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On the anatomy of acoustic emission
Robert A Guyer1,2, Samson Marty3, Chris Marone4
1Physics, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA.
Abstract:
Abrupt, local frictional fault failure comprises a displacement that is normally accompanied by acoustic emission (AE)-an impulsive elastic wave broadcast with an amplitude proportional to particle velocity. The aggregate of these displacements is the basic fault motion. In laboratory shear experiments, the examination of a sequence of laboratory earthquakes includes continuous measurements of fault motion and the associated AE that is broadcast. From these measurements, connections between the fault motion and cumulative sum of the AE amplitude can be identified. The composition of the AE broadcasts reveals inhomogeneity in the fault mechanical structure from which they arise. This inhomogeneity can be decomposed into a time invariant AE component and an articulated AE component. The articulated AE component serves as a "state of the fault diagnostic" that follows a distinctive pattern to fault failure. Thus, the articulated AE component can be used directly to monitor the state of the fault.
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