S014
Environmental Seismology: A Geophysical Tool to study Surface and Near Surface Processes
Session ID#: 71427
Session Description:
Recent work has highlighted the generation of elastic waves by processes at or near the Earth’s surface, and seismic techniques are being utilized to examine an increasingly diverse range of processes, hazards and materials. Seismic detection, monitoring and characterization methods can provide continuous, real-time observations with high temporal resolution and broad spatial coverage of multiple sources and inaccessible environments. Areas of recent advancement include: mass movement (landslides, rockfalls, debris flows, lahars); hydrologic (groundwater, open water waves/tides, outburst floods, turbulence, sediment transport), cryospheric (avalanches, icequakes, calving, ice fracture/deformation, glacial hydrology/sliding), atmospheric and oceanic (microseisms, extreme weather, gravity waves) phenomena; use of large-N arrays; 4-d imaging of substrate, material, and structural attributes; and anthropogenic sources.
This session connects scientists applying theoretical, field-based and experimental seismic methods to Earth surface and near-surface dynamics. We invite contributions from geomorphology, cryospheric sciences, seismology, hazards, volcanology, soil sciences, rock mechanics, hydrology, and related fields.
Co-Organized:
Index Terms:
0799 General or miscellaneous [CRYOSPHERE]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]
7299 General or miscellaneous [SEISMOLOGY]
9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings) [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]
Primary Convener: Bradley Paul Lipovsky, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners: Danica L Roth, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Kate Allstadt, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States and Richard C Aster, Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Primary Liaison: Bradley Paul Lipovsky, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Tidally Induced Icequake Swarms at the Grounded Margins of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica (489103)
Hank Cole1, Richard C Aster1, Michael G Baker1, Julien Chaput2, Peter D Bromirski3, Peter Gerstoft4, Ralph A Stephen5, Andrew Nyblade6 and Douglas Wiens7, (1)Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (3)Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)Univ of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, (5)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, (7)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
Characterization of Environmental Seismic Noise near a Karst Aquifer in Florida (491765)
Luke Penney1, Susan L Bilek2, Jacob Alexander Gochenour2, Andrew J Luhmann1, Ronni Grapenthin3 and Jonathan B. Martin4, (1)Wheaton College, Geology and Environmental Science, Wheaton, IL, United States, (2)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)University of Florida, Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States
FLOOD WAVE SPEED MEASUREMENT USING A SEISMIC NETWORK IN LA REUNION ISLAND (493636)
Alicia Gonzalez1,2, Fabrice R. Fontaine1, Guilhem Barruol3, Alain Recking4, Jean-Lambert Join5 and Eric Delcher1, (1)Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Université de La Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR CNRS 7154, Université Paris Diderot, F-97744 Saint Denis, France., Saint-Denis, France, (2)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, (3)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS (UMR 7154), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France, Paris, France, (4)IRSTEA Grenoble, Saint Martin d'Hères, France, (5)Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France, Université de La Réunion, Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, F-97744 Saint Denis, France., Saint-Denis, France
A Tale of Two Very Large Avalanches: Probing the Limits of Seismoacoustic Avalanche Characterization on Iliamna Volcano, Alaska (493717)
Liam D Toney1, David Fee1, Kate Allstadt2, Matthew M Haney3 and Robin S Matoza4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States, (3)USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory, Anchorage, AK, United States, (4)University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Science and Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Austral swells in La Réunion Island: terrestrial, ocean bottom observations and wave models (494086)
Elisa J. Rindraharisaona1, Guilhem Barruol2, Emmanuel Cordier3, Fabrice R. Fontaine4, Eric Delcher4, Alicia Gonzalez1,4 and Manvendra Singh5, (1)(1) Université de Paris, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France; (2)Université de La Reunion, Laboratoire GeoSciences Reunion, Reunion, Saint Denis, Reunion, (2)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS (UMR 7154), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France, Paris, France, (3)Université de La Réunion, OSU-Réunion, Saint Denis, Reunion, (4)Laboratoire GéoSciences Réunion, Université de La Réunion, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR CNRS 7154, Université Paris Diderot, F-97744 Saint Denis, France., Saint-Denis, France, (5)Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Quatre Borne, Mauritius
An End to Southern California Drought? Monitoring Groundwater Recovery with Seismic Noise (Invited) (498925)
Tim Clements, Harvard University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Marine Denolle, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, IGPP, La Jolla, CA, United States
Monitoring and imaging water saturation variations using ballistic body- and surface-waves from seismic ambient noise correlations (505601)
Aurelien Mordret1, Romeo Courbis2, Florent Brenguier3, Małgorzata Joanna Chmiel4, Stephane Garambois2, Shujuan Mao5, Pierre Boué6, Xander Campman7, Thomas Lecocq8, Wim Van der Veen9 and Dan Hollis10, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)ISTerre Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint Martin d'Hères, France, (3)University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Grenboble, France, (4)ETH Zürich, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Zurich, Switzerland, (5)ITAG Institute of Theoretical and Applied Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China, (6)Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, (7)Shell Global Solutions International, Geophysical Operations, Rijswijk Zh, Netherlands, (8)Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, (9)Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij, Groningen, Netherlands, (10)Sisprobe, Grenoble, France
Modal Analysis of a Freestanding Sandstone Monolith (Castleton Tower, Utah) (505782)
Jeffrey R Moore1, Paul R. Geimer1, Riley Finnegan2 and Clotaire Michel3, (1)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
Stormquakes (505869)
Wenyuan Fan, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Jeffrey Joseph McGuire, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Catherine D de Groot-Hedlin, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Michael A H Hedlin, University of California, La Jolla, CA, United States, Sloan Coats, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Julia W Fiedler, University of Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Vibration Response of Rock Arches and Towers to Helicopter-Sourced Infrasound (506450)
Riley Finnegan, University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Jeffrey R Moore, University of Utah, Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Paul R. Geimer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Soil Soundscapes from Seismic Arrays: Monitoring Bioturbation in Mima Mounds and Hillslopes (507256)
Travis Wellington Clow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Geosciences Research Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, Jane K. Willenbring, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Grizelle González, US Forest Service San Juan, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, PR, United States and Peter M Shearer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, CA, United States
In-Situ Nonlinear Elastic Response of Sandstone Landforms Under Dynamic Loading (507404)
Paul R. Geimer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Jeffrey R Moore, University of Utah, Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Riley Finnegan, University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Expanding Environmental Seismology to Karst Aquifer Systems: Correlating Seismic Power to Discharge from a Conduit Network (507528)
Jacob Alexander Gochenour1, Susan L Bilek1, Ronni Grapenthin2, Andrew J Luhmann3, Luke Penney3 and Jonathan B. Martin4, (1)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)Wheaton College, Geology and Environmental Science, Wheaton, IL, United States, (4)University of Florida, Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Characterizing Sea Ice Modulations of Seismic Noise using the Alaska Transportable Array (507588)
Lucas Estrada1, Kasey Aderhold2, Richard C Aster3, Alice Bradley1, Michael G Baker4 and Marshall Scott Borrus1, (1)Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States, (2)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Mapping the Subglacial Drainage System from Dense Array Seismology: a Multi-method Approach. (508016)
Ugo Nanni, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, Saint Martin d'Hères, France, Florent Gimbert, University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, Grenoble, France, Philippe Roux, ISTerre Institute of Earth Sciences, Grenoble, France, Benoit Urruty, University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, Grenoble, France and Albanne Lecointre, ISTerre Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Sediment thickness in South China Sea revealed by teleseismic P-to-S converted phases (509222)
Gang Yang1,2, Ting Yang1, Mohan Pan3 and Ba Manh Le3, (1)Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, (2)Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, (3)Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Shanghai, China
DAS on Ice: Insights gained from deploying several kilometers of fiber optic cable on Taku Glacier, Alaska (512640)
Ellen Trim Robo1, Celeste Ritter Labedz1, Ethan F Williams1, Andrew Klesh2, Mark P Panning3,4, Alireza Marandi5 and Zhongwen Zhan6, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Univ of FL-Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (6)California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Monitoring Damage in Sea Ice using Acoustic Emissions (517634)
Mark Shortt1, Ben Lishman2, Katerina Stavrianaki1,3, Aleksey V Marchenko4 and Peter R Sammonds1, (1)University College London, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, London, United Kingdom, (2)London South Bank University, School of Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (3)University College London, Department of Statistical Science, London, United Kingdom, (4)The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
High-frequency Seismic Signals from Landslides: Insight from Laboratory Flows and DEM Simulations (520317)
Matthew Arran, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Anne Mangeney, University of Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Julien de Rosny, ESPCI, Institut Langevin, CNRS, Paris Cedex 05, France, Maxime Farin, Institut Langevin, Paris, France and Renaud Toussaint, EOST, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Near-Surface Coss-Well Seismic Surveying for Sediment and Groundwater Characterization: Instrument and Imaging Tests (526346)
Zohreh Souri, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States, Robert R Stewart, University of Houston, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States and Li Chang, University of Houston, Houston, United States
Landslide characterization by seismic ambient noise analysis: application to Carpathian Mountains (537971)
Lena Cauchie1, Anne-Sophie Mreyen1, Mihai Micu2, Philippe Cerfontaine1 and Hans-Balder Havenith1, (1)University of Liège, Dept of Geology, Liege, Belgium, (2)Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Characterizing shallow subsurface seismic attenuation at the Arroyo de los Piños bedload monitoring site, central New Mexico (544631)
Susan L Bilek1, Daniel Cadol1, Jonathan B Laronne2 and Kyle Stark1, (1)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)Ben Gurion Univ of Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
The Influence of Geomorphic Setting on the Frequency Distribution of Energy Delivered to Steep Coastal Cliffs from Environmental Forcings (547457)
Han Byul Woo1, Guillaume Dodet2, Peter N Adams1, Claire Siobhan Earlie3, Nicolas Le Dantec4,5, Fabien Leckler6, Julie Perrot4, Serge Suanez2, Emmanuel Augereau4 and Fabrice Ardhuin7, (1)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States, (2)University of Bretagne Occidentale, IFREMER, CNRS, UMR LETG 6554, IUEM, Plouzané, France, (3)Cardiff University, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Wales, United Kingdom, (4)University of Bretagne Occidentale, IUEM, CNRS, UMR 6538, Plouzané, France, (5)CEREMA, DTecEMF, Beauvais, France, (6)SHOM, Research Department, Brest, France, (7)University of Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Plouzané, France
Active Seismic Studies in Lemon Creek Valley Glacier, Juneau, Alaska: Characterization of Subglacial Sediments to Understand Glacier Dynamics (551918)
Lucia Fernanda Gonzalez1, Marianne S. Karplus1, Stephen A Veitch1, Julien Chaput1, Adam D Booth2, Galen Kaip1, Jason M Amundson3 and Timothy C Bartholomaus4, (1)University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States, (2)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK, United States, (4)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
A Physical Model of the High-Frequency Seismic Signal Generated by Debris Flows (566210)
Victor C Tsai1, Maxime Farin2, Michael P. Lamb2 and Kate Allstadt3, (1)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States
Cross-correlation of ambient seismic signal during a glacial lake outburst flood at Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska (567536)
Celeste Ritter Labedz1, Jason M Amundson2, Florent Gimbert3, Marianne S. Karplus4, Stephen A Veitch4 and Timothy C Bartholomaus5, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK, United States, (3)ISTerre, Grenoble, France, (4)University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States, (5)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
Monitoring an unstable hanging glacier in the Swiss Alpes using icequake repeaters and Coda Wave Interferometry. (574150)
Małgorzata Joanna Chmiel, ETH Zürich, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Zurich, Switzerland, Fabian Walter, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Zurich, Switzerland and Lukas E Preiswerk, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Cryoseismological recordings in West-Greenland, from permanent and community based seismic stations (574376)
Peter Voss1, Gerth Nielsen2, Adam Hansen3, Per Ole Frederiksen4, Pâviârak Jakobsen5, Finn Danielsen6, Mathilde Sørensen7, Zeinab Jeddi7, Trine Dahl-Jensen8 and Tine B Larsen1, (1)Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, København K, Denmark, (2)Akunnaaq, Akunnaaq, Greenland, (3)Aasiaat, Aasiaat, Greenland, (4)Attu, Attu, Greenland, (5)Qeqertalik, Aasiaat, Greenland, (6)NORDECO, Copenhagen, Denmark, (7)University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, (8)GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Landslide Localization on Complex Topography: Simulation of Seismic Signal to Locate Rockfalls at Dolomieu Crater, La Réunion (579323)
Julian Kuehnert, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Anne Mangeney, University of Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Yann Capdeville, Université de Nantes, Nantes, Cedex 3, France, Emmanuel Chaljub, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble, France, Eleonore Stutzmann, Université de Paris, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France and Jean-Pierre Vilotte, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris, France
Modulation of Seismic velocity by Monsoonal Precipitations in Nepal Himalayas (584815)
Luc Illien1, Christoph Sens-Schönfelder1, Christoff Andermann1, Dr Kristen L Cook2 and Niels Hovius3, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Helmholtz Centre, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (3)Helmholtz Centre, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany
Tracking spectral formants: A history of ice flow revealed by depth dependent anisotropy onthe Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica (587288)
Julien Chaput, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States and Richard C Aster, Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States
A distributed acoustic sensing and geophone array to study the Mt. Meager Volcano (592134)
Jan Dettmer1, Hersh J Gilbert1, Stephen Edward Grasby2, Patrick Paitz3, Andreas Fichtner4, Gwenn E Flowers5 and Glyn Williams-Jones6, (1)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Research Service, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)Zürich, NULL, Switzerland, (4)ETH Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, Zurich, Switzerland, (5)Simon Fraser University, Department of Earth Sciences, Burnaby, BC, Canada, (6)Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Fault activation and fault dynamics during the 1993-1998 uplift episode in Hengill, SW-Iceland (597614)
Hanna Blanck, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, Kristin S Vogfjord, Icelandic Meteorological Offic, Reykjavik, Iceland, Halldor Geirsson, University of Iceland, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Reykjavik, Iceland and Vala Hjorleifsdottir, Reykjavík Energy, Reykjavik, Iceland
Imaging Dynamic Responses of Large-scale Deep-seated Landslides to Environmental Forcing through Seismic Interferometric Dispersion Analysis (600810)
Hsin-Hua Huang1, Chien-Chih Chen2, Chih-Yu Kuo3, Ya-Ju Hsu4, Li-Wei Kuo5, Wen-Jie Wu6 and Chun-Te Chen4, (1)Academia Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, (3)Academia Sinica, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, (4)Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, (5)National Central University, Department of Earth Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan, (6)National Central University, Kanagawa, Japan
Relating Microseismicity to Fault Geometry at the Rattlesnake Ridge Landslide (601755)
Tyler Newton1, Amanda Thomas1, Stephen DeLong2, Alexandra Pickering3 and Douglas R Toomey1, (1)University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States, (2)US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Imaging the frictional properties of glacier beds using ambient seismic noise monitoring : application to Whillans ice stream, Antarctica (605885)
Gauthier Guerin, Géoazur - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France, Aurélien Mordret, ISTerre, Saint Martin d'Hères, France, Diane Rivet, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Bradley Paul Lipovsky, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Brent M Minchew, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Imaging and monitoring temporal changes of shallow seismic velocities at the Garner Valley near Anza, California, followingthe M7.2 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake (608611)
Lei Qin1, Yehuda Ben-Zion1, Luis F Bonilla2 and Jamison Haase Steidl3, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)IFSTTAR, Bouguenais Cedex, France, (3)University of California, Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Measuring Basal Force Fluctuations of Debris Flows Using Seismic Recordings and Empirical Green’s Functions (610546)
Kate Allstadt1, Maxime Farin2, Jason W Kean3, Richard M Iverson4, Victor C Tsai5, Maciej Obryk6, Thomas Rapstine1,7, Matthew Logan8, Joel Smith9 and Christopher Lockett8, (1)USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States, (2)Institut Langevin, Paris, France, (3)USGS, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States, (4)USGS, Vancouver, WA, United States, (5)Caltech-Seismological Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, United States, (7)Colorado School of Mines, Golden, United States, (8)USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA, United States, (9)USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, United States
Propagation characteristic changes of elastic waves transmitted through a sand soil in water injection and drainage processes (616875)
Masayuki Nakayama1, Hironori Kawakata2, Shiro Hirano1 and Issei Doi3, (1)Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan, (2)Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu Shiga, Japan, (3)Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
