Proceedings of the 2006 Seismic Research Review
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Papers

The Papers are divided into the following sections. Click on a section name to view a hyperlinked list of papers, which are listed alphabetically by primary author.

  1. Seismic Regional Characterization and Wave Propagation
  2. Seismic Event Detection and Location
  3. Seismic Identification and Source Characterization
  4. Hydroacoustic Monitoring
  5. Radionuclide Monitoring
  6. Infrasound Monitoring
  7. Data Processing and Analysis

Acronyms

Guide to Seismic Phases

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1. Seismic Regional Characterization and Wave PropagationToC
1-01Cong, L. and B. Mitchell
Continent-Wide Maps of 5-50 S Rayleigh-Wave Attenuation for Eurasia Inferred from Maps of 1-Hz Lg Coda Q and its Frequency Dependence
1-02Fatehi, A. and K. Koper
Characterization of P Wave Propagation and Multipathing in the Upper Mantle Beneath South Asia
1-03Fisk, M. and S. Taylor
Robust Magnitude and Path Corrections for Regional Seismic Phases in Eurasia by Constrained Inversion and Enhanced Kriging Techniques
1-04Ford, S., D. Dreger, K. Mayeda, W. Walter, L. Malagnini, and W. Phillips
Regional Attenuation Method Comparison for Northern California
1-05Gaherty, J., T. Hong, and L. Zhao
Regionalization of Crustal and Upper Mantle Q Structure in Eastern Eurasia Using Multiple Regional Waves
1-06Ghalib, H., G. Aleqabi, B. Ali, B. Saleh, D. Mahmood, I. Gupta, R. Wagner, P. Shore, A. Mahmood, S. Abdullah, O. Shaswar, F. Ibrahim, B. Ali, L. Omar, N. Aziz, N. Ahmed, A. Ali, A. Taqi, and S. Khalaf
Seismic Characteristics of Northern Iraq and Surrounding Regions
1-07Helmberger, D., J. Tromp, and A. Rodgers
Advanced Waveform Simulation for Seismic Monitoring Events
1-08Herrmann, R., Y. Jeon, H. Yoo, K. Cho, W. Walter, and M. Pasyanos
Seismic Source and Path Calibration in the Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, and Northeast China
1-09Lay, T., X. Yang, X. Xie, S. Taylor, and M. Arrowsmith
Development of Regional Phase Tomographic Attenuation Models for Eurasia
1-10Levshin, A., X. Yang, M. Ritzwoller, M. Barmin, and A. Lowry
Toward a Rayleigh Wave Attenuation Model for Central Asia
1-11Mackey, K., H. Hartse, K. Fujita, L. Linkimer, L. Steck, R. Stead, and C. Rowe
Seismic Characterization of Northeast Asia
1-12Martin, R., M. Krasovec, S. Romer, M. Toksöz, and L. Gülen
Extension of the Caucasus Seismic Information Network Study into Central Asia
1-13Martin, R., M. Krasovec, S. Romer, M. Toksöz, Y. Sun, D. Kalafat, and E. Vergino
Caucasus Seismic Information Network
1-14Mooney, W., S. McDonald, and S. Detweiler
An Updated Eurasian Crustal Model Using Multiple Seismic Methods
1-15Morozov, I., E. Morozova, C. Zhang, G. Chubak, W. Phillips, and I. Lipovetsky
Magnitude-Yield and Travel-Time Calibration of Northern Eurasia Using Deep Seismic Sounding Data Sets
1-16Morozov, I., E. Morozova, S. Smithson, and I. Lipovetsky
Deep Seismic Sounding Profiles for Seismic Calibration of Northern Eurasia
1-17Myers, S., J. Wagoner, L. Preston, K. Smith, H. Tkalcic, and S. Larsen
The Effect of Realistic Geologic Heterogeneity on Local and Regional P/S Amplitude Ratios Based on Numerical Simulations
1-18Nyblade, A., A. Adams, R. Brazier, Y. Park, and A. Rodgers
Ground Truth, Magnitude Calibration and Regional Phase Propagation and Detection in the Middle East and Horn of Africa
1-19Nyblade, A., W. Walter, and R. Gok
Developing and Exploiting a Unique Seismic Dataset from South African Gold Mines for Source Characterization and Wave Propagation
1-20Pasyanos, M., W. Walter, M. Flanagan, R. Gok, and G. Franz
The Use of Geophysical Models for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
1-21Pitarka, A., C. Saikia, B. Woods, L. Zhu, and R. Herrmann
Developing Multiple-Frequency Discriminants for Use with Regional Coda-Amplitude Measurements
1-22Pulliam, J., M. Sen, and A. Gangopadhyay
Determination of Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Africa Using a Global Optimization Based Waveform Modeling Technique
1-23Reiter, D. and W. Rodi
Crustal and Upper-Mantle P- and S-Velocity Structure in Central and Southern Asia from Joint Body- and Surface-Wave Inversion
1-24Reiter, D., A. Ferris, and M. Johnson
Improved Intermediate-Distance Phase Characterization in Central Asia
1-25Ritzmann, O., N. Maercklin, J. Faleide, H. Bungum, W. Mooney, and S. Detweiler
A 3D Geophysical Model of the Crust in the Barents Sea Region: Model Construction and Basement Characterization
1-26Ritzwoller, M., M. Pasyanos, Y. Yang, A. Levshin, and N. Shapiro
Progress Toward Broad Band Ambient Noise Tomography in Eurasia
1-27Romanowicz, B., M. Panning, A. Kim, F. Marone, and D. Dreger
Calibration of 3D Upper Mantle Structure in Eurasia Using Regional and Teleseismic Full Waveform Seismic Data
1-28Sandvol, E., E. Zor, B. Xueyang, J. Xie, B. Mitchell, A. Gasanov, and G. Yetirmishli
Measurements of Regional Phase Q in the Middle East
1-29Shearer, P. and J. Lawrence
Transition Zone Wave Propagation: Characterizing Travel-Time and Amplitude Information
1-30Stevens, J., J. Given, G. Baker, and H. Xu
Development of Surface Wave Dispersion and Attenuation Maps and Improved Methods for Measuring Surface Waves
1-31Tibuleac, I., A. Stroujkova, J. Bonner, K. Mayeda, and J. Britton
Predicting Explosion-Generated Sn and Lg Coda Using Synthetic Seismograms
1-32Toksöz, M., R. Van der Hilst, Y. Sun, C. Li, and H. Yao
P and S Wave Velocity Structure of the Crust and Upper Mantle Under China and Surrounding Areas from Body and Surface Wave Tomography
1-33Xie, X., T. Lay, R. Wu, and Y. He
Near Source Energy Partitioning for Regional Waves in 2D and 3D Models: Contributions of Free Surface Scattering
1-34Zhang, H., Y. Liu, C. Thurber, L. Steck, C. Rowe, K. Fujita, and K. Mackey
Regional-Scale Differential Time Methods: Development and Application to the Siberia Data Set
1-35Zhang, H., Y. Liu, Z. Xu, X. Song, and C. Thurber
High-Resolution Seismic Velocity and Attenuation Structure of the Sichuan-Yunnan Region, Southwest China, Using Seismic Catalog and Waveform Data
1-36Zhang, Z., Y. Shen, L. Zhao, X. Yang, and K. Olsen
Developing Finite-Frequency Regional Pn Velocity Models
1-37Zhou, R., B. Stump, R. Herrmann, Y. Chen, and Z. Yang
Broadband Network Operation and Shear Velocity Structure Beneath the Yanqing-Huailai Basin, NW of Beijing
2. Seismic Event Detection and LocationToC
2-01Anderson, D., W. Walter, D. Carlson, T. Mercier, and S. Taylor
A Lower Bound on the Standard Error of an Amplitude-Based Regional Discriminant
2-02Bondár, I., B. Kohl, E. Bergman, K. McLaughlin, H. Israelsson, Y. Kung, J. Given, and E. Engdahl
Global Ground Truth Data Set with Waveform and Improved Arrival Data
2-03Bondár, I., K. McLaughlin, and H. Israelsson
Improved Event Location Uncertainty Estimates
2-04de la Torre, T., G. Monsalve-Mejia, A. Sheehan, C. Rowe, and M. Begnaud
Ground Truth Hypocenters and 3D Crustal Velocity Structure in Central Asia from In-Country Networks
2-05Engdahl, E., E. Bergman, S. Myers, and F. Ryall
Improved Ground Truth in Southern Asia Using In-Country Data, Analyst Waveform Review, and Advanced Algorithms
2-06Flanagan, M., E. Matzel, S. van der Lee, H. Bedle, M. Pasyanos, F. Marone, B. Romanowicz, C. Schmid, and A. Rodgers
Joint Inversion for Three-Dimensional Velocity Structure of the Broader Africa-Eurasia Collision Region
2-07Flanagan, M., S. Myers, and K. Koper
Regional Travel-Time Uncertainty and Seismic Location Improvement Using a Three-Dimensional a priori Velocity Model
2-08Ichinose, G., C. Saikia, D. Helmberger, and M. Simons
Ground Truth Locations Using Synergy Between Remote Sensing and Seismic Methods: SSSC at IMS Stations for Tibetan Plateau Earthquakes
2-09Johannesson, G. and J. Sweeney
Statistical Classification and Prediction of Seismic Event Location Accuracy
2-10Kerr, J. and D. McClung
Low-Noise Borehole Triaxial Seismometer -- Phase II
2-11Ringdal, F., S. Gibbons, and D. Harris
Adaptive Waveform Correlation Detectors for Arrays: Algorithms for Autonomous Calibration
2-12Rodgers, A., D. Harris, and M. Pasyanos
A Model-Based Signal-Processing Approach to Seismic Monitoring
2-13Rodi, W.
Error Analysis in the Joint Event Location/Seismic Calibration Inverse Problem
2-14Rodi, W. and S. Myers
Modeling Travel-Time Correlations Based on Sensitivity Kernels and Correlated Velocity Anomalies
2-15Salzberg, D. and M. Marshall
Seismic Source Locations and Parameters for Sparse Networks by Matching Observed Seismograms to Semi-Empirical Synthetic Seismograms: Improvements to the Phase Spectrum Parameterization
2-16Schaff, D. and F. Waldhauser
Improving Magnitude Detection Thresholds Using MultiStation, MultiEvent, and MultiPhase Methods
2-17Shumway, R.
Advances in Mixed Signal Processing for Regional and Teleseismic Arrays
2-18Steck, L., H. Hartse, M. Maceira, J. MacCarthy, C. Rowe, W. Phillips, K. Mackey, K. Fujita, M. Begnaud, and D. Baker
Pn Tomography, Geophysical Models, Cross-Correlation, and Location in Eurasia
2-19Stroujkova, A. and D. Reiter
Regional Depth-Phase Detection and Focal Depth Estimation: Application to Events in Southeast Asia
2-20Sweeney, J., S. Myers, and J. Wagoner
Automated Development of 3D Local Travel Time Models
2-21Yang, T., Y. Shen, and X. Yang
Finite-Frequency Seismic Tomography for Eastern Eurasia
3. Seismic Identification and Source CharacterizationToC
3-01Arrowsmith, S., M. Arrowsmith, M. Hedlin, and B. Stump
Discrimination of Mining Events Using Regional Seismic and Infrasound Waveforms: Application to the US and Russia
3-02Bonner, J., M. Pasyanos, H. Hooper, M. Leidig, and D. Harkrider
A Comparison of Different Surface Wave Magnitude Formulas on a Eurasian Dataset
3-03Bungum, H., T. Kvaerna, S. Mykkeltveit, N. Maercklin, M. Roth, K. Aastebol, D. Harris, and S. Larsen
Energy Partitioning for Seismic Events in Fennoscandia and NW Russia
3-04Fisk, M., T. Lay, and S. Taylor
Modeling and Empirical Research on Energy Partitioning of Regional Seismic Phases used for Explosion Monitoring
3-05Ford, S., D. Dreger, and W. Walter
Identifying Isotropic Events Using an Improved Regional Moment Tensor Inversion Technique
3-06Gitterman, Y., A. Hofstetter, and V. Pinsky
Source Features and Scaling of Buried and Surface Experimental Explosions in Israel
3-07Hong, T., W. Menke, and J. Xie
Phase Composition of Regional Waves from the Balapan and Degelen Nuclear Explosions and its Implications for Shear-Wave Excitation
3-08Leidig, M., V. Romanovsky, R. Hansen, R. Martin, R. Grove, J. Bonner, and J. Lewkowicz
Possible Effects of Frozen Rock on Explosive Coupling
3-09Mayeda, K., J. Bonner, and H. Hooper
Regional P-Coda for Stable Estimates of Body Wave Magnitude: Extending the Ms:mb Discriminant to Smaller Events
3-10Murphy, J., B. Barker, and J. Sultanov
A Scaling Analysis of Frequency-Dependent Energy Partition for Local and Regional Seismic Phases from Explosions
3-11Patton, H. and W. Phillips
Regional Magnitude Research Supporting Broad-Area Monitoring of Small Seismic Events
3-12Randall, G., X. Yang, H. Hartse, M. Maceira, M. Arrowsmith, and S. Taylor
Regional Event Identification Research in Asia
3-13Sammis, C. and R. Biegel
Preparing for the 2006 Alaska Permafrost Experiment
3-14Shearer, P. and B. Allmann
Spectral Studies of Shallow Earthquakes and Explosions in Southern California
3-15Stevens, J., G. Baker, and H. Xu
The Physical Basis of the Explosion Source and Generation of Regional Seismic Phases
3-16Stevens, J., H. Xu, and G. Baker
Analysis of Shear Wave Generation by Decoupled and Partially Coupled Explosions
3-17Walter, W., S. Taylor, E. Matzel, R. Gok, S. Heller, and V. Johnson
Regional Seismic Chemical and Nuclear Explosion Discrimination: Western U.S. Examples
4. Hydroacoustic MonitoringToC
4-01Graeber, F., J. Coyne, and E. Tomuta
The Current Status of Hydroacoustic Data Processing at the International Data Centre
4-02Hanson, J., C. Reasoner, and J. Bowman
Hydroacoustic Propagation Loss from Reflection and Transmission over Shallow Bathymetry in the Indian Ocean
4-03Matzel, E. and P. Harben
Propagation, Attenuation and Blockage of Hydroacoustic Waves in the Earth's Oceans
4-04Pulli, J., Z. Upton, J. Wagoner, and P. Harben
Dynamic Modeling of Hydroacoustic Reflections and a First Look at the Data from the New Hydroacoustic Arrays at Ascension Island
4-05Upton, Z., J. Bhattacharyya, J. Pulli, and M. Collins
Hydroacoustic Blockage Studies Using HydroCAM Version 5 Propagation Models and Kriging Techniques
5. Radionuclide MonitoringToC
5-01Beyerle, A. and D. Walker
Evaluation of HPXe Nuclear Explosion Monitor Applications
5-02Biegalski, K., S. Biegalski, and D. Haas
Further Development of the Spectral Deconvolution Analysis Tool (SDAT) to Improve Counting Statistics and Detection Limits for Nuclear Explosion Radionuclide Measurements
5-03Farsoni, A. and D. Hamby
Study of a Triple-Layer Phoswich Detector for Beta and Gamma Spectroscopy with Minimal Crosstalk
5-04Hayes, J., P. Doctor, T. Heimbigner, C. Hubbard, L. Kangas, P. Keller, J. McIntyre, B. Schrom, and R. Suarez
Application of Artificial Neural Network Modeling to the Analysis of the Automated Radioxenon Sampler-Analyzer State of Health Sensors
5-05Hennig, W., H. Tan, A. Fallu-Labruyere, W. Warburton, J. McIntyre, and A. Gleyzer
Design of a Phoswich Well Detector for Radioxenon Monitoring
5-06Hull, E., R. Pehl, J. Lathrop, G. Martin, R. Mashburn, H. Miley, C. Aalseth, and T. Hossbach
Segmentation of the Outer Contact on P-Type Coaxial Germanium Detectors
5-07Hull, E., R. Pehl, J. Lathrop, G. Martin, R. Mashburn, H. Miley, C. Aalseth, T. Hossbach, and T. Bowyer
Mechanically Cooled Large-Volume Germanium Detector Systems for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
5-08Orrell, J., C. Aalseth, A. Day, J. Fast, T. Hossbach, L. Lidey, H. Miley, M. Ripplinger, and B. Schrom
A Beta-Particle Hodoscope Constructed Using Scintillating Optical Fibers and Position Sensitive Photomultiplier Tubes
5-09Warburton, W. and B. Dwyer-McNally
Time Projection Chamber for Locating Fission Fragments in RASA Filters
5-10Waye, S., S. Biegalski, and O. Ezekoye
Design of Aerosol Sampler to Remove Radon and Thoron Progeny Interference from Aerosol Samples for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
6. Infrasound MonitoringToC
6-01Bahavar, M., J. Bowman, H. Israelsson, B. Kohl, R. North, M. O'Brien, and G. Shields
Infrasound Resources of the SMDC Monitoring Research Program
6-02Brachet, N. and J. Coyne
The Current Status of Infrasound Data Processing at the International Data Centre
6-03Christie, D., B. Kennett, and C. Tarlowski
Detection of Atmospheric Explosions at IMS Monitoring Stations Using Infrasound Techniques
6-04de Groot-Hedlin, C.
Finite Difference Methods for Acoustic and Acousto-Gravity Wavefields: Application to Low Frequency Infrasound Propagation
6-05Gibson, R., D. Drob, and D. Norris
Advancement of Infrasound Propagation Calculation Techniques Using Synoptic and Mesoscale Atmospheric Specifications
6-06Herrin, E., P. Golden, P. Negraru, W. Andre, H. Bass, M. Garces, M. Hedlin, M. McKenna, D. Norris, D. Osborne, and R. Whitaker
Infrasound Calibration Explosions from Rockets Launched at White Sands Missile Range
6-07Norris, D., J. Bhattacharyya, and R. Whitaker
Development of Advanced Propagation Models and Application to the Study of Impulsive Infrasonic Events
6-08O'Brien, M., J. Bowman, and D. Drob
Improved Infrasound Locations Through Refining Atmospheric Models Using Wind Data and Ground-Truth Infrasound Events
6-09ReVelle, D.
Earthquake Depth Predictions Using Infrasonic Waves
6-10Walker, K., M. Zumberge, J. Berger, and M. Hedlin
Determining Infrasound Phase Velocity Direction with a Three-Arm OFIS
6-11Whitaker, R. and J. Mutschlecner
Revisiting Yield, Direction, and Signal Type
7. Data Processing and AnalysisToC
7-01Elliott, A., D. Dodge, M. Ganzberger, T. Hauk, E. Matzel, and S. Ruppert
Enhancing Seismic Calibration Research Through Software Automation and Scientific Information Management
7-02Jensen, L., J. Hipp, R. Villanueva, D. Myers, B. Ammons, and J. Gauthier
PGL Server: Development of a Stand-Alone Server-Based Earth-Model Library for Seismic Monitoring
7-03Kromer, R. and D. Hart
Integrated Seismic Sensor/Digitizer Evaluation
7-04Kvaerna, T., S. Gibbons, F. Ringdal, and D. Harris
Integrated Seismic Event Detection and Location by Advanced Array Processing
7-05Le Bras, R., T. Hampton, J. Coyne, and A. Boresch
SELO: A Fast Prototype Bulletin Production Pipeline at the CTBTO
7-06Ringdal, F., T. Kvaerna, S. Mykkeltveit, S. Gibbons, and J. Schweitzer
Basic Research on Seismic and Infrasonic Monitoring of the European Arctic
7-07Stead, R., M. Begnaud, and J. Aguilar-Chang
Advances in Data Integration and Quality Control in Support of the NNSA Knowledge Base

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