Big data seismology

SJ Arrowsmith, DT Trugman, J MacCarthy… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The discipline of seismology is based on observations of ground motion that are inherently
undersampled in space and time. Our basic understanding of earthquake processes and our …

Landslide monitoring using seismic ambient noise correlation: challenges and applications

M Le Breton, N Bontemps, A Guillemot, L Baillet… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Monitoring landslides is essential to understand their dynamics and to reduce the risk of
human losses by raising warnings before a failure. A decade ago, a decrease of apparent …

Space-time monitoring of groundwater fluctuations with passive seismic interferometry

S Mao, A Lecointre, RD van der Hilst… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Historic levels of drought, globally, call for sustainable freshwater management. Under
pressing demand is a refined understanding of the structures and dynamics of groundwater …

Tracking groundwater levels using the ambient seismic field

T Clements, MA Denolle - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aquifers are vital groundwater reservoirs for residential, agricultural, and industrial activities
worldwide. Tracking their state with high temporal and spatial resolution is critical for water …

High temporal resolution monitoring of small variations in crustal strain by dense seismic arrays

S Mao, M Campillo, RD van Der Hilst… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate the feasibility of detecting very weak deformation in the shallow crust with
high temporal resolution by monitoring the relative changes in seismic wave velocity (dv/v) …

On the measurement of seismic traveltime changes in the time–frequency domain with wavelet cross-spectrum analysis

S Mao, A Mordret, M Campillo, H Fang… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The spatial distribution of temporal variations in seismic wavespeed is key to understanding
the sources and physical mechanisms of various geophysical processes. The imaging of …

Subsurface moisture regulates Himalayan groundwater storage and discharge

L Illien, C Andermann, C Sens‐Schönfelder… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Through the release of groundwater, most mountain rivers run year‐round despite their
small catchments and sporadic precipitation. This makes mountain ranges important …

NoisePy: A new high‐performance python tool for ambient‐noise seismology

C Jiang, MA Denolle - Seismological Research Letters, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The fast‐growing interests in high spatial resolution of seismic imaging and high temporal
resolution of seismic monitoring pose great challenges for fast, efficient, and stable data …

Crustal seismic velocity responds to a magmatic intrusion and seasonal loading in Iceland's Northern Volcanic Zone

C Donaldson, T Winder, C Caudron, RS White - Science Advances, 2019 - science.org
Seismic noise interferometry is an exciting technique for studying volcanoes, providing a
continuous measurement of seismic velocity changes (dv/v), which are sensitive to …

Hidden pressurized fluids prior to the 2014 phreatic eruption at Mt Ontake

C Caudron, Y Aoki, T Lecocq, R De Plaen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A large fraction of volcanic eruptions does not expel magma at the surface. Such an eruption
occurred at Mt Ontake in 2014, claiming the life of at least 58 hikers in what became the …