Towards the hydrologic and bed load monitoring from high-frequency seismic noise in a braided river: The “torrent de St Pierre”, French Alps

Burtin, Arnaud; Cattin, Rodolphe; Bollinger, Laurent; Vergne, Jérôme; Steer, Philippe; Robert, Alexandra; Findling, Nathaniel; Tiberi, Christel

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.014

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“…Bedload motion activates the entire high-frequency band, but the lowest frequencies (< 5 Hz) are only active when coarse bedload is moving (Huang et al, 2007;Burtin et al, 2011). The increase in seismic energy, as well as the duration of recorded activity, depends largely on the meteorological and hydrological conditions during the flood event (rainfall, runoff etc.).…”

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“…In the past decades, the potential of using acoustic and seismic signals for geomorphological gain has been explored in several studies (e.g. Bäzinger and Burch, 1990;Taniguchi et al, 1992;Govi et al, 1993;Rickenmann and McArdell, 2007;Burtin et al, 2008Burtin et al, , 2010Burtin et al, , 2011Gray et al, 2010;Hsu et al, 2011;Schmandt et al, 2013;Díaz et al, 2014;Roth et al, 2014;Chao et al, 2015;Barrière et al, 2015a). The approach makes use of the fact that the displacement of mass at the Earth's surface generates elastic seismic waves that propagate through the subsurface and can be recorded by acoustic or seismic sensors.…”

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“…Established applications have mainly targeted a specific process at a specific site. Streamside or landscape-wide monitoring concepts are not yet established as a standard tool in geomorphology, but proof-ofconcept studies have been described for several processes such as debris flows (Burtin et al, 2009(Burtin et al, , 2014, bedload transport (Govi et al, 1993;Burtin et al, 2008Burtin et al, , 2010Burtin et al, , 2011Hsu et al, 2011;Schmandt et al, 2013;Roth et al, 2014) and rock slides (Helmstetter and Garambois, 2010;Deparis et al, 2008;Dammeier et al, 2011), and path-finding scientific applications have been published (Ekström and Stark, 2013;Burtin et al, 2014).…”

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Abstract. In seismology, the signal is usually analysed for earthquake data, but earthquakes represent less than 1 % of continuous recording. The remaining data are considered as seismic noise and were for a long time ignored. Over the past decades, the analysis of seismic noise has constantly increased in popularity, and this has led to the development of new approaches and applications in geophysics. The study of continuous seismic records is now open to other disciplines, like geomorphology. The motion of mass at the Earth's surface generates seismic waves that are recorded by nearby seismometers and can be used to monitor mass transfer throughout the landscape. Surface processes vary in nature, mechanism, magnitude, space and time, and this variability can be observed in the seismic signals. This contribution gives an overview of the development and current opportunities for the seismic monitoring of geomorphic processes. We first describe the common principles of seismic signal monitoring and introduce time-frequency analysis for the purpose of identification and differentiation of surface processes. Second, we present techniques to detect, locate and quantify geomorphic events. Third, we review the diverse layout of seismic arrays and highlight their advantages and limitations for specific processes, like slope or channel activity. Finally, we illustrate all these characteristics with the analysis of seismic data acquired in a small debris-flow catchment where geomorphic events show interactions and feedbacks. Further developments must aim to fully understand the richness of the continuous seismic signals, to better quantify the geomorphic activity and to improve the performance of warning systems. Seismic monitoring may ultimately allow the continuous survey of erosion and transfer of sediments in the landscape on the scales of external forcing.

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“…In recent years acoustic Doppler velocity profiles, ADCPs, have been used to measure apparent bedload velocity using a combination of ADCP bottom tracking velocity and boat velocity derived from differential global positioning systems, DGPSs (Rennie and Church, 2010). Re-cently the measurement of seismic noise near rivers has been investigated to assess bedload transport (Burtin et al, 2011;Tsai et al, 2012). A workshop on contemporary methodologies for the monitoring of bedload transport has recently been published online by Rickenmann et al (2013).…”

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An overview of underwater sound generated by interparticle collisions and its application to the measurements of coarse sediment bedload transport

Thorne

2014

Earth Surf. Dynam.

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Abstract. Over the past 2 to 3 decades the concept of using sound generated by the interparticle collisions of mobile bed material has been investigated to assess if underwater sound can be utilised as a proxy for the estimation of bedload transport. In principle the acoustic approach is deemed to have the potential to provide non-intrusive, continuous, high-temporal-resolution measurements of bedload transport. It has been considered that the intensity of the sound radiated should be related to the amount of mobile material and the frequency spectrum to the size of the material. To be able to fully realise this use of acoustics requires an understanding of the parameters which control the generation of sound as particles impact. In the present work the aim is to provide scientists developing acoustics to measure bedload transport with a description of how sound is generated when particles undergo collision underwater. To investigate the properties of the sound generated, examples are provided under different conditions of impact. It is considered that providing an overview of the origins of the sound generation will provide a basis for the interpretation of acoustic data, collected in the marine environment for the study of bedload sediment transport processes.

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“…Burtin et al, 2008); natural floods (e.g. Govi, et al, 1993;Hsu, et al, 2011;Burtin et al, 2011;Roth et al, 2016) and controlled floods (Schmandt et al, 2013;Schmandt et al, 2017). In many of these studies, the authors seek to separate the various sources of seismic energy, including 20 precipitation, bedload transport, and flow turbulence (e.g.…”

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Seismic signature of turbulence during the 2017 Oroville Dam spillway erosion crisis

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Lekić²,

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2018

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Knowing the location of large-scale turbulent eddies during catastrophic flooding events improves predictions of erosive scour. The erosion damage to the Oroville Dam flood control spillway in early 2017 is an example of the erosive power of turbulent flow. During this event, a defect in the simple concrete channel quickly eroded into a chasm 47 meters deep.Erosion by turbulent flow is difficult to evaluate in real time, but near-channel seismic monitoring provides a tool to evaluate 10 flow dynamics from a safe distance. Previous studies have had limited ability to identify source location or the type of surface wave (i.e. Love or Rayleigh wave) excited by different river processes. Here we use a single three-component seismometer method (Frequency-Dependent Polarization Analysis) to characterize the dominant seismic source location and seismic surface waves produced by the Oroville dam flood control spillway, using the abrupt change in spillway geometry as a natural experiment. We find that the scaling exponent between seismic power and release discharge is greater following damage to 15 the spillway, suggesting larger turbulent eddies excite more seismic energy. The mean azimuth in the 5-10 Hz frequency band was used to resolve the location of spillway damage. Observed polarization attributes deviate from those expected for a Rayleigh wave, though numerical modelling indicates these deviations are explained by propagation up the hillside topography. Our results suggest Frequency-Dependent Polarization Analysis is a promising approach for locating areas of increased flow turbulence. This method could be applied to other erosion problems near engineered structures and to 20 understanding energy dissipation, erosion, and channel morphology development in natural rivers, particularly at high discharges.Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., https://doi

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Towards the hydrologic and bed load monitoring from high-frequency seismic noise in a braided river: The “torrent de St Pierre”, French Alps

Cited by 96 publications

References 22 publications

Seismic monitoring of torrential and fluvial processes

Seismic monitoring of torrential and fluvial processes

An overview of underwater sound generated by interparticle collisions and its application to the measurements of coarse sediment bedload transport

Seismic signature of turbulence during the 2017 Oroville Dam spillway erosion crisis

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