Influence of ice crystal anisotropy on seismic velocity analysis


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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In 2010 a reflection seismic survey was carried out on the Alpine glacier Colle Gnifetti. The processed and depth-converted data could be compared to a nearby ice core, drilled almost to the bed. Comparisons showed that the depth of the P-wave bed reflection was too shallow, while the depth of the SH-wave bed reflection fitted the ice-core length well. We are now able to explain the major part of these differences using the existing crystal orientations of the ice at Colle Gnifetti. We calculate anisotropic velocities for P- and SH-waves that are usually picked for stacking and compare them with zero-offset velocities needed for the depth conversion. Here we take the firn pack at Colle Gnifetti into account for P- and S-wave analysis. To incorporate the S-wave analysis we first derive a new equation for the relationship between density and S-wave velocity from diving waves. We show that anisotropic fabrics observed at Colle Gnifetti introduce a difference of only 1% between stacking and depth-conversion velocities for the SH-wave, but 7% for the P-wave. We suggest that this difference in stacking and depth-conversion velocity for the P-wave can be used to derive information about the existing anisotropy by combining our seismic data with, for example, radar data.</jats:p>



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DOI https://www.doi.org/10.3189/2014aog67a002

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Diez, A. , Eisen, O. , Weikusat, I. , Eichler, J. , Hofstede, C. , Bohleber, P. , Bohlen, T. and Polom, U. (2014): Influence of ice crystal anisotropy on seismic velocity analysis , Annals of Glaciology, 55 (67), pp. 97-106 . doi: https://www.doi.org/10.3189/2014aog67a002


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