Synthesis of seismic surface waves

Seismic Surface Waves

Seismic holes for controlling surface waves

The concept of controlling seismic waves is in progress and first full-scale experiments had confirmed the interest which we can have for this new axis of research. The possibility of imagining a seismic 2D or 3D metamaterial made of a grid of inclusions or empty boreholes in the soil, interacting with a part of the earthquake signal is becoming realistic. Here we show the dynamic response of a...

Experiments on seismic metamaterials: molding surface waves.

Materials engineered at the micro- and nanometer scales have had a tremendous and lasting impact in photonics and phononics. At much larger scales, natural soils civil engineered at decimeter to meter scales may interact with seismic waves when the global properties of the medium are modified, or alternatively thanks to a seismic metamaterial constituted of a mesh of vertical empty inclusions b...

Nonreflection seismic and inversion of surface and guided waves

S imaging need not be synonymous with or rely on the presence of reflectors in the Earth. Much can be gleaned from the nonreflected wavefield. For example, direct waves map out smooth velocity variations in crosswell seismic tomography, wide-angle refracted waves play a crucial role in full waveform inversion (Hole et al., 2005), and surface waves provide unmatched sensitivity to near-surface s...

Nonreflection seismic and inversion of surface and guided waves

D acoustic sensing (DAS) is a relatively recent development in the use of fiber-optic cable for measurement of ground motion. Discrete fiber-optic sensors, typically using a Bragg diffraction grating, have been in research and development and field testing for more than 15 years with geophysical applications at least 12 years old (Bostick, 2000, and summary in Keul et al., 2005). However, devel...