Conversion from seismic to underwater sound waves along the Louisville Seamount Chain

The conversion from seismic to ocean-acoustic waves occurs in different places on the bottom of the ocean, often hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from the epicenter. Here, we investigate this conversion process by studying 15 large-magnitude earthquakes that occurred between 2014 and 2022 al...

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Published in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2024-05, Vol.155 (5), p.3371-3379
Main Authors: Oliveira, Tiago C. A., Metz, Dirk, Lin, Ying-Tsong, Saragiotis, Christos, Begnaud, Michael L.
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Language:English
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Summary:The conversion from seismic to ocean-acoustic waves occurs in different places on the bottom of the ocean, often hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from the epicenter. Here, we investigate this conversion process by studying 15 large-magnitude earthquakes that occurred between 2014 and 2022 along the Kermadec Arc in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. To pinpoint the location where seismic-to-acoustic conversion takes places, we analyze hydroacoustic signals recorded by a hydrophone triplet station of the International Monitoring System in the Juan Fernández archipelago. Results from direction-of-arrival and travel-time calculations indicate that the location of the conversion zone largely matches segments of the Louisville Seamount Chain, its lateral extent ranging from approximately 300 to 1800 km, and its location depending on the geometry between earthquake epicenter and the seamounts.
ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/10.0026115