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Estimation of shear wave velocity structure at shallow ocean bottom, by using synthetic waveforms that rigorously handles the complex structures in the vicinity of seafloor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H06904
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Solid earth and planetary physics
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

TOH Akiko  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 地震津波海域観測研究開発センター, 研究員 (70587344)

Research Collaborator CAPDEVILLE Yann  Universite de Nantes
Project Period (FY) 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsスペクトル要素法 / 広帯域海底地震計 / S波速度構造 / Neighborhood algorithm / 南海トラフ / 浅部低周波地震 / 分岐断層 / 階層クラスタリング / 海底下構造 / 海底地震計
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aim to construct S-wave velocity structural model using records of ocean bottom seismometers for the shallow seduction zone of Nankai trough where mega-thrust earthquake occurs repeatedly. The S waveforms recorded by the ocean bottom seismometers are heavily distorted by propagating through slow layers in the vicinity of ocean bottom. In this study, we first quantitatively evaluated such distortions by constructing synthetic waveforms using spectral element method. Also we conducted feasibility tests of probabilistic full waveform inversion using Neighborhood algorithm.
During the latter half of the project period, we focused on analyses of very low frequency earthquakes that occurred in the target region in October 2015. We revealed their spatial distribution with respect the shallow subduction zone structure.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Nantes/Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] UC Berkeley(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Anomalously low amplitude of S waves produced by the 3D structures in the lower mantle2015

    • Author(s)
      Akiko To, Yann Capdeville, Barbara Romanowicz
    • Journal Title

      Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

      Volume: 256 Pages: 26-36

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.pepi.2016.04.001

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Distribution of shallow very low frequency earthquakes in the eastern Nankai trough influenced by a subducted oceanic ridge: Results from cluster analysis applied to ocean bottom seismographs.2016

    • Author(s)
      To, A., Obana, K. and Araki E.
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall meeting 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sequence of slow slip events and low frequency earthquakes in the shallow part of the Nankai Trough seismogenic zone observed by seafloor observation network2016

    • Author(s)
      Araki, E., Saffer, D. M., Kopf, A., To, A., Ide, S., Nakano, M., Kimura, T. and Machida, Y.
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall meeting 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, U.S.A.
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 沈み込む海嶺に影響された南海トラフ東部の浅部超低周波地震分布2016

    • Author(s)
      藤亜希子、尾鼻浩一郎、荒木英一郎
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会2016年度秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋国際会議場、愛知県名古屋市
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Influence of a subducted ridge on the distribution of very low frequency earthquakes in the Nankai accretionary prism: results from cluster analysis of ocean bottom seismographs2016

    • Author(s)
      To, A., Obana, K. and Araki E.
    • Organizer
      Joint Workshop on Slow Earthquakes 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学地震研究所, 東京都文京区
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Possible shallow episodic slowslip in the Nankai Trough seismogenic zone detected by seafloor borehole observatory.2016

    • Author(s)
      Araki, E., To, A., M., Kimura, T. Machida, Y. and Saffer, D. M
    • Organizer
      JpGU meeting 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Spatio-temporal distribution of very low frequency earthquakes in the eastern Nankai accretionary prism revealed by hierarchical clustering analysis of ocean bottom seismometer record2016

    • Author(s)
      To, A., Obana, K. and Araki E.
    • Organizer
      JpGU meeting 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Amplitude Anomalies of S Waves Caused by Low Shear Velocity Structures at the Base of the Mantle.2015

    • Author(s)
      To, A., Capdeville, Y. and Romanowicz, B
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall meeting 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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