Relative Location of Explosions Using Surface Waves
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A method of relative location for explosions using Rayleigh waves is developed and tested. It involves cross correlating a wavetrain with a previously recorded signal from the same source region and &?.t&mining a relative "travel-time" from the peak in the -ross correlation trace. Locations are fairly accurate, but do not compare with the precision obtained with body waves and relative travel-time corrections. A number of causes of errors are discussed, and it is estimated that a sor-Msticated application of this method would yield location comparable to relative travel-time locations for large events.
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