Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993georl..20.2611w&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 20, no. 23, p. 2611-2614
Physics
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Amplitudes, Anomalies, California, Earth Mantle, Earthquakes, Rayleigh Waves, Seismology, Mathematical Models, Oscillations, Three Dimensional Models, Variational Principles
Scientific paper
The 1992 Landers earthquake (M(sub w) = 7.3) occurred in the middle of the TERRAscope network. Long-period Rayleigh waves recorded at the TERRAscope stations (delta less than or = 3 deg) after traveling around the Earth show large amplitude anomalies, one order of magnitude larger than spherical Earth predictions up to a period of about 600 s. The ground motions over the epicentral region at and after the arrival of R4-5 are in phase at all stations. These observations are inconsistent with the nearly vertical strike slip mechanism of the Landers earthquake. Synthetic seismograms for a rotating, elliptic, and laterally heterogeneous Earth model calculated by the variational method agree well with the observed waveforms. Calculations for various 3D Earth models demonstrate that the amplitudes are very sensitive to the large scale aspherical structure in the crust and the mantle. The anomalies for modes shorter than 300 s period can be explained by lateral heterogeneity shallower than the upper mantle. Rotation of the Earth and lower mantle heterogeneity are required to explain mode amplitudes at longer periods. Current whole mantle seismic tomographic models can fully explain the observed amplitudes longer than 300 s. To assess the effect of the high order lateral heterogeneity in the mantle more precise estimate of the crustal correction is required.
Anderson Don L.
Kanamori Hiroo
Watada Shingo
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