The survey of the underground structure to a depth deeper than 1km was conducted with the seismic reflection method in the Tokyo Metropolitan area in July, 1989. This is a feasibility study to look for how to obtain a detailed underground structure above the seismic basement under the Tokyo Metropolitan area from the view point of natural hazard reduction study. The profile in Kiyose, the most northern part of Tokyo Metropolis, has a length of about 1000m. The hydraulic weight (200kg) dropping device, “Yuatu Impactor”, which was developped by the JAPEX Geoscience Institute, Inc., was used as a source. Both intervals of shots and receivers were 10m. At each shot point, signals of ten shots were stacked and a linear array of 12 (9) geophones with a natural frequency of 10 (28) Hz was used at each receiving point. Through the conventional digital processing, the following results were obtained:
(1) Except for the very thin surface layers, six major reflecting horizons were identified, and the P wave interval velocity is 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.2, 2.7km/s in each layer from top to down. The deepest horizon is at a depth of about 1600m, which is the deepest horizon ever detected by the reflection method with non explosive sources in the Kanto Plain. The layers, especially deep ones, have a tendency inclining to the east. The reflection, however, was not observed from the top of the basement with a P wave velocity of about 5km/s.
(2) The underground structure derived is qualitatively correlated to the geology revealed by a well with a depth of 800m near the profile.
The results show the usefulness of reflection profiling with non explosive sources like Yuatsu Impactor in sediment-covered and populated areas.
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