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Neukirch M, García-Jerez A, Villaseñor A, Luzón F, Brives J, Stehly L. On the Utility of Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratios of Ambient Noise in Joint Inversion with Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Curves for the Large-N Maupasacq Experiment. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 21:s21175946. [PMID: 34502837 PMCID: PMC8434629 DOI: 10.3390/s21175946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratios (HVSR) and Rayleigh group velocity dispersion curves (DC) can be used to estimate the shallow S-wave velocity (VS) structure. Knowing the VS structure is important for geophysical data interpretation either in order to better constrain data inversions for P-wave velocity (VP) structures such as travel time tomography or full waveform inversions or to directly study the VS structure for geo-engineering purposes (e.g., ground motion prediction). The joint inversion of HVSR and dispersion data for 1D VS structure allows characterising the uppermost crust and near surface, where the HVSR data (0.03 to 10s) are most sensitive while the dispersion data (1 to 30s) constrain the deeper model which would, otherwise, add complexity to the HVSR data inversion and adversely affect its convergence. During a large-scale experiment, 197 three-component short-period stations, 41 broad band instruments and 190 geophones were continuously operated for 6 months (April to October 2017) covering an area of approximately 1500km2 with a site spacing of approximately 1 to 3km. Joint inversion of HVSR and DC allowed estimating VS and, to some extent density, down to depths of around 1000m. Broadband and short period instruments performed statistically better than geophone nodes due to the latter’s gap in sensitivity between HVSR and DC. It may be possible to use HVSR data in a joint inversion with DC, increasing resolution for the shallower layers and/or alleviating the absence of short period DC data, which may be harder to obtain. By including HVSR to DC inversions, confidence improvements of two to three times for layers above 300m were achieved. Furthermore, HVSR/DC joint inversion may be useful to generate initial models for 3D tomographic inversions in large scale deployments. Lastly, the joint inversion of HVSR and DC data can be sensitive to density but this sensitivity is situational and depends strongly on the other inversion parameters, namely VS and VP. Density estimates from a HVSR/DC joint inversion should be treated with care, while some subsurface structures may be sensitive, others are clearly not. Inclusion of gravity inversion to HVSR/DC joint inversion may be possible and prove useful.
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- Maik Neukirch
- Geosciences Barcelona, GEO3BCN-CSIC, C/Lluis Solé i Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain; (A.G.-J.); (F.L.)
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, ICM-CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain; (A.G.-J.); (F.L.)
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- Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), CNRS, University Grenoble Alps, University of Savoie Mont Blanc, and Gustave Eiffel University, 1381 Rue de la Piscine, 38610 Gieres, France; (J.B.); (L.S.)
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- Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), CNRS, University Grenoble Alps, University of Savoie Mont Blanc, and Gustave Eiffel University, 1381 Rue de la Piscine, 38610 Gieres, France; (J.B.); (L.S.)
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Zhao L, Malusà MG, Yuan H, Paul A, Guillot S, Lu Y, Stehly L, Solarino S, Eva E, Lu G, Bodin T. Author Correction: Evidence for a serpentinized plate interface favouring continental subduction. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3838. [PMID: 32724062 PMCID: PMC7387463 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17767-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Liang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. .,Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ONT, Genova, Italy.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluids Systems, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia. .,Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. .,Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ONT, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ONT, Genova, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Univ. Lyon, Universite Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5276 LGL-TPE, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Zhao L, Malusà MG, Yuan H, Paul A, Guillot S, Lu Y, Stehly L, Solarino S, Eva E, Lu G, Bodin T. Evidence for a serpentinized plate interface favouring continental subduction. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2171. [PMID: 32358508 PMCID: PMC7195360 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15904-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The dynamics of continental subduction is largely controlled by the rheological properties of rocks involved along the subduction channel. Serpentinites have low viscosity at geological strain rates. However, compelling geophysical evidence of a serpentinite channel during continental subduction is still lacking. Here we show that anomalously low shear-wave seismic velocities are found beneath the Western Alps, along the plate interface between the European slab and the overlying Adriatic mantle. We propose that these seismic velocities indicate the stacked remnants of a weak fossilised serpentinite channel, which includes both slivers of abyssal serpentinite formed at the ocean floor and mantle-wedge serpentinite formed by fluid release from the subducting slab. Our results suggest that this serpentinized plate interface may have favoured the subduction of continental crust into the upper mantle and the formation/exhumation of ultra-high pressure metamorphic rocks, providing new constraints to develop the conceptual and quantitative understanding of continental-subduction dynamics. The dynamics of continental subduction is largely controlled by the rheological properties of rocks involved along the subduction channel. Here, the authors reveal a prominent, yet previously undetected, low-velocity body beneath the Western Alps, along the plate interface between the European slab and the overlying Adriatic mantle, which they interpret as a serpentinite layer.
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- Liang Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. .,Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ONT, Genova, Italy.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluids Systems, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia. .,Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. .,Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ONT, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ONT, Genova, Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Univ. Lyon, Universite Lyon 1, Ens de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5276 LGL-TPE, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Stehly L, Campillo M, Froment B, Weaver RL. Reconstructing Green's function by correlation of the coda of the correlation (C3) of ambient seismic noise. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cross-correlation of 1 month of ambient seismic noise recorded at USArray stations in California yields hundreds of short-period surface-wave group-speed measurements on interstation paths. We used these measurements to construct tomographic images of the principal geological units of California, with low-speed anomalies corresponding to the main sedimentary basins and high-speed anomalies corresponding to the igneous cores of the major mountain ranges. This method can improve the resolution and fidelity of crustal images obtained from surface-wave analyses.
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- Nikolai M Shapiro
- Center for Imaging the Earth's Interior, Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
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