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1Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA. scw@ldeo.columbia.edu
Nature
|February 16, 2007
Resumen
El zumbido sísmico de la Tierra, anteriormente atribuido a la turbulencia atmosférica, se genera principalmente por la interacción de las olas oceánicas en las plataformas continentales. Este hallazgo aclara la fuente de la energía sísmica continua en ausencia de grandes terremotos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- Oceanografía La oceanografía es la oceanografía.
- Sismología Sismología Sismología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los modos sísmicos normales de la Tierra exhiben un nivel constante de excitación de fondo, conocido como el "zumbido", incluso sin grandes eventos sísmicos.
- El origen de este zumbido sísmico es objeto de debate, siendo la turbulencia atmosférica una fuente propuesta pero cada vez más cuestionada.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la fuente primaria que impulsa el zumbido sísmico de la Tierra a frecuencias cercanas a 10 mHz.
- Diferenciar entre la turbulencia atmosférica y las fuentes oceánicas como el mecanismo de excitación dominante.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los niveles de excitación sísmica en modo normal.
- Modelado del mecanismo de acoplamiento entre las ondas oceánicas y las ondas sísmicas.
- Comparación de datos sísmicos con datos de ondas oceánicas y modelos de turbulencias atmosféricas.
Principales resultados:
- La turbulencia se identifica como una fuente débil para la humedad sísmica.
- Se ha demostrado que las ondas oceánicas que interactúan sobre las plataformas continentales poco profundas son la fuerza motriz dominante.
- Un mecanismo de acoplamiento calculado entre las olas oceánicas y los modos sísmicos reproduce con precisión el espectro sísmico observado.
Conclusiones:
- Las olas oceánicas, no las turbulencias atmosféricas, son los principales impulsores de la humedad sísmica de la Tierra.
- La interacción se produce a través de la no linealidad cuadrática en la superficie del océano, acoplando las ondas oceánicas a las ondas sísmicas.
- Las correlaciones temporales confirman el vínculo causal entre la actividad de las olas oceánicas y la excitación del modo sísmico.
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