Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone

In this work, we study seismoelectric conversions generated in the vadose zone, when this region is traversed by a pure SH wave. We assume that the soil is a 1-D partially saturated lossy porous medium and we use the van Genuchten's constitutive model to describe the water saturation profile. C...

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Autores principales: Zyserman, Fabio Iván, Monachesi, Leonardo Bruno, Jouniaux, L.
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Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101795
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/66076
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topic Geofísica
Electrical properties
Hydrogeophysics
Numerical approximations and analysis
Permeability and porosity
Wave propagation
spellingShingle Geofísica
Electrical properties
Hydrogeophysics
Numerical approximations and analysis
Permeability and porosity
Wave propagation
Zyserman, Fabio Iván
Monachesi, Leonardo Bruno
Jouniaux, L.
Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
topic_facet Geofísica
Electrical properties
Hydrogeophysics
Numerical approximations and analysis
Permeability and porosity
Wave propagation
description In this work, we study seismoelectric conversions generated in the vadose zone, when this region is traversed by a pure SH wave. We assume that the soil is a 1-D partially saturated lossy porous medium and we use the van Genuchten's constitutive model to describe the water saturation profile. Correspondingly, we extend Pride's formulation to deal with partially saturated media. In order to evaluate the influence of different soil textures we perform a numerical analysis considering, among other relevant properties, the electrokinetic coupling, coseismic responses and interface responses (IRs). We propose new analytical transfer functions for the electric and magnetic field as a function of the water saturation, modifying those of Bordes et al. and Garambois & Dietrich, respectively. Further, we introduce two substantially different saturation-dependent functions into the electrokinetic (EK) coupling linking the poroelastic and the electromagnetic wave equations. The numerical results show that the electric field IRs markedly depend on the soil texture and the chosen EK coupling model, and are several orders of magnitude stronger than the electric field coseismic ones. We also found that the IRs of the water table for the silty and clayey soils are stronger than those for the sandy soils, assuming a non-monotonous saturation dependence of the EK coupling, which takes into account the charged air-water interface. These IRs have been interpreted as the result of the jump in the viscous electric current density at the water table. The amplitude of the IR is obtained using a plane SH wave, neglecting both the spherical spreading and the restriction of its origin to the first Fresnel zone, effects that could lower the predicted values. However, we made an estimation of the expected electric field IR amplitudes detectable in the field by means of the analytical transfer functions, accounting for spherical spreading of the SH seismic waves. This prediction yields a value of 15 μV m-1, which is compatible with reported values.
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author Zyserman, Fabio Iván
Monachesi, Leonardo Bruno
Jouniaux, L.
author_facet Zyserman, Fabio Iván
Monachesi, Leonardo Bruno
Jouniaux, L.
author_sort Zyserman, Fabio Iván
title Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
title_short Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
title_full Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
title_fullStr Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
title_full_unstemmed Dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
title_sort dependence of shear wave seismoelectrics on soil textures: a numerical study in the vadose zone
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101795
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/66076
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