Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration (지구물리와물리탐사)

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Discrimination between Earthquakes and Explosions Recorded by the KSRS Seismic Array in Wonju, Korea

원주 KSRS 지진 관측망에 기록된 지진과 폭발 식별 연구

  • Jeong, Seong Ju (Earthquake Research Center, Geological Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Che, Il-Young (Earthquake Research Center, Geological Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Kang, Tae-Seob (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
  • 정성주 (한국지질자원연구원 국토지질연구본부 지진연구센터) ;
  • 제일영 (한국지질자원연구원 국토지질연구본부 지진연구센터) ;
  • 강태섭 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2014.06.23
  • Accepted : 2014.07.24
  • Published : 2014.08.31
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Abstract

This study presents a procedure for discrimination of artificial events from earthquakes occurred in and around the Korean Peninsula using data set in the Wonju KSRS seismograph network, Korea. Two training sets representing natural and artificial earthquakes were constructed with 150 and 56 events, respectively, with high signal to noise ratio. A frequency band, Pg(4-6 Hz)/Lg(5-7 Hz), which is optimal for the discrimination of seismic sources was derived from the two-dimensional grid of Pg/Lg spectral amplitude ratio. The corrections for the effects of earthquake magnitude and hypocentral distance were carried out for improvement of discrimination capability. For correcting the effect of magnitude dependence due to the inverse proportionality of corner frequency to seismic moment, the Brune's source spectrum was subtracted from the observation spectrum. The spectrum was corrected using the optimal damping coefficient to remove damping effect with the hypocentral distance. The effect of locally varying spectrum ratio was cancelled correcting variation of wave propagation along the ray path. The performance in discrimination between training sets of natural and artificial events was compared using the Mahalanobis distance in each step of correction. The procedure of magnitude, distance, and path corrections show clear improvements of the discrimination results with increasing Mahalanobis distance, from 1.98 to 3.01, between two training sets.

원주 KSRS 지진관측망을 이용하여 한반도 및 주변지역의 인공지진원을 식별하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 신호대 잡음비가 높은 자연지진 150개와 인공지진 56개를 선별하여 표본 집단을 형성하였다. 2차원 Pg/Lg 스펙트럼 진폭 비의 격자를 구성하여 지진원 식별이 용이한 최적의 주파수 영역으로 Pg(4-6 Hz)/Lg(5-7 Hz)을 도출하였다. 스펙트럼으로 부터 진폭에 대한 지진 규모와 진원 거리의 영향을 보정함으로써 식별 능력을 향상시키고자 하였다. 지진모멘트에 대한 모서리주파수의 역비례 관계로 인한 규모 의존 효과를 보정하기 위하여, Brune의 진원 모델을 가정한 이론 스펙트럼을 관측 스펙트럼에서 제거하였다. 진원 거리에 따른 감쇠효과를 제거하기 위하여, 최적의 감쇠상수를 계산하여 스펙트럼을 보정하였다. 지진파 전파 경로에 대한 보정으로 지역에 따라 스펙트럼 진폭 비가 달라지는 효과를 제거하였다. 자연지진과 인공지진 표본 집단 사이의 식별 정도를 각 보정 단계에서 Mahalanobis 거리 계산을 통하여 비교하였다. 규모와 거리 및 경로 보정 전후 두 표본 집단 사이의 Mahalanobis 거리가 1.98에서 3.01로 증가하여 식별 결과에 뚜렷한 향상이 있었다.

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