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Automatic-time picking continues to be a significant issue in seismogram an
alysis. Any individual method is based on separation of signal and noise in
a particular domain and cannot ensure consistent onset time picking under
all source, receiver, path, and noise conditions. However, a combination of
three methods based on differing aspects of seismograms can be used to pro
vide automated and consistent phase detection and interpretation using a si
ngle three-component record. For arrival detection, a combination of energy
analysis, differences in instantaneous frequency, and an auto-regressive r
epresentation of the seismic record are used to develop an algorithm for ro
bust phase extraction, suitable for use in real time. The character of the
phases is extracted using polarization analysis using complex traces to sep
arate S- and P-wave phases. The combination of four different methods offer
s a very effective technique for automatic arrival detection and associatio
n from a single three-component broadband seismogram and from thence an app
roximate event location procedure.