Code for the analysis of acoustic and micro-seismic data measured at Matterhorn Hörnligrat, Switzerland

Python3 code used to produce Figures in the following publication:

Weber, S., Faillettaz, J., Meyer, M., Beutel, J., and Vieli, A.: Acoustic and micro-seismic characterization in steep bedrock permafrost on Matterhorn (CH), Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, in review, 2018.

Applications requirements

• Python3
• Anaconda
• Obspy

Access right requirements

• Access to permasense database hosted at ETH Zurich
• Mounted permasense_vault and permasense_ims
• Add your host and username to *config.yaml* and add directories

Python3 routines for data analysis

• trigger_events_miniseed.py
• load_alldata.py
• toolbox.py
• xcor.py by Austin A. Holland (2013), Earthquakes triggered by hydraulic fracturing in South-Central Oklahoma, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 103 (3), 1784–1792, doi: 10.1785/0120120109)

Python3 scripts to produce figures

• pl_breakoff_summary.py for Figure 2 and 3
• pl_schmidthammer_summary.py for Figure 4
• pl_schmidthammer_distance_frequency.py for Figure 5
• pl_schmidthammer_crosscorrelation_summary.py for Figure 6
• pl_filterrock_summary.py for Figure 7
• pl_rockdrop_summary.py for Figure 8
• pl_filterrock_CRapplication_2fractures.py for Figure 9 and S3
• pl_annual_sensitivity.py for Figure 10 and S4
• pl_schmidthammer_filtered.py for Figure S2

Seismometer station .xml-files

• MHDL.xml for seismometer SMscarp (alias 'MH36' or 'MHDL')
• MHDT.xml for seismometer SMridge (alias 'MH38' or 'MHDT')

Data availability

The data supporting the conclusions of Weber et al. (2018) are open access:

Weber, S., J. Beutel, S. Gruber, T. Gsell, and A. Hasler (2018), Rock-temperature, fracture displacement and acoustic/micro-seismic data measured at Matterhorn Hörnligrat, Switzerland, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1163037.

Please contact Samuel Weber (samuel.weber@geo.uzh.ch) for access to the complete data set.