Coal mining – mining of hard coal
Conventional gas extraction - extraction of natural gas with use of existing natural gas reservoir pressure or using methods to increase the pressure suficiently for pumping gas to the surface
Conventional hydrocarbon extraction - extraction of hydrocarbon with use of existing hydrocarbon reservoir pressure or using methods to increase the pressure suficiently for pumping hydrocarbons to the surface
Conventional oil extraction – extraction of petroleum with use of existing oil reservoir pressure or using methods to increase the pressure suficiently for pumping oil to the surface
Geothermal energy production – technology using thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth for heat and/or electricity production
Hard rock mining – mining of raw materials and ores embedded in rock formations
Hydrofracturing – technology of a well stimulation a in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid
Hydropower plants
Open pit mining – mining technology, where used when, the thin layer overburden is removed to provide access to deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks found near the surface
Reservoir impoundment – filling of artificial lake, usually by backing up the water on a river in steep valley
Salt mining – type of mining extracting the salt from the underground
Salt solution mining – type of mining extracting the salt from the underground by dissolving salt from the deposit
Underground fluid deposition – technology of fluid storage in rock formations
Underground gas storage – technology of gas storage in rock formations
Unconventional hydrocarbon extraction – extraction of hydrocarbons using well stimulation techniques
Underground mining – extracting method using undergound instalations such as tunnels, long wall mining, room and pillar mining etc.
Catalog parameters
Event – seismic event, earthquake
ID – unique identifier of the seismic event (Event ID)
Time – origin time, time of the earthquake occurence
Lat – latitude of earthquake epicenter
Long – longtitude of the earthquake epicenter
Depth – depth of the earthquake
Elevation – elevation of the earthquake
X – cartesian coordinate of the earthquake
Y - cartesian coordinate of the earthquake
Z - cartesian coordinate of the earthquake
EPI_err – error of the epicenter location
Depth_err – error of depth location
Nl – number of stations used in location
M0 – seismic moment
Mw – moment magnitude
ML – local magnitude
Ns_decomp – number of station used in moment tensor inversion
DecompMethod – method used to decompose moment tensor
MTrr - Full solution: Moment tensor rr component (r – up) (convention used by USGS USE (up, south, east originally rr, tt, pp)), if needed may be changed into Aki & Richards, 2002 NED (north, east, down))
MTss - Full solution: Moment tensor ss component (s – South)
Mtee - Full solution: Moment tensor ee component (e – East)
MTrs - Full solution: Moment tensor rs component
Mtre - Full solution: Moment tensor re component
Mtse - Full solution: Moment tensor se component
MT_err - Full solution: Moment tensor error
RMSerror – root mean square error of the MT inversion (eg. Amplitude fitting rms – currently not used in TCS AH catalogs))
ISO - isotropic MT component
CLVD - CLVD component
DC - Double-Couple component
StrikeA - Strike of nodal plane A
DipA - Dip of nodal plane A
RakeA - Rake of nodal plane A
SlopeA - Inclination of nodal plane A
StrikeB - Strike of nodal plane B
DipB – Dip of nodal plane B
RakeB – Rake of nodal plane B
SlopeB – Inclination of nodal plane B
Strike_err – Strike error
Dip_err – Dip error
Rake_err – Rake error
Slope_err – Inclination error
Plunge_T - Plunge of T-axis
PlungeT_err - T-axis plunge error
Trend_T - Trend of T-axis
TrendT_err - T-axis trend error
Plunge_P - Plunge of P-axis
PlungeP_err - P-axis plunge error
Trend_P - Trend of P-axis
TrendP_err - P-axis trend error
DCrr - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor rr component (r - up)
DCss - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor ss component (s - South)
DCee - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor ee component (e - East)
DCrs - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor rs component
DCre - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor re component
DCse - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor se component
DC_err - Double-Couple solution: Moment tensor error
DCStrikeA - Double-Couple solution: Strike of nodal plane A
DCDipA - Double-Couple solution: Dip of nodal plane A
DCRakeA - Double-Couple solution: Rake of nodal plane A
DCStrikeB - Double-Couple solution: Strike of nodal plane B
DCDipB - Double-Couple solution: Dip of nodal plane B
DCRakeB - Double-Couple solution: Rake of nodal plane B
DCStrike_err - Double-Couple solution: Strike error
DCDip_err - Double-Couple solution: Dip error
DCRake_err - Double-Couple solution: Rake error
DCPlunge_T - Double-Couple solution: Plunge of T-axis
DCPlungeT_err - Double-Couple solution: T-axis plunge error
DCTrend_T - Double-Couple solution: Trend of T-axis
DCTrendT_err - Double-Couple solution: T-axis trend error
DCPlunge_P - Double-Couple solution: Plunge of P-axis
DCPlungeP_err - Double-Couple solution: P-axis plunge error
DCTrend_P - Double-Couple solution: Trend of P-axis
DCTrendP_err - Double-Couple solution: P-axis trend error
TNrr - TN solution: Moment tensor rr component (r - up)
TNss - TN solution: Moment tensor ss component (s - South)
TNee - TN solution: Moment tensor ee component (e - East)
TNrs - TN solution: Moment tensor rs component
TNre - TN solution: Moment tensor re component
TNse - TN solution: Moment tensor se component
TN_err - TN solution: Moment tensor error
TNStrikeA - TN solution: Strike of nodal plane A
TNDipA - TN solution: Dip of nodal plane A
TNRakeA - TN solution: Rake of nodal plane A
TNStrikeB - TN solution: Strike of nodal plane B
TNDipB - TN solution: Dip of nodal plane B
TNRakeB - TN solution: Rake of nodal plane B
TNStrike_err - TN solution: Strike error
TNDip_err - TN solution: Dip error
TNRake_err - TN solution: Rake error
TNPlunge_T - TN solution: Plunge of T-axis
TNPlungeT_err - TN solution: T-axis plunge error
TNTrend_T - TN solution: Trend of T-axis
TNTrendT_err - TN solution: T-axis trend error
TNPlunge_P - TN solution: Plunge of P-axis
TNPlungeP_err - TN solution: P-axis plunge error
TNTrend_P - TN solution: Trend of P-axis
TNTrendP_err - TN solution: P-axis trend error
NsP - No of stations used in the P-wave spectral analysis
E - total seismic energy
E_err - total seismic energy error
Ep - P-wave energy
Ep_err - P-wave energy error
fp - P-wave corner frequency
fp_err - P-wave corner frequency error
rad_eff_P - Radiation efficiency P-waves
Qp - Quality factor Pwaves
NsS - No of stations used in the S-wave spectral analysis
Es - S-wave energy
Es_err - S-wave energy error
fs - S-wave corner frequency
fs_err - S-wave corner frequency error
Qs - Quality factor Swaves
rad_eff_S - Radiation efficiency S-waves
R - source radius
R_err - source radius error
R_model - Source radius model used (Brune, Madariaga, Sato&Hirasawa)
rad_eff - Radiation efficiency
sigma_a - Apparent stress
delta_sigma - Static stress drop
sigma_d - Dynamic stress drop
sigma_rms - RMS dynamic stress drop
vr - Rupture velocity
vr_model - Rupture velocity model (unilateral etc.)
SW_eff - Savage-Wood efficiency
u - Fault slip
Catalog related terms
P-axis – Pressure axis
T-axis – Tension axis
TN- Null-trace solution
Ground motion catalog parameters
RID - Registration ID
EID - Event ID
SID - Station ID (should be station code, which is used commonly in seismology for example in all seismological metadata standards ORFEUS uses term ‘Station’)
S_name - Station name
S_Lat – Station location latitude
S_Long – Station location longitude
S_Elevation - Station location elevation
R_Time - Registration occurrence time
PGA-x - Peak ground acceleration of x component (how x and y are defined ORFEUS uses standard seismological convention ZNE for component values)
PGA-y - Peak ground acceleration of y component (see comments above)
PVA - Peak vertical acceleration (not used in ORFEUS and EPOS instead they use PGA on Z component of the station)
PHA - Peak horizontal acceleration (not used in ORFEUS and EPOS instead they use PGA on N and E components separately for every channel)
PGA - Total peak ground acceleration (see above)
RMS_A - Root-mean-square acceleration
PGV-x - Peak ground velocity of x component (see comments to PGA-x)
PGV-y - Peak ground velocity of y component (see comments to PGA-x)
PVV - Peak vertical velocity component (see PVA comments)
PHV - Peak horizontal velocity (see PVA comments)
PGV - Total peak ground velocity (see PGA comment)
RMS-V - Root-mean-square velocity
PGD-x - Peak ground displacement of x component
PGD-y - Peak ground displacement of y component
PVD - Peak vertical displacement component
PHD - Peak horizontal displacement
PGD - Total peak ground displacement
RMS-D - Root-mean-square displacement
AI - Arias Intensity
NED - Normalized Energy Density
ABD - Absolute bracketed duration
AUD - Absolute uniform duration
AED - Absolute effective duration
RBD - Relative bracketed duration
RUD - Relative uniform duration
RED - Relative effective duration
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