SCEC Award Number 10049 View PDF
Proposal Category Individual Proposal (Integration and Theory)
Proposal Title Designing a network of seismic antennas for high resolution source imaging
Investigator(s)
Name Organization
Jean-Paul Ampuero California Institute of Technology
Other Participants Lingsen Meng, Graduate Student
SCEC Priorities D, B3, A8 SCEC Groups Seismology, FARM, GMP
Report Due Date 02/28/2011 Date Report Submitted N/A
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Intellectual Merit This project developed advanced techniques for high-resolution source imaging by seismic arrays. The technique was applied to study significant recent earthquakes at regional and teleseismic distances. These observations provide constraints on the physics of dynamic rupture at the bottom of seismogenic zones and its relation to high-frequency radiation.
Broader Impacts This project supported training of two graduate students. The techniques developed can provide rapid estimation of rupture length and directivity, which can contribute to post-earthquake response.
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