On the relation of variations in the travel times of seismic waves with the changes in the speed of the Earth’s rotation |
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| Authors: | V V Adushkin N G Gamburtseva M A Nesterkina I A Sanina D D Sultanov O A Usol’tseva |
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| Institution: | 1.Institute of the Dynamics of Geospheres (IDG),Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | The results of long-term sounding of the lithosphere by seismic waves from the deep-focus Hindu Kush earthquakes are presented.
The travel time series of the first longitudinal wave on a fixed base are constructed for six seismic observation stations
(SS) located on the Russian Platform (the Obninsk SS), on the Siberian Platform (the Eltsovka SS), on the Cis-Ural Trough
(the Arti SS), in the Central-Ural Megazone (the Sverdlovsk SS), in the Transbaikalia (the Bodaibo SS), and in the Northern
Tien Shan (the Przhevalsk SS). The time series duration in years for these stations ranged from 1964–1970 to 2007. The travel
time series of seismic waves for the stations indicated are characterized by multi-slope negative linear trends caused by
changes in the stress-strain state of rocks. From the comparison of the trend slopes at different stations it follows that
the changes in the stress conditions within the lithosphere are relatively weak in the aseismic regions of the Russian and
Siberian Platforms and in the Ural Megazone, whereas in the seismically active regions of Tien Shan, Transbaikalia and the
Cis-Ural Trough they are more pronounced. The correlation has been observed between the time series trends of the average
annual travel times of seismic waves and the time series of the Earth’s rotation speed. The strongest correlation between
the series can be seen for the stations, located on the platforms with weak manifestations of both seismicity and active geodynamic
processes. Within the long-term periods of deceleration and acceleration of the Earth’s rotation, travel times of seismic
waves are decreased and increased, respectively. |
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