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Probing environmental and tectonic changes underneath Mexico City with the urban seismic field
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA
now at: Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Enrique Cabral-Cano
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX 04510, Mexico
Estelle Chaussard
independent researcher
Darío Solano-Rojas
Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX 04510, Mexico
Luis Quintanar
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX 04510, Mexico
Diana Morales Padilla
Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX 04510, Mexico
Enrique A. Fernández-Torres
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX 04510, Mexico
Marine A. Denolle
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA
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Short summary
Mexico City is built on a unique ground containing the clay-rich sediments of the ancient lake Texcoco. Continuous imperceptible shaking of these deposits by city traffic and other sources allows us to monitor changes in the subsurface seismic wave speed. Wave speed varies seasonally, likely due to temperature and rain effects; it temporarily drops after large earthquakes then starts to recover. Throughout the studied period, it increased on average, which may be related to soil compaction.
Mexico City is built on a unique ground containing the clay-rich sediments of the ancient lake...
