A method of searching for radial velocity anomalies in the lower mantle using interfering signals     

C. Wright  J. A. Lyons 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》1980,119(1):118-136

Radial velocity anomalies in the lower mantle that give rise to triplications in the travel-time curve for short-periodP waves will produce arrivals havingdT/d values that differe by roughly 0.2–0.5 s/deg. The first two arrivals associated with such triplications will be separated by less than one second over a distance range of 4°–10° they may not, therefore, be separable visually on single seismograms, so that their presence can only be inferred from some measurable property that depends on their mutual interference. If there are lateral variations in the regions of anomalous velocity gradients, the interfering signals will also have different azimuths of arrival. Using two synthetic wavelets we have investigated the effect of interference on bothdT/d and azimuth measurements at the Yellowknife Array. We found that if the interfering pulses have a dominant frequencyv, there is a range of time separations (0.30/v0.55/v) over which the measureddT/d and azimuth values may fluctuate by much more than the differences indT/d and azimuth between the interfering signals. We have evaluated the following empirically defined functions for three different primary signals, and for three different relative amplitudes of the interfering signals:f (t), the drift function, which expresses how the measured slownesses,p, and azimuths, , differ from the slownesses and azimuths of the primary wavelets; f(), the range function, which describes the behaviour of the upper and lower bounds ofp and as a function of the difference in arrival times of the signals, andf , studied the properties of these functions, and have outlined how these properties provide criteria based on the numerical and statistical characteristics of the arrival vectors, and on the waveform of the signal that will enable small radial velocity anomalies to be more clearly delineated.Contribution No. 863 from the Earth Physics Branch.  相似文献   

Gas hydrate identified in sand-rich inferred sedimentary section using downhole logging and seismic data in Shenhu area,South China Sea     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2014

Downhole wireline log (DWL) data was acquired from eight drill sites during China's first gas hydrate drilling expedition (GMGS-1) in 2007. Initial analyses of the acquired well log data suggested that there were no significant gas hydrate occurrences at Site SH4. However, the re-examination of the DWL data from Site SH4 indicated that there are two intervals of high resistivity, which could be indicative of gas hydrate. One interval of high resistivity at depth of 171–175 m below seafloor (mbsf) is associated with a high compressional- wave (P-wave) velocities and low gamma ray log values, which suggests the presence of gas hydrate in a potentially sand-rich (low clay content) sedimentary section. The second high resistivity interval at depth of 175–180 mbsf is associated with low P-wave velocities and low gamma values, which suggests the presence of free gas in a potentially sand-rich (low clay content) sedimentary section. Because the occurrence of free gas is much shallower than the expected from the regional depth of the bottom simulating reflector (BSR), the free gas could be from the dissociation of gas hydrate during drilling or there may be a local anomaly in the depth to the base of the gas hydrate stability zone. In order to determine whether the low P-wave velocity with high resistivity is caused by in-situ free gas or dissociated free gas from the gas hydrate, the surface seismic data were also used in this analysis. The log analysis incorporating the surface seismic data through the construction of synthetic seismograms using various models indicated the presence of free gas directly in contact with an overlying gas hydrate-bearing section. The occurrence of the anomalous base of gas hydrate stability at Site SH4 could be caused by a local heat flow conditions. This paper documents the first observation of gas hydrate in what is believed to be a sand-rich sediment in Shenhu area of the South China Sea.  相似文献   

Real and complex spectra – a generalization of WKBJ seismograms     

E. Heyman  L. B. Felsen 《Geophysical Journal International》1987,91(3):1087-1126

Real plane-waves constitute the building blocks for recently developed spectral techniques in synthetic seismology. While providing numerical convenience, real slowness-spectra model certain wave phenomena in a distributed 'unnatural' way, whereas complex spectra model these phenomena in a compact, more 'natural' way. The theory of complex spectra, called by us the 'Spectral Theory of Transients' (STT) and developed elsewhere, is summarized here and contrasted with the real-spectrum approach. Relying strongly on the theory of analytic functions, STT permits the transient responses to be classified and evaluated according to the singularities they introduce in the complex slowness plane. The method is illustrated for a number of 2-D SH -wave model propagation environments, including interface reflection, head waves, multiple encounters with caustics due to concave boundaries or ducting medium inhomogeneities, and diffraction by structures with edges.  相似文献   

Green functions and associated sources in infinite and stratified poroelastic media     

C. Boutin  G. Bonnet  P. Y. Bard 《Geophysical Journal International》1987,90(3):521-550

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W UMa型相接双星的理论研究     

李立芳  张奉辉 《天文研究与技术》2004,1(1):1-15

本文回顾了W UMa型相接双星观测和理论研究的历史。总结了W UMa型相接双星观测特性和理论研究的成果。最后讨论了W UMa型相接双星理论模型研究中存在的问题及其解决这些问题的一些可行方法。  相似文献   

Seismic representation theorem coupling: synthetic P–SV mode sum seismograms for non-homogeneous paths     

Janice Regan 《Geophysical Journal International》1991,106(3):587-609

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Seismic representation theorem coupling: synthetic SH mode sum seismograms for non-homogeneous paths     

J. Regan  D. G. Harkrider 《Geophysical Journal International》1989,98(3):429-446

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Synthetic seismograms in laterally heterogeneous, anelastic media by modal summation of P-SV-waves     

F. Vaccari  S. Gregersen  M. Furlan  G. F. Panza 《Geophysical Journal International》1989,99(2):285-295

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Compressional and shear wave anisotropy in the oceanic lithosphere - the Ngendei seismic refraction experiment     

P. M. Shearer  J. A. Orcutt 《Geophysical Journal International》1986,87(3):967-1003

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Efficient calculation of differential seismograms for lithospheric receiver functions   总被引：18，自引：0，他引：18  

G. E. Randall 《Geophysical Journal International》1989,99(3):469-481

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