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BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Volume 98, Issue 4, Pages 1781-1796Publisher
SEISMOLOGICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1785/0120070082
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This study reviews seismograms from 10 rock-fall events recorded between 1992 and 2001 by the permanent seismological network Sismalp in the French Alps. A new seismic-magnitude scale was defined that allowed us to compare and classify ground-motion vibrations generated by these Alpine rock falls. Each rock fall has also been characterized by its ground-motion duration t(30) at an epicentral distance of 30 kin. No relation was found between rock-fall parameters (fall height, runout distance, volume, potential energy) and rock-fall seismic magnitudes derived from seismogram amplitudes. On the other hand, the signal duration t(30) shows a rough correlation with the potential energy and the runout distance, highlighting the control of the propagation phase on the signal length. The signal analysis suggests the existence of at least two distinct seismic sources: one corresponding to the initial rupture associated with an elastic rebound during the detachment and the other one generated by the rock impact on the slope. Although the fall phenomenon includes other complex processes (fragmentation of the block, interaction with topography, plastic deformation during and after impact) 2D finite-element simulations of these two seismic sources are able to retrieve the main seismogram characteristics.
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