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Microtremors, a near-surface phenomenon?

D. NIETO1 ,  L. BARADELLO1 ,  S.I. KAKA2 ,  A. VESNAVER1,2
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1 Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste, Italy.,
2 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.,
JSE 2011, 20(4), 379–398;
Submitted: 2 October 2011 | Accepted: 24 October 2011 | Published: 1 December 2011
© 2011 by the Authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
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Nieto, D., Baradello, L., Kaka, S.I. and Vesnaver, A., 2011. Microtremors, a near-surface phenomenon? Journal of Seismic Exploration, 20: 379-398. Microtremor measurements have been used for shallow engineering investigations for decades, but recently have been proposed as possible direct hydrocarbon indicators. In this paper, we have carried out field experiments to analyze some microtremors’ features as average polarization and statistical stability. Our results seem to confirm the shallow nature of most microtremors’ energy, although well data is still needed for a conclusive assessment.

Keywords
microtremor
near-surface
polarization
repeatability
passive seismic
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