Detection of Seismic Movements Using GNSS Data

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Civil engineering. Port said engineering faculty .portsaid university

2 Geodynamics Department, National Research Institute of astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo.

3 Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.

4 Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Banha University, Egypt,

5 Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering- Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Abstract

Nowadays, detecting the response level of ground shaking and studying its effect on the measurements of the surface motion are considered very important, because of the spread of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. Such disasters lead to changes in the Earth's crust and hence movements of some points. Therefore, studying these movements has great benefits, such as the ability to predict the occurrence of an earthquake, which helps to control and minimize human and economic damages. It is possible to evaluate accurately the magnitude of point displacements and to find the factors affecting these displacements. In this research work, we explain the seismic monitoring techniques using the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), which considered a powerful tool for monitoring the ground points displacements, Bernese GNSS Software 5.2[4], was used to obtain high-precision of the results of the IGS stations data and their displacements, with the application on the network stations in the study area of Turkey,(Aegean sea earthquake).

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