Imaging the Rupture Processes of Earthquakes Using the Relative Back-Projection Method Theory and Applications /

• Main Author: Zhang, Hao (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Sedimentology.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Natural Hazards.

This thesis adopts the relative back-projection method to dramatically reduce "swimming" artifacts by identifying the rupture fronts in the time window of a reference station; this led to a faster and more accurate image of the rupture processes of earthquakes. Mitigating the damage caused...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Generalized array imaging on rupture processes of earthquakes: Principle and Theoretical Tests
• Relative back-projection method and its application to the 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake
• Imaging the rupture process of the 2010 Mw 8.8 Chilean earthquake using the relative back-projection method
• Three sub-event rupture in the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku, Japan earthquake revealed by teleseimsic P waves
• Multi-fault rupture and successive triggering during the 2012 Mw 8.6 Sumatra earthquake
• Discussion, conclusions and prospectives.