Seismoelectric effect in Lamb’s problem

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Vadim Vadimovich Surkov
Valery M. Sorokin
Аleksey K. Yaschenko

Abstract

Seismoelectric effect is studied in the framework of classical Lamb’s problem with impulse or time- variable mechanical action on an elastic porous half-space. Radiation of elastic waves gives rise to pressure variation of groundwater fluid contained in pores and cracks. This causes the generation of telluric electric fields and currents due to the seismoelectric effect. A diffusion type equation is applied to describe the variations of the pore pressure and telluric electric field. Particular emphasis has been placed on the properties of seismoelectric signals caused by Rayleigh wave propagation since this wave has maximal amplitude at a considerable distance from the seismic source. For practical purposes and geophysical application, the co-seismic phenomena related to seismoelectric effect are examined in more detail.

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Surkov, V. V., Sorokin, V. M. and Yaschenko А. K. (2020) “Seismoelectric effect in Lamb’s problem”, Annals of Geophysics, 63(4), p. RS440. doi: 10.4401/ag-8256.
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Remote Sensing for Earth Observations
Author Biography

Vadim Vadimovich Surkov, Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Troitsk

SciD, Full professor,leading researcher

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