Exxon Neftegas Limited, operator of the Sakhalin-1 consortium, is developing oil and gas reserves on the continental shelf off northeast Sakhalin Island, Russia. DalMorNefteGeofizika (DMNG), on behalf of the Sakhalin-1 consortium, conducted a 3-D seismic survey of the Odoptu license area during 17 August-9 September 2001. A portion of the primary known feeding area of the endangered western gra...

In this paper we present seismic signature simulations using ground vibration inputs from highfidelity 3-D mechanical system models. Results for an M1A1 and T72 are discussed. By analyzing the simulated seismic signature data in conjunction with the spectral features associated with the vibrations of specific vehicle sprung and un-sprung components we are able to make unambiguous associations o...

Introduction: During the Apollo era, a four station seismic network was deployed upon the nearside of the Moon, and returned the first-ever seismic dataset for another body in the Solar System (Fig. 1). The Apollo passive seismic network consisted of four separate stations, deployed on the Moon by the Apollo 12, 14, 15, and 16 astronauts from 1969 to 1972, and remained in continuous operation u...

The courtship behavior of male Schizocosa uetzi wolf spiders incorporates both visual and seismic signals into a multimodal display. These two signals have been shown to interact in such a manner that the seismic signal alters a female’s response to the visual signal, leading to a putative increased importance of visual signaling in the presence of a seismic signal. Experiments leading to this ...

[1] The seismic signals of hundreds of rockfalls within Dolomieu crater, Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Réunion Island, have been analyzed to investigate a possible link between physical rockfall-generating processes and associated seismic signal features. Moreover, indirect observation of rockfalls via the seismic signals they generate can provide useful data for studying volcanoes and the tem...

Seismic risk can be reduced by implementing newly developed seismic provisions in design codes. Furthermore, financial protection or enhanced utility and happiness for stakeholders could be gained through the purchase of earthquake insurance. If this is not so, there would be no market for such insurance. However, perceived benefit associated with insurance is not universally shared by stakehol...

Pygmy rabbit behavior and above ground burrow characteristics were monitored during seismic exploration in northern Utah in the fall of 2008. Burrow entrance characteristics (height and width) were evaluated at distances up to 250 m from the geophone line before and after the seismic survey. Burrow heights after the seismic survey were significantly lower than pre-treatment measurements 25m fro...

The variation of frequency content with time is an important seismo-stratigraphic indicator. This paper discusses the analysis of local frequency content of seismic reeection data with quadratic joint time-frequency representations. Signal adaptive quadratic time-frequency representations have considerably better time-frequency localization properties (resolution) than more standard approaches ...

The main objective of this research is to find the extent to which the minimal variability Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) model of seismic vulnerability assessment is sensitive to variation of optimism degree. There are a variety of models proposed for seismic vulnerability assessment. In order to examine the efficiency of seismic vulnerability assessment models, the stability of results coul...

After learning from several devastating earthquakes in China in recent years, stricter design criteria have been introduced in the current Chinese seismic design code. To investigate the reliability of the current seismic design code, seismic fragility analyses were performed for 45 10-story reinforced concrete (RC) frame-shear wall structures designed according to the current Chinese seismic d...