1. Towards a reference attenuation map of Metropolitan France from seismogram envelope modeling
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Heller, Grégoire, Margerin, Ludovic, Traversa, Paola, Sèbe, Olivier, Mayor, Jessie, and Calvet, Marie
- Abstract
At high frequency (f>0.5Hz), spatial variations of seismic attenuation parameters -scattering and absorption- control to a large extent the variability of observed ground motions at the regional scale. Hence, our ability to predict seismic hazard depends critically on mapping frequency-dependent attenuation. To address this issue, we developed a hybrid inversion method to separate attenuation parameters (scattering and intrinsic absorption) in 6 frequency bandscovering the 0.75 – 24 Hz range from the modeling of the S-wave energy envelopes. Synthetic envelopes and their partial derivatives with respect to attenuation parameters are calculated using the Monte-Carlo method for elastic waves in a simple but realistic model of the Earth's lithosphere. The hybrid inversion method combines a grid-search with an iterative optimization using the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm, which respectively test different models of random heterogeneities and constrain the level of scattering and absorption.The inversion procedure has been applied to more than 10000 waveforms retrieved from the database of the French seismological and geodetic network RESIF. The obtained attenuation maps show the extreme variability of frequency-dependent attenuation parameters (scattering and intrinsic absorption) at the regional scale. In particular, we find zones of strong scattering in the Western Pyrenees at all frequencies and in young sedimentary basins below 3 Hz. Absorption is stronger in the Paris Basin at low frequency and in the French Alps above 3-6 Hz. Western France is characterized by weak scattering and absorption. We also find that scattering generally dominates absorption below 1-2 Hz while the opposite is true at higher frequency., The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023)
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- 2023