Identification

Title

Probabilistic models of earthquake location and velocity structure beneath Preston New Road, UK

Abstract

The models are probabilistic inferences of earth structure and earthquake location based around travel times of P and S waves recorded at seismic stations above Preston New Road, Lancashire, UK. For each point in the subsurface, we present many different values of the P- and S-wave velocity which are compatible with the data. Likewise, we present many event locations for each earthquake included in the dataset. These different models represent the posterior probability distribution respectively for the subsurface velocity and earthquake locations.

Resource type

model

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item176633

name: Data

function: download

https://doi.org/10.5285/26d60a47-d8dd-480e-907b-e871844deb4c

name: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607992

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

NGDC Deposited Data

Earthquake magnitude

Induced seismicity

Monte Carlo method

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.0200

East bounding longitude

-2.9100

North bounding latitude

53.8300

South bounding latitude

53.7600

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

Lancashire County [id=5156]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2018-10-01

End position

2018-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2022-10-28

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

The suite of models are created by sampling the posterior probability distribution using a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach. The methods are described in the open-access paper below: Roy, C., Nowacki, A., Zhang, X., Curtis, A., Baptie, B., 2021. Accounting for natural uncertainty within monitoring systems for induced seismicity based on earthquake magnitudes. Front. Earth Sci. 9, 634688. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.634688

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

NetCDF

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leeds

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-02-03

Metadata language