Seismic and Gpr Imaging of Active Fault

ISBN-13: 9783659337659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 96 str.

Rashed Mohamed

Opis

The Uemachi fault is a 40-kilometer long reverse fault that traverses north south through the middle of the Osaka City, one of the most highly populated regions in Japan. An integrated geophysical survey, using shallow high-resolution seismic reflection and ground penetrating radar (GPR) methods, was carried out across the Uemachi fault system to explore the subsurface geometrical layout of the fault and to investigate the possible activity and evolution of the fault system in order to mitigate future natural hazards. Seismic survey lines that had been acquired using different acquisition parameters and instrumentation were compiled into a single 9.2-kilometer long seismic section that shows the subsurface configuration of the Uemachi fault and the Suminoe flexure. A GPR survey was conducted across the Uemachi fault to investigate the shallow part of the subsurface and to confirm the presence of the shallow faults detected by seismic survey. Integrated information from seismic sections, GPR survey and drilling data in the study area are used to construct a simple structural model, which explains the subsurface geometry, activity, and evolution of the Uemachi fault.

O autorze

Mohamed Rashed is associate professor of geophysics in Suez Canal University, Egypt and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Rashed got his PhD from Osaka City University, Japan and has many publications in the field of seismic reflection and GPR surveys. Rashed introduced several new algorithms related to stacking and noise attenuation.