简介:SeismicanisotropybeneathSouthernTibetQING-TIANLUI(吕庆田),KAI-YIMA(马开义),MEIJIANG'(姜枚),A.HirnandA.Nercessian(InstituteofMineralDe...
简介:TheYuguangbasinisahalf-grabenbasininthebasin-rangetectoniczoneinnorthwestBeijing,locatedatthenorthernendoftheShanxigrabensystem,andtheYuguangbasinsouthernmarginalfault(YBSMF)controlstheformationofthisbasin.AlinearfaultescarpmenthasformedintheproluvialfanonthepiedmontfaultzoneoftheTangshankousegmentofYBSMF.Atrenchacrossthisescarpmentrevealsthreepaleo-earthquakeeventsontwoactivefaults.Onefaultrupturedatabout9kaforthefirsttime,andthenfaultedagainatabout7.3ka,causingtheformationandsynchronousactivityofanotherfault.Finally,theyfaultedforthethirdtime,butwecannotdeterminethefaultingtimeduetothelackofrelevantsurfacedeposition.Theaccumulativeverticaldisplacementofthesethreeeventsisabout8.1m.Weestimatethattheaveragerecurrenceperiodofthepiedmontfaultisabout1.7ka,andtheaveragesliprateofthepiedmontfaultisabout1.6mm/a.Wealsoestimatethereferencemagnitudeofeacheventaccordingtotheempiricalformula.
简介:ThecharacteristicsofseismicgroundmotionsinsouthernChinaaredifficulttodeterminestatisticallyduetoalackofstronggroundmotiondata.Inthisstudy,astochasticfinite-faultgroundmotionmodelwasadoptedtosimulatetheseismicgroundmotionsatbedrockforsouthernChina,basedonparametersderivedfromsmallandmediumearthquakesthathaveoccurredintheregion.Fromthese,theresponsespectrawasestimated.Asetofgroundmotionattenuationrelationshipswasthendevelopedbasedonsimulatedpeakgroundmotionsandresponsespectralparametersthroughregression,whichwouldbeapplicableforuseinengineeringpractice.Throughcomparisons,itwasdemonstratedthattheproposedgroundmotionrelationshipsaregenerallyconsistentwiththoseobtainedfromotherreportedgroundmotionattenuationmodelsforsouthernChina.
简介:OnJune22,1518,alargeearthquake,measuringM71/2,occurredoffshorewestofSeoul,KoreainthesouthernYellowSea.ThisearthquakeaffectedthewholeKoreanPeninsula,andcauseddamagetothecoastalareassuchasSeoul,wheretheseismicintensitywasdegreeⅧ.Aftershockactivitylastedformorethanonemonth.TheearthquakealsoaffectedtheEasternChinaregion.ThisearthquakewaspossiblyrelatedtotheactivityofthewesternmarginfaultzoneoftheKoreanPeninsula(theeasternmarginfaultzoneofthesouthernYellowSea).Theepicenteroftheearthquakewaslocated36.5°Nand125.2°E.
简介:UsingpureSwavefittingmethod,westudiedtheshearwavevelocitystructuresundertheOrdosblockanditseasternandsouthernmarginalareas.TheresultsshowthatthevelocitystructurebeneathYulinstationintheinteriorofOrdosblockisrelativelystable,wherenoapparentchangebetweenhighandlowvelocitylayersexistsandtheshearwavevelocityincreasessteadilywiththedepth.Thereisa12kmthicklayeratthedepthof25kmunderthisstation,withanSwavevelocity(Vs=3.90km/s)lowerthanthatatthesamedepthinitseasternandsouthernareas(Vs≥4.00km/s).ThecrustundertheeasternmarginofOrdosblockisthickerthanthatoftheYulinstation,andthevelocitystructuresalternatebetweenthehighandIowvelocitylayers,withmorelowvelocitylayers.Ithasthesamecharacteristicashavinga10km-thicklowvelocitylayer(Vs=3.80km/s)inthelowercrustbutburiedatadepthofabout35km.Moreover,westudiedtheVi/VsratioundereachstationincombinationwiththeresultofPwavevelocityinversion.Theresultsshowthat,theaveragevelocityratiooftheYulinstationattheinteriorofOrdosblockisonly1.68,withaverylowratio(about1.60)intheuppercrustandastableratioofabout1.73inthemidandlowercrust,whichindicatesthemediaunderthisstationishomogenousandstable,beinginastateofrigidity.ButatthestationsintheeasternandsouthernmarginsoftheOrdosblock,severallayersofhighvelocityratio(about1.80)havebeenfound,inwhichtheaveragevelocityratiounderKelanandLishistationsattheeasternmarginissystemicallyhigherthanthatofthegeneralelasticalbodywaves(1.732).Thisreflectsthatthecrustunderthemarginalareasismoreactiverelatively,andothermaterialsmayexistintheselayers.Finally,wediscussedtherelationshipamongearthquakes,velocitystructuresbeneathstationsandfaults.
简介:WecompilearegionalcatalogueofearthquakeswithmomentmagnitudeoftheCenter-SouthernAsiatestarea(20°-35°N,85°-105°E)fortheGlobalSeismicHazardAssessmentProgram(GSHAP).Therearesignificantinhomogeneousanduncompleteddata,andnuniformityofearthquakemagnitudesinthistestareabecausethisregionissituatedontheboundariesofmanycountries,suchasChina,India,Nepal,Vietnam,etc.WeestablisharelationshipbetweenGutenbergsurface-wavemagnitudeandIASPEIsurface-wavemagnitude,whichcanbeusedforconversionofdifferentmagnitudescalesintomomentmagnitudeforthiscatalogue.AcatalogueofeventswithMw≥6.0ofthistestareaisgivenattheendofthispaper.
简介:Inthispaper,usingthe1999~2007GPSvelocityfielddata,andbychoosingtheoptimalblockmodel,weobtainedthedeformationmodelsapplicabletotheboundaryzonesofmajorblocksandtheslipratesofblockboundaryfaultsonthemid-southernsegmentoftheNorth-SouthSeismicBelt.Theresultsshowthat:ontheLongmenshanfaultzone,thetensionalandcompressivesliprateissmallontheBaoxing-Wenchuansegment,about0.5~1.8mm·a-1,andtherateisrelativelysignificantonthesegmentoftheWenchuan-Maoxian,as1.8~3.8mm·a-1;ontheXianshuihefaultbelt,thereisacertaindifferenceinspatialdistributionbetweenthetensionalsliprateandstrike-sliprate:thetensionalsliprate(8.1mm·a-1)isbiggerthanthesinistralstrike-sliprate(4.8mm·a-1)atthenorthoftheLuhuoregion;thetensionandcompressionsliprateisbasicallythesameasthestrike-sliprateatLuhuo-Dawu;theDawu-Kangdingsectionpresentsatrendofdecreasedstrike-sliprateandincreasedtensionalsliprate;theKangding-Shimiansegmentshowsastrike-slipnature;thestrike-sliprateissignificantlygreaterthanthetension/compressionrateontheXiaojiangfaultzone;thesliprateontheRedRiverfaultzoneshowsobviousspatialsegmentation,thesliprateissmallerinitsnorthwestpart,butwithacertainamountoftensional/compressioncomponent,4.7mm·a-1ontheJingdongsegment.ThesegmenteastofJingdong(westernGejiu)ismainlyofstrike-slip,withasliprateof4.5mm·a-1.
简介:Basedonthemodelsofnon-uniformearthquakedistributioninthepotentialsource,theseismiczonationofWesternPanzhihuaandCentralandSouthernShanxiProvinceisstudied.Theresultsshowthattheusualuniformdistributionmodelmayunderestimatetheseismicriskandresultinareductionoftheareasofhighintensity.Theinfluenceofeachnon-uniformprobabilisticdistributionmethodontheresultofseismiczoningisdiscussed.
简介:TakingthesouthernpartoftheShanxiProvinceandthewesternpartoftheSichuanProvinceastheexamples,theseismicityparametersofeverypotentialseismiczonehavebeendeterminedbythemaximumlikelihoodmodelwithdifferentdatabasedondifferentmagnitudethresholds,dependingonthedifferentprecisionofdifferentearthquakecatalogs.Accordingtothegeneralseismicriskanalysismodel,theseismicintensityzoningfortwoareashasbeenobtained.
简介:[BriefNews]:AnMs=7.3earthquakeoccurredinthesouthernAnMs=7.3earthquakeoccurredinthesouthernpartoftheTaiwanStrait(22.6°N,118.7°...