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AN: V53C-1414    [Abstracts]
TI: Monitoring and imaging Alaska volcanoes using seismic noise
AU: * Haney, M M
EM: mhaney@usgs.gov
AF: Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, 4200 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
AB: The utility of ambient seismic noise for monitoring and imaging the subsurface has implications for the understanding of volcanic systems and processes. Recent studies have demonstrated that the cross-correlation of continuous seismic noise recordings at two stations yields portions of the impulse response, or Green's function. The impulse response is the data which would have been recorded had a controlled seismic source been activated at one of the stations and the resulting seismic waves measured at the other station. The idea of cross-correlating seismic noise can be traced back to the spatial auto-correlation (SPAC) method first introduced by Keiiti Aki in 1957. In contrast to the SPAC method, contemporary studies have popularized the use of temporal cross-correlations between pairs of seismic stations. We have conducted an initial study into the use of seismic noise for imaging at Mount Spurr volcano, located 100 km west of Anchorage, Alaska. In part because of its proximity to Anchorage, Mount Spurr is one of the most densely instrumented volcanoes in the network run by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, with three permanent broadband and thirteen short period stations. In addition, data from eight broadband stations exist from a temporary deployment during three months in the summer of 2005. The complete data set, including permanent/temporary and broadband/short period stations, provides good station coverage and makes surface wave tomography using cross-correlated seismic noise recordings feasible at Mount Spurr. Preliminary surface wave tomograms at 2 s period give indications of an aseismic fault to the east of Mount Spurr. We have also applied the cross-correlation technique at other Alaska volcanoes, including Augustine, Iliamna, and the currently erupting Pavlof, as well as a subset of short period data from the network in and around the East Rift Zone operated by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Results at Iliamna demonstrate the variability in the direction of ocean-generated noise over time due to storms in the Gulf of Alaska and the Chukchi Sea. These different data sets give indications of how the cross-correlation method performs in varied noise conditions and geologic settings.
DE: 7270 Tomography (6982, 8180)
DE: 7280 Volcano seismology (8419)
DE: 8419 Volcano monitoring (7280)
DE: 8485 Remote sensing of volcanoes
DE: 8494 Instruments and techniques
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology [V]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting