%0 Journal Article %1 frohlich_pulliam:1999 %A Frohlich, C. %A Pulliam, J. %D 1999 %J Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors %K geophysics review seismology %N 1-4 %P 277--291 %R 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00055-2 %T Single-station location of seismic events: a review and a plea for more research %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00055-2 %V 113 %X Traveltime-based location methods are ineffective for locating regional seismic events which are recorded by few stations; however, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) makes it imperative that we monitor sparsely observed events. This paper reviews the current status of single-station location (SSL) methods - the location of seismic events using records from one three-component broadband digital station. We argue here that SSL methods may ultimately provide the most effective and economical means for monitoring small-magnitude (M\~3) seismic events over most of the earth. Potentially, station-event distance and focal depth may be determined accurately by utilizing broadband three-component data and matching observed and synthetic waveforms; station-event azimuth is determinable from the polarization of the P-wave arrival and P coda. However, more research is required before SSL methods become a practical alternative to traveltime-based methods. Currently, the most significant problem is that regional seismograms are strongly dependent on regional crustal structure. Thus, future research efforts should focus both on determining appropriate crustal models in specific regions, and also on improved methods for dealing with regional variations in crustal structure. A second important problem concerns location errors; with SSL they may involve 180 deg errors in station-event azimuth or other highly non-Gaussian 'blunders'.

@article{frohlich_pulliam:1999, abstract = {Traveltime-based location methods are ineffective for locating regional seismic events which are recorded by few stations; however, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) makes it imperative that we monitor sparsely observed events. This paper reviews the current status of single-station location (SSL) methods - the location of seismic events using records from one three-component broadband digital station. We argue here that SSL methods may ultimately provide the most effective and economical means for monitoring small-magnitude (M\~{}3) seismic events over most of the earth. Potentially, station-event distance and focal depth may be determined accurately by utilizing broadband three-component data and matching observed and synthetic waveforms; station-event azimuth is determinable from the polarization of the P-wave arrival and P coda. However, more research is required before SSL methods become a practical alternative to traveltime-based methods. Currently, the most significant problem is that regional seismograms are strongly dependent on regional crustal structure. Thus, future research efforts should focus both on determining appropriate crustal models in specific regions, and also on improved methods for dealing with regional variations in crustal structure. A second important problem concerns location errors; with SSL they may involve 180 deg errors in station-event azimuth or other highly non-Gaussian 'blunders'.}, added-at = {2012-09-01T13:08:21.000+0200}, author = {Frohlich, C. and Pulliam, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2349b7fa6d3b36d694d8aef54db8e4bdc/nilsma}, doi = {10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00055-2}, interhash = {276f41f30394386570ee1a9a444feeda}, intrahash = {349b7fa6d3b36d694d8aef54db8e4bdc}, issn = {00319201}, journal = {Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors}, keywords = {geophysics review seismology}, month = jun, number = {1-4}, pages = {277--291}, timestamp = {2021-02-09T13:21:04.000+0100}, title = {Single-station location of seismic events: a review and a plea for more research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00055-2}, volume = 113, year = 1999 }