Monitoring microearthquakes with the San Andreas fault observatory at depth
By: V. Oye and W.L. Ellsworth
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Abstract
In 2005, the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) was drilled through the San Andreas Fault zone at a depth of about 3.1 km. The borehole has subsequently been instrumented with high-frequency geophones in order to better constrain locations and source processes of nearby microearthquakes that will be targeted in the upcoming phase of SAFOD. The microseismic monitoring software MIMO, developed by NORSAR, has been installed at SAFOD to provide near-real time locations and magnitude estimates using the high sampling rate (4000 Hz) waveform data. To improve the detection and location accuracy, we incorporate data from the nearby, shallow borehole (???250 m) seismometers of the High Resolution Seismic Network (HRSN). The event association algorithm of the MIMO software incorporates HRSN detections provided by the USGS real time earthworm software. The concept of the new event association is based on the generalized beam forming, primarily used in array seismology. The method requires the pre-computation of theoretical travel times in a 3D grid of potential microearthquake locations to the seismometers of the current station network. By minimizing the differences between theoretical and observed detection times an event is associated and the location accuracy is significantly improved.
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Oye, V., Ellsworth, W., 2007, Monitoring microearthquakes with the San Andreas fault observatory at depth, in Society of Petroleum Engineers - 69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007 - "Securing, v. 2, London, 11 June 2007 through 14 June 2007, p. 747-751.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Monitoring microearthquakes with the San Andreas fault observatory at depth |
| ISBN | 9781605601557 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Title | Society of Petroleum Engineers - 69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007 - "Securing |
| First page | 747 |
| Last page | 751 |
| Conference Title | 69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007 - |
| Conference Location | London |
| Conference Date | 11 June 2007 through 14 June 2007 |