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Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is becoming increasingly popular in microseismic monitoring operations. This data acquisition technology converts fiber-optic cables into dense arrays of seismic sensors that can sample the seismic…
We introduce a modular software framework designed to integrate distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) data into operational earthquake monitoring systems. Building on the infrastructure of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) and the…
Microseismic analysis is a valuable tool for fracture characterization in the earth's subsurface. As distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) fibers are deployed at depth inside wells, they hold vast potential for high-resolution microseismic…
Moving loads such as cars and trains are very useful sources of seismic waves, which can be analyzed to retrieve information on the seismic velocity of subsurface materials using the techniques of ambient noise seismology. This information…
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) enables high-resolution and long-duration monitoring of marine acoustic and seismic activity by turning existing fiber-optic cables into dense sensor arrays. However, extracting diverse signals from…
Extensive monitoring of acoustic activities is important for many fields, including biology, security, oceanography, and Earth science. Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is an evolving technique for continuous, wide-coverage measurements…
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a relatively new technology for recording stress wave propagation, with promising applications in both engineering and geophysics. DAS's ability to simultaneously collect high spatial resolution data…
In this work, we report on a novel application of Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) to seismic data at scale. Based on the high waveform similarity between reoccurring earthquakes, our application identifies potential earthquakes by…
Some geophysical observations commonly collect only one component (1C) of a three component (3C) vector field. For example, Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) records seismograms derived from displacement differences along the axis of…
Thanks to the broadband nature of the Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) measurement, a roadside section of the Stanford DAS-2 array can record seismic signals from various sources. For example, it measures the earth's quasi-static…
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology is advancing seismic monitoring by providing dense observations near earthquake sources. However, the resulting data volumes often limit real-time processing capability, with most seismological…
Whales and dolphins rely on sound for navigation and communication, making them an intriguing subject for studying language evolution. Traditional hydrophone arrays have been used to record their acoustic behavior, but optical fibers have…
The determination of seismic event locations with sparse networks or single-borehole systems remains a significant challenge in observational seismology. Leveraging the advantages of the location approach HADES, which was initially…
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology represents an innovative fiber-optic-based sensing methodology that enables real-time acoustic signal monitoring through the detection of minute perturbations along optical fibers. This sensing…
A rigid connection between the optical fiber and the rock makes amplitudes of 'fiber strain' measured with Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) equal to 'rock strain'. We demonstrate this by running four interrogator units (IU) on a DAS…
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) converts existing fibre-optic cables into dense seismic arrays at near-zero deployment cost, but measures strain rate rather than particle velocity -- the quantity required by virtually all seismological…
Downhole earthquake monitoring, without the complex effects from the near surface, can record more and better seismic data than monitoring on surface. The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) is a borehole observatory equipped…
Downhole earthquake monitoring, without the effects from the overburden, can record better seismic data than monitoring on surface. However, in order to reasonably use the downhole vector seismic data, a constant challenge is how to…
An array of seismometers is being developed at the Sanford Underground Laboratory, the former Homestake mine, in South Dakota to study the properties of underground seismic fields and Newtonian noise, and to investigate the possible…
The San Fernando Valley, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, is a seismically active urban environment. Large-magnitude earthquakes, such as the 1994 Mw 6.7 Northridge event that occurred on a blind fault beneath the valley, caused…