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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; February 1981; v. 71; no. 1; p. 51-67
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Seismic source functions and attenuation from local and teleseismic observations of the NTS events jorum and handley

DONALD V. HELMBERGER and DAVID M. HADLEY

SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91125
SIERRA GEOPHYSICS, INC., 150 NORTH SANTA ANITA AVENUE, ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA 91006

Abstract

Several strong-motion seismograms recorded at 8 km from a large nuclear test at Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, are modeled using the Cagniard-de Hoop technique. The ratio of vertical to radial motions suggest that the peak values are produced by ray paths that penetrated to a depth several kilometers below the source. A homogeneous layered Earth model with velocity increasing with depth was used in the modeling of the velocity time histories. The upper portion of the velocity model was determined by averaging bore-hole data and the lower portion was obtained from regional refraction measurements. Assuming a modified Haskell (1967) source representation,


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we obtain a range of source descriptions with {psi}0 varying with K and B, {psi}0 (K,B). The range of source models for Jorum are {psi}0 (5, 1) = 3.1, {psi}0 (5, 2) = 1.7, and {psi}0 (5, 3) = 1.2 times 1011 cm3, respectively. Given an explosion source description, it is a straightforward task to determine the teleseismic attenuation from WWSSN observations. From both the short- and long-period observations from these events, an average t* of 1.3 is obtained for compressional waves of a dominant 1-sec period. This estimate is insensitive to the range of K and B obtained from the near-field modeling.




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