Publications
2024
Enhancing Crosshole Surveys Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing at UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, UK
Butcher, A; Holmgren, J; Lapins, S; Werner, MJ; Chambers, J; Kendall, J-M; Verdon, J.
85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition
Calibrated DAS Moment Magnitudes: Moving from Strain to Ground Motion Using Downhole Microseismic Monitoring Data
Boullenger, B; Butcher, AC; Paap, B; Vandeweijer, VP; Stork, S.
EAGE GeoTech 2024 Fourth EAGE Workshop on Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing
Turning distributed acoustic sensing measurements into calibrated ground motion responses using co-located geophones: application to a downhole seismic experiment (pdf)
Boullenger, B; Butcher, AC; Paap, B; Vandeweijer, VP; Stork, S.
In review (Geophysics)
2023
DAS-N2N: Machine learning Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) signal denoising without clean data (pdf)
Lapins, S; Butcher, AC; Kendall, J-M; Hudson, T; Stork, A; Werner, MJ; Gunning, J; Brisbourne, A.
Geophysical Journal International
Decoding the Coda: Crosshole Surveys using Distributed Acoustic Sensing at UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, UK
Butcher, A; Holmgren, J; Werner, MJ; Chambers, J; Kendall, J-M; Lapins, S; Verdon, J.
NSG2023 29th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
Repurposing Legacy Boreholes for Microseismic Monitoring: Geothermal Case Study from Cornwall, UK (pdf; poster)
Butcher, A; Holmgren, J; Soulas, S; Lim Shin Yee, C; Rodriguez, G; Wills, W; Kaack, B.
84th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition
2022
Seismic noise interferometry and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS): Inverting for the firn layer S-velocity structure on Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica (pdf)
Zhou, W; Butcher, AC; Brisbourne, A; Kufner, S-K; Kendall, J-M; Stork, A.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
Local and moment magnitudes of Preston New Road seismicity, 2018-2019. (Dataset).
Kettlety, T.; Butcher, AC
A technology readiness assessment for CCS site monitoring systems (pdf)
Vincent Vandeweijer, Thibault Candela, Martha Lien, Uta Koedel, Thomas Fechner, Tiziana Bond, Wen Zhou, Antony Butcher, John Michael Kendall, Anna Stork, Rob Mellors
Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference
Monitoring CO2 injection at CAMI FRS using Distributed Acoustic Sensing networks (pdf)
Butcher, A; Zhou, W; Vandeweijer, V; Lapins, S; Kendall, J-M; Boullenger, B; Papp,B; Broman, B; Stork, A; Macquet, M; Lawton, D.
Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference
Near-surface Monitoring of CO2 Storage Sites: Case Study from CaMI FRS
Butcher, A; Zhou, W; Kendall, J-M; Stork, A; Vandeweijer, V; Macquet, M; Lawton, D.
EAGE Asia Pacific Workshop on CO2 Geological Storage
Enhancing Ambient Noise Interferometry for DAS: Selective Stacking and Hybrid Seismic Receivers
Zhou, W; Butcher, AC; Kendall, J-M; Stork, A.
EAGE GeoTech 2022 Third EAGE Workshop on Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing
2021
Evaluating rock mass disturbance within open-pit excavations using seismic methods: A case study from the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (pdf)
Butcher, AC; Stork, AL; Verdon, J; Kendall, J-M; Plenkers, K; Booth, F, Boneham, M & Koe, A.
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for natural microseismicity studies: A case study from Antarctica (pdf)
Hudson, T; Baird, AF; Kendall, J-M; Kufner, S-K; Brisbourne, A; Smith, A; Butcher, AC; Chalari, A; Clarke, A.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
High‐Resolution Imaging of the ML 2.9 August 2019 Earthquake in Lancashire, United Kingdom, Induced by
Hydraulic Fracturing during Preston New Road PNR‐2 Operations (pdf)
Kettlety, T; Verdon, J; Butcher, A; Hampson, M; Craddock L.
Seismological Research Letters
Radon transform-based detection of microseismicity on DAS networks: A case study from Antarctica (pdf)
Butcher, AC; Hudson, T; Kendall, J-M; Kufner, S-K; Brisbourne, A; Stork, A.
EAGE GeoTech 2021 Second EAGE Workshop on Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing
2020
Seismic Magnitudes, Corner Frequencies, and Microseismicity: Using Ambient Noise to Correct for High-Frequency Attenuation (pdf)
Butcher, AC; Luckett, R; Verdon, J P; Kendall, J‐M; Baptie, BJ.
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Robust relationships for magnitude conversion of PNR seismicity catalogues. (Link)
Baptie, B.; Luckett, R.; Butcher, A.C; Werner, M. J.
BGS Open Report OR/20/042.
Interrogating the cryosphere using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS): examples of active and passive surveys in West Antarctica
Kendall, J-M; Brisbourne, A; Hudson, T; Kufner, S-K; Butcher, AC; Smith, A; Chalari, A; Clarke, A.
AGU Fall Meeting 2020
Advancements in distributed near surface imaging, an application of multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)
David, A; Stork, AL; Butcher, AC; Curioni, G; Ouellet, V; Krause, S; Chalari, A.
AGU Fall Meeting 2020
2019
How big is a small earthquake? Challenges in determining microseismic magnitudes (pdf)
Kendall, J-M; Butcher, AC; Stork, AL; Verdon, JP; Luckett, R; Baptie, B.
First Break
Extending local magnitude ML to short distances (pdf)
Luckett, R; Ottemöller, L; Butcher, AC; Baptie, BJ.
Geophysical Journal International
Induced Seismicity at Thoresby Colliery, UK
Butcher, AC; Verdon, JP; Luckett, R; Baptie, BJ; Kendall, J-M.
3rd Induced Seismicity Workshop, Schatzalp, Switzerland
Microseismic Magnitudes: Challenges in Determining the Correct Moment and Operating Regulatory Frameworks
Butcher, AC; Kendall, J-M; Luckett, R.
81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019
Rock Masses Characterisation Using High Frequency Piezoelectric Systems
Butcher, AC; Ridsdale, A; Kendall, J-M.
25th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
Seismic Evaluation of Excavated Rock Slopes at Hinkley Point C, UK
Butcher, AC; Stork, AL; Verdon, J; Kendall, J-M.
AGU Fall Meeting 2019
2018
Microseismology: Characteristics, Magnitudes and Shallow Crustal Effects (pdf)
Butcher, AC.
PhD thesis, University of Bristol
Seismic Imaging of Rock Disturbance in Excavated Slopes
Butcher, AC; Stork, A; Koe, A; Verdon, J; Kendall, J-M.
24th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
2017
Seismicity induced by longwall coal mining at the Thoresby Colliery, Nottinghamshire, U.K. (pdf)
Verdon, JP; Kendall, J-M; Butcher, AC; Luckett, R; Baptie, BJ.
Geophysical Journal International
Local magnitude discrepancies for near‐event receivers: Implications for the UK traffic‐light scheme (pdf)
Butcher, AC; Luckett, R; Verdon, J P; Kendall, J‐M; Baptie, BJ; Wookey, J.
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Geophysical investigations to assess the extent of disturbance in excavated rock faces at Hinkley Point C
Stork, AL; Butcher, AC; JP, Verdon; Koe, A.
23rd European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
2016
Magnitudes Scale Discrepancies for Near-Event Recievers
Butcher, AC; Luckett, R; Kendall, JM; Baptie, BJ; Verdon, JP; Wookey, J.
Seismological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Reno
Monitoring Induced Seismicity; Discrepancies in the Local Magnitude Scale and Implications for the UK Traffic Light Scheme
Butcher, AC; Luckett, R; Kendall, J-M.
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2015
Towards an Improved Understanding of the Signal Generated by an Underground Explosion: Case Study-Wookey Hole Caves, Somerset, UK
Taylor, J; Butcher, AC; Kennett, K; Horleston, AC.
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2012
Seeing beneath the soil (or how to avoid unexploded bombs and unexpected archaeology) (pdf)
Brown, M; Butcher, AC.
Sanctuary
Archaeological by-products of unexploded ordnance
Butcher, AC; Brown, M.
Recent Work In Archaeological Geophysics
2011
Characterisation and Clearance of Ordnance on Former Military Ranges
Butcher, AC; Hodkinson, B.
17th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
2006
The search for Palmer's Chamber, Lamb Leer, Somerset, United Kingdom (pdf)
Butcher, AC; Murphy, PJ; Beaney, S; Clark, R.
Cave and Karst Science