VARIATIONS IN SHORT-PERIOD RECORDS FROM CANADIAN SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS

Abstract

A study of the relative recording ability of some of the Canadian seismograph stations has indicated a pattern of P-wave amplitude anomalies varying from station to station and, at any one station, showing a significant regional variation which does not seem to be entirely produced by source mechanism effects. Rather local crustal effects appear important, and spectral studies indicate that significant effects can be produced in low velocity upper crustal layers. The initial investigation of early P-wave trains and theoretical models suggests that these crustal effects can best be examined by the use of apparent incident angles, and that spectral amplitude decrements change significantly from station to station, although this is unexplained.It appears that the different recording ability of stations can be explained by a combination of shallow crustal effects operating on the signal amplitude and the local noise properties.