Atmospheric low-frequency sound, i.e., infrasound, from underwater events has not been considered thus far, due to the high impedance contrast of the water-air interface making it almost fully reflective. Here, we report for the first time on atmospheric infrasound from a large underwater earthquake (Mw 8.1) near the Macquarie Ridge, which was recorded at 1325 km from the epicenter. Seismic waves coupled to hydroacoustic waves at the ocean floor, after which the energy entered the Sound Fixing and Ranging channel and was detected on a hydrophone array. The energy was diffracted by a seamount and an oceanic ridge, which acted as a secondary source, into the water column followed by coupling into the atmosphere. The latter results from evanescent wave coupling and the attendant anomalous transparency of the sea surface for very low frequency acoustic waves.
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April 01 2015
Infrasound from underwater sources
Läslo Evers;
Läslo Evers
KNMI / TU Delft, PO Box 201, De Bilt 3730 AE, Netherlands, [email protected]
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Pieter Smets;
Pieter Smets
KNMI / TU Delft, De Bilt, Netherlands
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Mirjam Snellen
Mirjam Snellen
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 137, 2372 (2015)
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Läslo Evers, David Brown, Kevin Heaney, Jelle Assink, Pieter Smets, Mirjam Snellen; Infrasound from underwater sources. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 April 2015; 137 (4_Supplement): 2372. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4920617
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