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标题：Visualization of attenuation structure and faults in incoming oceanic crust of the Nankai Trough using seismic attenuation profiling
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作者：Tetsuro Tsuru ; Jin-Oh Park ; Tetsuo No 等
期刊名称：Earth, Planets and Space
电子版ISSN：1880-5981
出版年度：2018
卷号：70
期号：1
页码：1-15
DOI：10.1186/s40623-018-0803-y
出版社：Springer Verlag
摘要：Seismic attenuation properties were tested as indicators of lateral variation in geological structures and detection of faults within poorly reflective oceanic crust, on a seismic survey line along the Nankai Trough.We can specify both sedimentary structures by configuration of reflections and faults by offsetting of reflections on seismic reflection profiles.This procedure is often applied to analyze geological structures and existence of faults within sedimentary layers; however, it is almost impossible to analyze them within igneous oceanic crust because seismic reflections are inherently invisible there.Therefore, we applied seismic attenuation profiling to visualize geological structures and faults within poorly reflective oceanic crust.As a result, oceanic crust altered by late-coming volcanisms as well as damaged by intraplate earthquakes was imaged as extremely high-attenuation property, which was clearly distinguished from normal oceanic crust.Many faults were observed in the sedimentary unit on the seismic reflection profile, whereas possible lower segments of the faults were imaged as high-attenuation stripes in the oceanic crust on the seismic attenuation profile.Thus, the effectiveness of seismic attenuation profiling to structural and fault imaging within poorly reflective oceanic crust was successfully demonstrated.
关键词：Seismic attenuation; Fault; Oceanic crust; Earthquake; Nankai Trough