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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,434 Views
13 Pages

26 October 2022

The technique of the source array based on the vibroseis can provide the strong energy of a seismic wave field, which better meets the need for seismic exploration. The seismic coherent noise reduces the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the source arra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
13,470 Views
25 Pages

GFZ Wireless Seismic Array (GFZ-WISE), a Wireless Mesh Network of Seismic Sensors: New Perspectives for Seismic Noise Array Investigations and Site Monitoring

  • Matteo Picozzi,
  • Claus Milkereit,
  • Stefano Parolai,
  • Karl-Heinz Jaeckel,
  • Ingo Veit,
  • Joachim Fischer and
  • Jochen Zschau

1 April 2010

Over the last few years, the analysis of seismic noise recorded by two dimensional arrays has been confirmed to be capable of deriving the subsoil shear-wave velocity structure down to several hundred meters depth. In fact, using just a few minutes o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,270 Views
17 Pages

Monitoring the Microseismicity through a Dense Seismic Array and a Similarity Search Detection Technique: Application to the Seismic Monitoring of Collalto Gas-Storage, North Italy

  • Antonio Scala,
  • Guido Maria Adinolfi,
  • Matteo Picozzi,
  • Francesco Scotto di Uccio,
  • Gaetano Festa,
  • Grazia De Landro,
  • Enrico Priolo,
  • Stefano Parolai,
  • Rosario Riccio and
  • Marco Romanelli

11 May 2022

Seismic monitoring in areas where induced earthquakes could occur is a challenging topic for seismologists due to the generally very low signal to noise ratio. Therefore, the seismological community is devoting several efforts to the development of h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,280 Views
28 Pages

Design and Implementation of a Wireless Recorder System for Seismic Noise Array Measurements

  • Julio Antonio Jornet-Monteverde,
  • Juan José Galiana-Merino and
  • Juan Luis Soler-Llorens

22 October 2022

In this work, a wireless data acquisition system for seismic noise array measurements is presented. The developed system is composed of a series of nodes and a central server arranged in a point-to-multipoint topology. The nodes consist of a CC3200 m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,096 Views
15 Pages

GAN-LSTM Joint Network Applied to Seismic Array Noise Signal Recognition

  • Jian Li,
  • Dongwei Hei,
  • Gaofeng Cui,
  • Mengmin He,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Zhehan Liu,
  • Jie Shang,
  • Xiaoming Wang and
  • Weidong Wang

25 October 2021

The purpose of seismic data processing in nuclear explosion monitoring is to accurately and reliably detect seismic or explosion events from complex ambient noises. Accurate detection and identification of seismic phases are of great significance to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
602 Views
28 Pages

Temporary Seismic Array Installation in the Contursi Terme Hydrothermal System: A Step Toward Geothermal Assessment

  • Vincenzo Serlenga,
  • Ferdinando Napolitano,
  • Serena Panebianco,
  • Giovannina Mungiello,
  • Tony Alfredo Stabile,
  • Valeria Giampaolo,
  • Massimo Blasone,
  • Marianna Balasco,
  • Angela Perrone and
  • Ortensia Amoroso
  • + 4 authors

19 December 2025

How can the interaction between the seismological community and society contribute to the exploitation and usage of renewable energy resources? We try to provide an answer by describing the seismic experiment realized in March–April 2025 in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,199 Views
24 Pages

Combining Higher-Order Statistics and Array Techniques to Pick Low-Energy P-Seismic Arrivals

  • Giovanni Messuti,
  • Mauro Palo,
  • Silvia Scarpetta,
  • Ferdinando Napolitano,
  • Francesco Scotto di Uccio,
  • Paolo Capuano and
  • Ortensia Amoroso

24 January 2025

We propose the HOSA algorithm to pick P-wave arrival times on seismic arrays. HOSA comprises two stages: a single-trace stage (STS) and a multi-channel stage (MCS). STS seeks deviations in higher-order statistics from background noise to identify set...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,118 Views
17 Pages

27 September 2024

The Changbai volcano, a globally recognized hotspot of volcanic activity, has garnered significant attention due to its persistent seismicity and ongoing magma activity. The volcano’s discontinuities and magma dynamics have raised concerns abou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,069 Views
16 Pages

Removal of Intra-Array Statics in Seismic Arrays Due to Variable Topography and Positioning Errors

  • Sherif Mohamed Hanafy,
  • Abdullah Al-Mashhor and
  • Abdullatif Abdulrahman Al-Shuhail

13 December 2022

A receiver array is an arrangement of geophones used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of seismic data. However, deviations from ideal array conditions can lead to the non-optimal performance of the array. This study investigates, quantitati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,279 Views
26 Pages

Geophonino-W: A Wireless Multichannel Seismic Noise Recorder System for Array Measurements

  • Juan Luis Soler-Llorens,
  • Juan José Galiana-Merino,
  • José Juan Giner-Caturla,
  • Sergio Rosa-Cintas and
  • Boualem Youcef Nassim-Benabdeloued

21 September 2019

The characterization of soil is essential for the evaluation of seismic hazard, because soil properties strongly influence the damage caused by earthquakes. Methods based on seismic noise are the most commonly used in soil characterization. Concretel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,902 Views
18 Pages

One-Year Seismic Survey of the Tectonic CO2-Rich Site of Mefite d’Ansanto (Southern Italy): Preliminary Insights in the Seismic Noise Wavefield

  • Simona Morabito,
  • Paola Cusano,
  • Danilo Galluzzo,
  • Guido Gaudiosi,
  • Lucia Nardone,
  • Pierdomenico Del Gaudio,
  • Anna Gervasi,
  • Mario La Rocca,
  • Girolamo Milano and
  • Francesca Di Luccio
  • + 4 authors

2 February 2023

A passive seismic experiment is carried out at the non-volcanic highly degassing site of Mefite d’Ansanto located at the northern tip of the Irpinia region (southern Italy), where the 1980 MS 6.9 destructive earthquake occurred. Between 2020 an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,600 Views
22 Pages

27 September 2024

This paper illustrates the outcomes of a third-level Seismic Microzonation project carried out in pilot areas of the Municipality of L’Aquila, Italy, an area characterized by recent strong seismic activity (6 April 2009 Mw 6.3 earthquake and ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,274 Views
16 Pages

Imaging Karatungk Cu-Ni Mine in Xinjiang, Western China with a Passive Seismic Array

  • Peixiao Du,
  • Jing Wu,
  • Yang Li,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Chunming Han,
  • Mark Douglas Lindsay,
  • Huaiyu Yuan,
  • Liang Zhao and
  • Wenjiao Xiao

1 July 2020

Karatungk Mine is the second-largest Cu-Ni sulfide mine in China. However, the detailed structure beneath the mine remains unclear. Using continuous waveforms recorded by a dense temporary seismic array, here we apply ambient noise tomography to stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,457 Views
16 Pages

13 February 2020

In present seismic exploration wireless sensor systems with large acquisition channels, it is difficult to achieve a high data rate, high reliability and long distance in wireless data transmission simultaneously. In this paper, a wireless seismic ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,905 Views
14 Pages

Seismic Remote Sensing of Super Typhoon Lupit (2009) with Seismological Array Observation in NE China

  • Jianmin Lin,
  • Yating Wang,
  • Weitao Wang,
  • Xiaofeng Li,
  • Sunke Fang,
  • Chao Chen and
  • Hong Zheng

3 February 2018

The p-wave double-frequency (DF) microseisms generated by super typhoon Lupit (14–26 October 2009) over the western Pacific Ocean were detected by an on-land seismological array deployed in Northeastern China. We applied a frequency-domain beamformin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,309 Views
18 Pages

16 December 2022

The extraction of travel-time curve of seismic phase is very important for the subsequent inference of the structural properties of underground media in seismology. In recent years, with the increase in the amount of data, manual processing is facing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,031 Views
14 Pages

15 November 2024

The detection and monitoring of mining-induced seismicity are essential for understanding the mechanisms behind earthquakes and mitigating seismic hazards. However, traditional underground seismic monitoring networks for mining-induced seismicity are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,726 Views
13 Pages

Deep-Towed Array Geometry Inversion Based on an Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

  • Xiaohu Luo,
  • Kai Liu,
  • Yanliang Pei,
  • Chenguang Liu,
  • Xishuang Li and
  • Yibao Xiao

When marine deep-towed multichannel seismic data are processed, the description of the receiving array geometry significantly impacts the quality of the imaging profile. Therefore, achieving a highly precise description of the receiving array geometr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,448 Views
24 Pages

5 October 2020

A comparative active experiment that is aimed at collocated measurement of seismic rotation rates along three orthogonal axes by means of three different methods is described. The rotation rates in a short-period range of 6–20 Hz were obtained...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,079 Views
21 Pages

An experimental marine seismic source survey off the northwest Australian coast operated a 2600 cubic inch (41.6 l) airgun array, every 5.88 s, along six lines at a northern site and eight lines at a southern site. The airgun array was discharged 27,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,444 Views
27 Pages

Rotaphone-CY: The Newest Rotaphone Model Design and Preliminary Results from Performance Tests with Active Seismic Sources

  • Johana Brokešová,
  • Jiří Málek,
  • Jiří Vackář,
  • Felix Bernauer,
  • Joachim Wassermann and
  • Heiner Igel

14 January 2021

Rotaphone-CY is a six-component short-period seismograph that is capable of the co-located recording of three translational (ground velocity) components along three orthogonal axes and three rotational (rotation rate) components around the three axes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,984 Views
21 Pages

Design and Implementation of an Arduino-Based Plug-and-Play Acquisition System for Seismic Noise Measurements

  • Juan Luis Soler-Llorens,
  • Juan Jose Galiana-Merino,
  • Boualem Youcef Nassim-Benabdeloued,
  • Sergio Rosa-Cintas,
  • Javier Ortiz Zamora and
  • Jose Juan Giner-Caturla

15 September 2019

The analysis of seismic noise provides a reliable estimation of the soil properties, which supposes the starting point for the assessment of the seismic hazard. The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio technique calculates the resonant frequency of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,432 Views
21 Pages

MatNERApor—A Matlab Package for Numerical Modeling of Nonlinear Response of Porous Saturated Soil Deposits to P- and SH-Waves Propagation

  • Artem A. Krylov,
  • Sergey A. Kovachev,
  • Elena A. Radiuk,
  • Konstantin A. Roginskiy,
  • Mikhail A. Novikov,
  • Olga S. Samylina,
  • Leopold I. Lobkovsky and
  • Igor P. Semiletov

4 May 2022

The paper is devoted to the problem of numerical modeling of earthquake response of porous saturated soil deposits to seismic waves propagation. Site-specific earthquake response analysis is a necessary and important component of seismic hazard asses...

  • Article
  • Open Access
610 Views
18 Pages

5 October 2025

We investigate the variation in shear-wave velocity (VS) in the shallow soil of the ARGONET vertical array in Cephalonia, Greece, utilizing an extensive 8–10-year dataset of earthquake records and applying seismic interferometry by deconvolutio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,983 Views
21 Pages

Characterization of Shallow Sedimentary Layers in the Oran Region Using Ambient Vibration Data

  • Ahmed Saadi,
  • Juan José Galiana-Merino,
  • Fethi Semmane,
  • Abdelkrim Yelles-Chaouche and
  • Abdelouahab Issaadi

21 August 2024

This study investigates the structure of shear-wave velocities (Vs) in the shallow layers of the Oran region, north-west of Algeria, using non-invasive techniques based on ambient vibration arrays. The region has experienced several moderate earthqua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,736 Views
17 Pages

17 November 2024

The Arxan Volcanic Field (AVF) is an active volcanic region in Northeast Asia, and its last eruption occurred approximately 2000 years ago. Its eruption mechanism remains unknown. To investigate the shallow magma system beneath the volcanic cones in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,508 Views
22 Pages

22 July 2021

Surface-wave dispersion and the Z/H ratio are important parameters used to resolve the Earth’s structure, especially for S-wave velocity. Several previous studies have explored using joint inversion of these two datasets. However, all of these studie...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1,753 Views
10 Pages

Study TOMAS Cyclone Using Seismic Array and Single Station

  • Siyin Wang,
  • Yan Xu,
  • Chaodi Xie and
  • Aitang Li

9 January 2023

The continuous data from the YL array and four AU stations during the lifetime of the cyclone TOMAS in March 2010 were downloaded from IRIS. By performing frequency-wave number (F-K) analysis on the array data, it was found that the orientation of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,780 Views
18 Pages

23 January 2021

Passive seismic experiments have been proposed as a cost-effective and non-invasive alternative to controlled-source seismology, allowing body–wave reflections based on seismic interferometry principles to be retrieved. However, from the huge v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,351 Views
23 Pages

Graph-Based Feature Weight Optimisation and Classification of Continuous Seismic Sensor Array Recordings

  • Jiangfeng Li,
  • Lina Stankovic,
  • Vladimir Stankovic,
  • Stella Pytharouli,
  • Cheng Yang and
  • Qingjiang Shi

26 December 2022

Slope instabilities caused by heavy rainfall, man-made activity or earthquakes can be characterised by seismic events. To minimise mortality and infrastructure damage, a good understanding of seismic signal properties characterising slope failures is...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,468 Views
15 Pages

29 October 2019

With the last decades of development, earthquake early warning (EEW) has proven to be one of the potential means for disaster mitigation. Usually, the density of the EEW network determines the performance of the EEW system. For reducing the cost of s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,779 Views
23 Pages

Evidence of High-Shear-Velocity Anomalies Inside the Pacific LLSVP

  • Rafael Abreu,
  • Mariano S. Arnaiz-Rodríguez and
  • Chahana Nagesh

We present the evidence of high-velocity regions within the Pacific Large Low Seismic Velocity Province (LLSVP), uncovered using the Virtual Receiver Approach (VRA), a novel seismic imaging method that allows us to determine local absolute velocity v...

  • Review
  • Open Access
447 Views
33 Pages

This review aims to provide a complete and comprehensive state of the art of the SCOSSA computer code, which is a one-dimensional nonlinear computer code used for the analysis of seismic site response and soil instability. Indeed, among the effects o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,534 Views
26 Pages

Integrating Seismic Methods for Characterizing and Monitoring Landslides: A Case Study of the Heinzenberg Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation (Switzerland)

  • Franziska Glueer,
  • Anne-Sophie Mreyen,
  • Léna Cauchie,
  • Hans-Balder Havenith,
  • Paolo Bergamo,
  • Miroslav Halló and
  • Donat Fäh

While geodetic measurements have long been used to assess landslides, seismic methods are increasingly recognized as valuable tools for providing additional insights into subsurface structures and mechanisms. This work aims to characterize the subsur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,517 Views
23 Pages

24 December 2023

The Large Aperture Ultrasound System (LAUS) developed at BAM is known for its ability to penetrate thick objects, especially concrete structures commonly used in nuclear waste storage and other applications in civil engineering. Although the current...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,944 Views
18 Pages

Comparison of Backprojection Techniques for Rupture Propagation Modelling of the Mw = 7.8 Mainshock Earthquake near Kahramanmaras and the Mw = 7.5 Second-Largest Mainshock near Elbistan, Turkey, 2023

  • Dimitrios Nikolopoulos,
  • Mahmood Sultan,
  • Aftab Alam,
  • Demetrios Cantzos,
  • Georgios Priniotakis,
  • Michail Papoutsidakis,
  • Farhan Javed,
  • Georgios Prezerakos,
  • Jamil Siddique and
  • Panayiotis Yannakopoulos
  • + 2 authors

This paper utilises teleseismic Z-component data to investigate rupture propagation, extent, and velocity for two very destructive earthquakes in the East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ): the Mw = 7.8 earthquake near Kahramanmaras and the largest (Mw = 7...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,472 Views
10 Pages

8 June 2022

Seismic monitoring relies on seismography. However, the high cost of seismic equipment has presented a challenge to increasing the density of seismic networks in previous decades. Due to the large station spacing and inferior coverage of stations, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,728 Views
22 Pages

31 January 2019

The detection of seismic events at regional and teleseismic distances is critical to Nuclear Treaty Monitoring. Traditionally, detecting regional and teleseismic events has required the use of an expensive multi-instrument seismic array; however in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,498 Views
27 Pages

Application of Experimental Configurations of Seismic and Electric Tomographic Techniques to the Investigation of Complex Geological Structures

  • Vasileios Gkosios,
  • John D. Alexopoulos,
  • Konstantinos Soukis,
  • Ioannis-Konstantinos Giannopoulos,
  • Spyridon Dilalos,
  • Dimitrios Michelioudakis,
  • Nicholas Voulgaris and
  • Thomas Sphicopoulos

28 September 2024

The main purpose of this study is the subsurface investigation of two complex geological environments focusing on the improvement of data acquisition and processing parameters regarding electric and seismic tomographic techniques. Two different study...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,936 Views
12 Pages

Icequakes and Large Shear Wave Velocity Drop in the Kuoqionggangri Glacier of Tibetan Plateau Observed with Fiber Optic Seismometer Array

  • Yanan Li,
  • Wenzhu Huang,
  • Guohui Li,
  • Wei Yang,
  • Xiaolong Zhang,
  • Jiule Li,
  • Wentao Zhang and
  • Baiqing Xu

25 February 2023

We developed a kind of fiber optic seismometer array for a high mountain glacier and first tested it on the Kuoqionggangri Glacier in the Tibetan Plateau. The array clearly recorded substantial passive seismic source signals of various icequakes, inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,258 Views
21 Pages

First Steps Towards Site Characterization Activities at the CSTH Broad-Band Station of the Campi Flegrei’s Seismic Monitoring Network (Italy)

  • Lucia Nardone,
  • Rebecca Sveva Morelli,
  • Guido Gaudiosi,
  • Francesco Liguoro,
  • Danilo Galluzzo and
  • Massimo Orazi

3 August 2025

Local site conditions can significantly influence the amplitude, duration, and frequency content of seismic recordings, making the characterization of subsoil properties a critical component in seismic hazard assessment. However, despite extensive re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,222 Views
17 Pages

1 November 2021

The interaction between multiple loops and string cables complicates the dynamic response of triple square loops-string dome structures under seismic excitation. The internal connection between the multiple square loops-string cables and the grid bea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,828 Views
25 Pages

Identification of Nonlinear Soil Properties from Downhole Array Data Using a Bayesian Model Updating Approach

  • Farid Ghahari,
  • Fariba Abazarsa,
  • Hamed Ebrahimian,
  • Wenyang Zhang,
  • Pedro Arduino and
  • Ertugrul Taciroglu

14 December 2022

An accurate seismic response simulation of civil structures requires accounting for the nonlinear soil response behavior. This, in turn, requires understanding the nonlinear material behavior of in situ soils under earthquake excitations. System iden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,004 Views
19 Pages

27 November 2021

Seismic interferometry (SI) refers to the principle of generating new seismic responses using crosscorrelations of existing wavefield recordings. In this study, we report on the use of a specific interferometric approach, called seismic interferometr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,359 Views
18 Pages

A Linear Inversion Approach to Measuring the Composition and Directionality of the Seismic Noise Field

  • Patrick M. Meyers,
  • Tanner Prestegard,
  • Vuk Mandic,
  • Victor C. Tsai,
  • Daniel C. Bowden,
  • Andrew Matas,
  • Gary Pavlis and
  • Ross Caton

5 August 2021

We develop a linear inversion technique for measuring the modal composition and directionality of ambient seismic noise. The technique draws from similar techniques used in astrophysics and gravitational-wave physics, and relies on measuring cross-co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,491 Views
28 Pages

8 April 2022

The paper presents numerical and experimental investigations on a bi-directional multi-modal energy harvester which is based on a piezoelectric saw-tooth cantilever array. The harvester is composed of four piezoelectric cantilevers which are connecte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,600 Views
19 Pages

Study of Point Scanning Detection Mechanisms for Vibration Signals with Wavefront Sensors

  • Quan Luo,
  • Hongsheng Luo,
  • Yiyou Fan,
  • Guihan Wu,
  • Haoming Chen,
  • Yun Pan,
  • Wei Jiang and
  • Jinshan Su

16 January 2025

Seismic wave laser remote sensing is extensively employed in seismic monitoring and resource exploitation. This work establishes a vibration signal point scanning detection system utilizing wavefront sensors, leveraging their high resolution, array d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
944 Views
21 Pages

Detection of Vibration Signal by Plane Scanning Utilizing Wavefront Sensors

  • Yun Pan,
  • Quan Luo,
  • Yiyou Fan,
  • Haoming Chen,
  • Hongsheng Luo and
  • Jinshan Su

Laser remote sensing of seismic waves is extensively utilized in earthquake monitoring and resource exploitation. This article leverages wavefront sensors’ high resolution and array detection capabilities to effectively conduct planar scanning...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,982 Views
18 Pages

14 December 2021

A number of vertical array records during eight destructive earthquakes in Japan are utilized, after discussing criteria for desirable requirements of vertical arrays, to formulate seismic amplification between ground surface and outcrop base for sei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,458 Views
15 Pages

Monitoring Injected CO2 Using Earthquake Waves Measured by Downhole Fibre-Optic Sensors: CO2CRC Otway Stage 3 Case Study

  • Pavel Shashkin,
  • Boris Gurevich,
  • Sinem Yavuz,
  • Stanislav Glubokovskikh and
  • Roman Pevzner

16 October 2022

Monitoring changes of formation properties along the well bore associated with the presence of carbon dioxide can be important for both tracking the plume inside of the primary containment and detecting leakage into the zone located above the reservo...

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