Abstract
AbstractA T‐wave is a seismo‐acoustic wave that can travel a long distance in the ocean with little attenuation, making it valuable for monitoring remote tectonic activity and changes in ocean temperature using seismic ocean thermometry (SOT). However, current high‐quality T‐wave stations are sparsely distributed, limiting the detectability of oceanic seismicity and the spatial resolution of global SOT. The use of ocean bottom distributed acoustic sensing (OBDAS), through the conversion of telecommunication cables into dense seismic arrays, is a cost‐effective and scalable means to complement existing seismic stations. Here, we systematically investigate the performance of OBDAS for oceanic seismicity detection and SOT using a 4‐day Ocean Observatories Initiative community experiment offshore Oregon. We first present T‐wave observations from distant and regional earthquakes and develop a curvelet denoising scheme to enhance T‐wave signals on OBDAS. After denoising, we show that OBDAS can detect and locate more and smaller T‐wave events than regional OBS network. During the 4‐day experiment, we detect 92 oceanic earthquakes, most of which are missing from existing catalogs. Leveraging the sensor density and cable directionality, we demonstrate the feasibility of source azimuth estimation for regional Blanco earthquakes. We also evaluate the SOT performance of OBDAS using pseudo‐repeating earthquake T‐waves. Our results show that OBDAS can utilize repeating earthquakes as small as M3.5 for SOT, outperforming ocean bottom seismometers. However, ocean ambient natural and instrumental noise strongly affects the performance of OBDAS for oceanic seismicity detection and SOT, requiring further investigation.
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