 introduce a generalized methodology to determine relative magnitudes for earthquake sequences which is only dependent on relative amplitude differences between interlinked pairs of waveforms, as well as methods for determining the b-value from the distribution of magnitude differences between successive events.Chapter 3, examines the uncertainty of magnitude results produced from the relative magnitude method through a parameter study on critical variables including thresholds for signal-to-noise ratio and cross-correlation, frequency content filtering, and seismic station selection. We show that signal-to-noise and cross-correlation thresholds limit the number of magnitudes that can be recalculated while bandpass filtering has the largest effect on the variability of magnitude results.Chapter 4, presents a set of coda-envelope moment magnitudes (MW) as a benchmark data set for the relative magnitude method, allowing us to align our relative magnitude measurements to an absolute moment magnitude scale for small earthquakes. We produce moment magnitudes for approximately 80% of the events in the Delaware Basin and demonstrate the capabilities of this method to provide moment magnitude for small earthquakes in regional earthquake catalogs.In Chapter 5, we use an uncalibrated relative magnitude method to reevaluate magnitude estimates for the 2011 Prague, Oklahoma earthquake sequence and calculate the temporal and spatial variations of b-value. We show that b-values during the aftershock sequence are consistently low which demonstrate that the aftershock distribution is skewed towards producing earthquakes of higher magnitude for at least 5 months following the mainshock. Additionally, we show a trend of decreasing b-value along the Meeker-Prague fault as distance from the mainshock increases suggesting that tectonic stress may still exist in areas of low b-value.Finally, in Chapter 6, we apply the relative magnitude method to 6 foreshock sequences in southern California and focus on an in-depth exploration of the spatial and temporal variations in b-value and their sensitivity to parameters such as spatial binning and window length. We show that approximately half of the sequences exhibit a drop in b-value in the months or days prior to a mainshock. We also show that mainshocks frequently occur in areas of low foreshock b-value for single-fault or dense seismicity. This research demonstrates the importance of reliable and transportable magnitude estimation for small earthquakes. With these improved magnitude estimates, we also gain valuable insights into the behavior of seismic sequences through analysis of the spatiotemporal variability of the MFD and b-value.
- 일반주제명
- Geology
- 일반주제명
- Geophysics
- 일반주제명
- Remote sensing
- 키워드
- b-value
- 기타저자
- University of Michigan Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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