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Authors: | De Siena, L.* Del Pezzo, E.* Bianco, F.* Tramelli, A.* |
Title: | Multiple resolution seismic attenuation imaging at Mt. Vesuvius | Journal: | Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | Series/Report no.: | /173 (2009) | Publisher: | Elsevier | Issue Date: | 2009 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.015 | URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4244 | Keywords: | Attenuation tomography Mt. Vesuvius Coda normalization method Spectral slope Multi resolution inversion |
Subject Classification: | 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.07. Tomography and anisotropy 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.08. Volcano seismology 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.09. Waves and wave analysis |
Abstract: | A three-dimensional S wave attenuation tomography of Mt. Vesuvius has been obtained with multiple measurements of coda-normalized S-wave spectra of local small magnitude earthquakes.We used 6609 waveforms, relative to 826 volcano-tectonic earthquakes, located close to the crater axis in a depth range between 1 and 4 km (below the sea level), recorded at seven 3-component digital seismic stations. We adopted a two-point ray-tracing; rays were traced in an high resolution 3-D velocity model. The spatial resolution achieved in the attenuation tomography is comparable with that of the velocity tomography (we resolve 300m side cubic cells). We statistically tested that the results are almost independent from the radiation pattern. We also applied an improvement of the ordinary spectral-slope method to both P- and S-waves, assuming that the differences between the theoretical and the experimental high frequency spectral-slope are only due to the attenuation effects. Consequently we could check the codanormalization method also comparing the S attenuation image with the P attenuation image. The images were obtained inverting the spectral data with a multiple resolution approach. Results have shown the general coincidence of low attenuation with high velocity zones. The joint interpretation of velocity and attenuation images allows us to interpret the low attenuation zone intruding toward the surface until a depth of 500m below the sea level as related to the residual part of solidified magma from the last eruption. In the depth range between −700 and −2300 images are consistent with the presence of multiple acquifer layers. No evidence of magma patches greater than the minimum cell dimension (300m) has been found. A shallow P wave attenuation anomaly (beneath the southern flank of the volcano) is consitent with the presence of gas saturated rocks. The zone characterized by the maximum seismic energy release cohincides with a high attenuation and low velocity volume, interpreted as a cracked medium. |
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