Station XA SA09 - XA.SA09

Network: XA97 - Anatomy of an Archean Craton, South Africa

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
SA09 XA.SA09 (-30.92, 22.99) 1998-04-23 / 1999-12-31 1200 m
Crust2 Type:I2,late Proter., 1 km seds.
Thickness Estimate:47 km
Thickness StdDev:7.4 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.72
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.15
Vs Estimate:3.829 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.24
Peak Value:0.02
Assumed Vp:6.576 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.570
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

1 with match > 90% ( 10.0 %) and 5 with match > 80% ( 50.0 %) out of 10.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 47 km 1.72 6.576 km/s 3.829 km/s 0.24
Crust2.0 38 km 1.78 6.576 km/s 3.695 km/s 0.27 I2,late Proter., 1 km seds.
Global Maxima 47 km 1.72 6.576 km/s 3.829 km/s 0.24 amp=0.022021666
Local Maxima 1 48 km 1.71 6.576 km/s 3.84 km/s 0.24 amp=0.012596317
Local Maxima 2 32 km 2.10 6.576 km/s 3.139 km/s 0.35 amp=0.008887715
Local Maxima 3 36 km 1.92 6.576 km/s 3.421 km/s 0.31 amp=0.006121058
Local Maxima 4 33 km 2.10 6.576 km/s 3.135 km/s 0.35 amp=0.004691639
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps5.13 SECOND
PpPs19.42 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs24.55 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(5 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
92.078865 45.1 deg 97.753 deg Mid-Indian Ridge 1999/01/24 08:00:08 GMT (-26.5, 74.5) 10 km 6.0 MB, 6.3 MS, 6.3 MW, 6.3 ME
88.28218 77.4 deg 239.904 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/07/29 07:14:24 GMT (-32.3, -71.3) 51 km 6.3 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 ME
81.29203 39.1 deg 291.32 deg Ascension Island Region 1998/06/18 04:17:54 GMT (-11.6, -13.9) 10 km 6.1 MS, 5.4 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN
80.73522 79.1 deg 242.271 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/09/03 17:37:58 GMT (-29.5, -71.7) 27 km 6.2 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.4 ME
80.467514 33.8 deg 248.083 deg Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 1998/06/24 10:44:30 GMT (-37.3, -17.4) 10 km 5.7 MB, 5.8 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW

Losers

(5 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
68.99199 95.8 deg 93.207 deg Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi 1998/05/21 05:34:25 GMT (0.2, 119.6) 33 km 6.2 MB, 6.3 MS, 6.6 UNKNOWN, 6.6 MW
67.72685 85.4 deg 96.719 deg Java, Indonesia 1998/09/28 13:34:30 GMT (-8.2, 112.4) 152 km 6.4 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
59.78097 74.5 deg 234.638 deg S. Chile-Argentina Border Region 1998/12/14 16:25:24 GMT (-38.2, -71.0) 138 km 6.0 UNKNOWN, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MB
54.2987 42.8 deg 219.654 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1998/08/29 08:30:21 GMT (-55.7, -27.0) 33 km 5.6 MB, 5.6 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
48.07239 77.0 deg 77.244 deg Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 1999/02/04 19:28:00 GMT (4.0, 95.3) 56 km 5.8 MB, 5.4 MS, 5.9 MW, 5.9 MW