DUM LOGOepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences
            University of Michigan

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Acoustic Manifestation of Earthquakes:
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We can detect earthquakes (among other things!) through various methods. Among others, ocoustic signals are interesting tools to study seismic (or otherwise?!) sources.

1. T-Waves:

I am working on a software package to automate tsunami warning based on T-wave  detection at seismic stations  in the Pacific. Many factors have to be taken into account, including (but not limted to) seismic-acoustic &  acoustic-seismic conversions at source and receiver sides, SOFAR parameters in the propagation medium and path parameters at source &  receiver sides. The fun part is that, in this approach, you don't really need to have a reliable source geometry.

T-Wave acoustic paths for the selected stations in the Pacific.

2. Pressure Signals:

An interesting part of my research is working on the pressure signals from OBS hydrophones in search for a quantifiable measure of tsunamigenic character of earthquake. We are still searching ... :)