Publication Date:
2020-11-16
Description:
The presence of quarry and mine blasts in seismic catalogues is detected using
the Wiemer and Baer (Bull Seism Soc Am 90(2):525–530, 2000) algorithm. The procedure
is based on the observation that quarry blasts generally take place during daytime hours: the areas with a high ratio of daytime and night-time events are likely to be regions with quarry activity. In the first part of this work we have tested the method, using both a synthetic and a regional catalogue; in the second part the procedure has been applied to some of the European regional catalogues available on line. The comparison between the results obtained and the location of known quarries and mines for the analysed catalogues
confirms the reliability of the methodology in identifying mining areas.
Description:
This research was partially supported by the transnational access activity of the
European Union project NERIES (contract number 026130)
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Published
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229–249
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4IT. Banche dati
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JCR Journal
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open
Keywords:
quarry blast; mine blast; seismic catalogue
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05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.04. Statistical analysis
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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