eess.IV - 2023-11-02

Unveiling the deep plumbing system of a volcano by a reflection matrix analysis of seismic noise

  • paper_url: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01296
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  • paper_authors: Elsa Giraudat, Arnaud Burtin, Arthur Le Ber, Mathias Fink, Jean-Christophe Komorowski, Alexandre Aubry
  • for: 这篇论文是为了研究加德鲁瓦岛拉索韦雷尔火山的内部结构和水热系统而写的。
  • methods: 这篇论文使用了震动噪声记录在罕见的地震仪数组上的方法,以揭示火山内部的液体和岩石多尺度不均质和非线性动态。
  • results: 研究人员通过分析震动噪声的时空横列相关性,实际获得了火山内部的各种反射特征,以及水热系统的几何结构和动态行为。这些结果为火山的概念模型和高级监测带来了新的视角和信息。
    Abstract In geophysics, volcanoes are particularly difficult to image because of the multi-scale heterogeneities of fluids and rocks that compose them and their complex non-linear dynamics. By exploiting seismic noise recorded by a sparse array of geophones, we are able to reveal the magmatic and hydrothermal plumbing system of La Soufri\`ere volcano in Guadeloupe. Spatio-temporal cross-correlation of seismic noise actually provides the impulse responses between virtual geophones located inside the volcano. The resulting reflection matrix can be exploited to numerically perform an auto-focus of seismic waves on any reflector of the underground. An unprecedented view on the volcano's inner structure is obtained at a half-wavelength resolution. This innovative observable provides fundamental information for the conceptual modeling and high-resolution monitoring of volcanoes.
    摘要 在地球物理学中,火山特别难以成像,因为它们由多级不同性的液体和岩石组成,以及复杂非线性动态。我们通过利用地震噪声记录的稀疏阵列地震仪,能够揭示拉撒韦尔火山(La Soufri\`ere)在格瑞达岛的 магмати和 hidrotermal 沟管系统。在空间时间交叉相关的地震噪声中,实际提供了虚拟地震仪内部火山中的响应函数。得到的反射矩阵可以 numerically 进行自动фокус处理,以获得任何反射器的地下高分辨率视图。这种创新的可见提供了基本信息 для概念模型和高分辨率监测火山。