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ANSIR AUSTRALIANNATIONALSEISMIC IMAGINGRESOURCE
Lessons from studies of Australia
B.L.N. Kennett
Research School of Earth SciencesThe Australian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Australia and AntarcticaThere are many similarities in the issues involved in
studying the Antarctic Continent and Australia
• few permanent high quality seismic stations
• strong contrasts in structure associated with thepresence of Precambrian shields
• non-trivial logistics and seasonal accessibility
• much of the structure obscured by surficial deposits
The main differences lie in the disposition of thecontinents relative to available seismicity. Australia is closeto extensive regional seismicity, but Antarctica has to beprobed more indirectly.
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Generalised tectonics
Tectonic Regionalisation
Old Ocean [> 100 Ma]
Intermediate Ocean [25 - 100 Ma]
Young Ocean [< 25 Ma]
Tectonic Continental
Cenozoic Continent [Alpine < 150 Ma]
Paleozoic/Mesozoic [Caledonian/Hercynian]
Proterozoic Continent [800 - 1700 Ma]
Archean Continent [> 1700 Ma]
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Permanent broad-band stations
WRA ASP
CTAO
CAN NWAO
TAU
ADE RIV
FITZ
STK
MBWA
CASY DRV
MAT
MAW
PMSA
SNAA
SBA
SPA SYO
TNV
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140˚
160˚
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-20˚
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Archaean
Proterozoicsediments
Proterozoicbasement
Phanerozoic
Sedimentarycover
Tasman line
500m depthcontour
Subduction
Indonesia
Australia
New Guinea
Kimberley
Arafura Sea
Cape York Peninsula
Coral Sea
TasmanSea
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Australia: SKIPPY
This continent wide experiment with field work in theperiod 1993-1996 was carried out with a moving array oftypically 8–10 broad-band stations which were in place for5-6 months in each location.
The design was forced upon us by the availableinstrumentation and tested against likely seismicity for a5 year period.
Weather considerations meant that the arrays migratednorth in the ’dry’ winter and moved south in summertime. The main continental coverage was achieved in 3.5years, but unfortunately hardware problems meant thatdata return from Western Australia was both patchy andhad many drop-outs.
PILOT PROJECT: 5 YEAR SEISMICITY (mb > 5.0) 1981 - 1985
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SKIPPY 1993-1996
WRAg CTAO
STK
CAN
TWO
NWAO
TAU
BT9b
BT5b
BL5b BL9b
SA01
SA02
SA03
SA04 SA05 SA06
SA07 SA08
SB01
SB02
SB03
SB04
SB05
SB06 SB07
SB08
SB09
SB10 ZB11
ZB12
SC01
SC02
SC03 SC04 SC05
SC06 SC07
SC08 SC09
SC10
YB01 YB02 YB03
YB04 YB05
SD01 SD02
SD03
SD04 SD05
SD06
SD07 SD08 SD09
SD10
SE01
SE02
SE03
SE04
SE05 SE06
SE07
SE08
SE09
SE10
SF01 SF02 SF03
SF04 SF05
SF06
SF07
SF08
SF09
SF10
YB08
YB09
YEA1
YEA2
YEA3
YEA4
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Subsequent developmentsThe SKIPPY project provided a reconnaissance coverageof most of the continent at 400 km station spacing. Thelater experiments have been designed either to providemore detail on structures of interest or to improvesampling.
The detailed experiments have used broadbandstations at spacing of 100 km or less, whilst the broaderscale experiments have combined a base grid with200-400 km supplemented with lines of closer spacedinstruments.
All experiments have been carried out by a single groupwith a limited pool of instrumentation, but over a 10year period a very significant set of studies have beenachieved.
Into AntarcticaThe logistic issues for a comprehensive coverage of
Antarctica are more complex even than for Australia.Many national programs have strong competition for
resources and so it will not be easy to get the logistics e.g.fixed wing aircraft for deep ice deployment.
Based on our experience with the SSCUA experimentover the last two austral summers it would seem sensibleto define a base logistic unit, e.g., 10 broadband stationsat 300-500 km spacing, and then aim to have several ofthese units deployed simultaneously in different parts ofthe continent.
The units would be moved on with time to provide bothdetailed coverage and a base for tomographic studies.
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Conceptual design for a 4 year campaign
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Array design
This design of array is suggested to make maximum useof the logistic capabilities of individual countries (or somelocal collaborations), supplemented by support from theSouth Pole and from the large number of permanentstations in the Antarctic Peninsula.
By having instruments deployed at four differentlocations (or more) simultaneously we get maximumbenefit of any source of sufficient size for tomographiccoverage.
The size of the sectors would depend on the availablesupport and should be supplemented by instrumentsdeployed along linear traverses, e.g., in provisioningstations.