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The Central United States Seismic Observatory (CUSSO), is a fifteen-element array of three-component accelerometers and seismometers in the New Madrid seismic zone, within the upper Mississippi embayment. Its location within the thick (up to 1 km) sequences of unlithified sediment comprising the embayment, make CUSSO a unique array in its ability to directly measure seismic wave propagation, including ground motion site effect; however, before the observational data can be used for analysis, the orientation and instrument response of the CUSSO array must be defined. This study used cross-correlation and direct comparisons to filter out the instrument response and determine the instrument orientation, making CUSSO data ready for analysis, and making CUSSO a viable calibration site for other free-field sensors in the area. The corrected waveforms from five far-field earthquakes with magnitudes ranging between 2.5 and 4.7, which were recorded at CUSSO, were used to validate the site’s proposed dynamic soil model. The corrected bedrock motions were also numerically propagated through the CUSSO soil profile (transfer function) and compared, in terms of both peak acceleration and amplitude spectra, to the recorded surface observations.

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In Sachsen liegt der Schwerpunkt der seismischen Aktivität im westsächsisch-ostthüringischen Raum. Ausgehend vom Vogtland verläuft die erdbebengefährdete Zone über das Gebiet von Zwickau und Gera-Ronneburg bis in den Raum von Leipzig. Die Broschüre fasst die Ergebnisse der Erdbebenbeobachtung in Sachsen bzw. Mitteldeutschland im Zeitraum 2010-2012 zusammen und berichtet über die Arbeit des Seismologie-Verbundes. Dargestellt wird auch der Erdbebenschwarm im August/September 2012. Weitere Schwerpunkte bilden die Beschreibung der seismologischen Netze (SXNET und TSN) in Mitteldeutschland und ein Überblick über die Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiet der Seismohydrologie zur Erdbebenprognose im Vogtland.

<strong>Upper mantle discontinuities from PP- and SS-precursors</strong> The 410km discontinuity is examined using two global datasets of precursors to the PP and SS phases. The precursor amplitudes are used to constrain the impedance contrast, and examine lateral variations in the reflection coefficient of the discontinuity. P- and S-wave reflection amplitudes vary over different scale lengths, which could be due to the presence of melt, water or other chemical heterogeneities in the transition zone. Models for 410-topography are also derived, and the relationship between topography and transition zone seismic velocity anomalies examined. A moderate negative correlation exists between long wavelength 410-topography and transition zone velocity anomalies. However, when shorter wavelengths are included the relationship becomes more complex, and in some regions positive correlations are seen. This suggests that long wavelength variation of discontinuity topography and seismic velocity, is due to thermal effects. However, at shorter wavelengths the influence of chemical heterogeneities becomes important. Different spectra for thermal and chemical heterogeneity suggests that chemical anomalies can survive in convecting mantle. <strong>Lower mantle reflectors and S-wave scattering</strong> The lowermost mantle is investigated using a phase stripping technique and two migration methods: a backprojection, and a scheme with weights based on the Generalised Radon Transform. Resolution of the results is tested by migrating synthetic datasets. In some regions the results can be simulated using fairly simple distributions of point scatterers, but elsewhere the results require more complicated structures. The results identify several important properties of the D" region including reflectors within the D" region and a complex pattern of positive and negative scattering potentials near the core-mantle boundary. The results also show the presence of an intermittent D" discontinuity which is not a continuous, nor a global, feature. This suggests that the D" discontinuity is caused by either localised structures, such as thermal or chemical heterogeneity, or a global boundary with a variable impedance contrast.

Thesis (M.S.)--Baylor University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-95).

Thesis (M.S.)--Baylor University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-136).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-97).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-208). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-177). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.