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Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005geoji.163.1006p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 163, Issue 3, pp. 1006-1024.
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Near-field seismograms of chemical explosions detonated as part of the 1997 depth-of-burial (DOB) experiment at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site provide an excellent opportunity to study the excitation of Rg waves for source effects. Rg waves were identified with particle-motion analysis and isolated from other arrivals using group velocity filtering. Amplitude and phase spectra of Rg waves were corrected for path effects based on observed attenuation in the near-field and path-specific phase velocity models. The path-corrected spectra were inputs to a grid-search method for finding source parameters of an axisymmetric source consisting of a monopole plus a compensated linear vector dipole (CLVD) or a horizontal tensile crack. The suite of observations, including ground-zero accelerograms and geophysical data from borehole logs, are best satisfied by models involving a CLVD with static (zero-frequency) seismic moment Mo. The CLVD source is related to tensile failure occurring at depths above the shotpoint. A static Mo distinguishes this source from classical models of spall, which are usually characterized by horizontal cracks that dynamically open and close with no permanent displacement (i.e. no static Mo). The CLVD source in this study appears to be more closely related to a driven block motion model envisaged by Masse. Rg source amplitudes are consistent with mb(Lg) measurements at station MAK, as would be expected if near-field Rg-to-S scattering plays a role in generating S waves observed at regional distances.
Bonner Jessie L.
Gupta Indra N.
Patton Howard J.
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