Discontinuous Nature of the Lower Part of the South American Wadati-Benioff Zone in The Arica Elbow Region

The Arica Elbow region represents that part of Andean South America where the azimuth of the strike of the Peru-Chile trench changes from 150° to 190°. The area under study is roughly bounded by latitudes 17 °S and 23 °S, The shape of the Wadati-Benioff zone was studied in terms of the distribution of ISC hypocentres dated between 1964 and 1993. A system of 22 vertical cross-sections, perpendicular to the trench axis, and a map of epicentres was used to derive the detailed shape of the Wadati-Benioff zone of the presently descending slab. The distribution of earthquake foci indicates a fingerlike shape of the lower part of the Wadati-Benioff zone beneath the aseismic gap. The slab length shows small changes around 350 km in the northern sections, pronounced length oscillations between 350 and 750 km in the neighbouring central sections and a constant value of 650 km in the southern sections. The dip and thickness of the Wadati-Benioff zone are practically constant in all sections. Fault plane solutions, separated spatially into three zones, were used to estimate the state of stress in the slab.     

Regional Stress Field and Seismic Dynamics Along the Border Zone Between Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Provinces

The regional stress field and seismic dynamics along the border zone between Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Provinces are studied based on the seismo-geological data, GPS measurement, and seismicity. The results show that: (1) the principal compressional stress of the stress field is oriented in NW-SE direction and the principal extensional stress is in NE-SW direction; (2) the WNW-ward compression and collision of the Philippine Sea Plate to the eastern coast of Taiwan Island are the most direct and most important dynamic source for preparation and occurrence of strong earthquakes in the Taiwan area and along the border zone between Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Provinces.     

祁连山构造带地震迁移活动特征分析

祁连山构造带地震迁移活动研究表明,存在不同震级层次的地震迁移现象:①大震顺构造带迁移由东而西震级衰减;②中强地震沿构造带东、中、西段交替发生;③横构造带地震跳迁会影响顺构造带地震的有序迁移;④祁连山中东段—东段存在发生破坏性地震的背景。     

Large-Scale Dextral Strike-Slip Movement and Associated Tectonic Deformation Along the Red-River Fault Zone

INTRODUCTION TheRedRiverfaultinsouthwestChina,aboundaryfaultbetweentheIndochinaplateandthe Yangtzeplate,haslongbeenatopicofgeneralinterest.Manystudieshavebeendoneonthegenesis,evolutionandtectonicchangesinthehistoryoftheAilaoshan RedRivertectoniczoneinterm…     

Study on Medium- and Long-term Strong Earthquake Risk Along the Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault Zone

INTRODUCTIONManyhlstoric andrecent eaythquakes occurred along the Zhan9lakou－Penglal fanfaut zone situatedIn h。northern part of North China seismic regl()n(Fig．l),Including Sanhe－Pinggu MS．0 earthquakeonseptemberZ,1679 and Tangshan M7．8 eal’thquake on July28,1976．Afterthe Tangshanearthquake,a seismic quiescence along this zone lasted for 20 or more yeas without M 3 6．0eafthquake．Butonjanuary20,1998 theZhangbel M6．2 eafthquake occurred·Then the seismicactivity tends to …     

Pull-apart Basins and the Total Lateral Displacement Along the Haiyuan Fault Zone in Cenozoic

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Crustal Structure Along Sunda-Banda Arc Transition Zone from Teleseismic Receiver Functions

We analyzed receiver function of teleseismic events recorded at twelve Indonesian-GEOFON (IA-GE) broadband stations using nonlinear Neighbourhood Algorithm (NA) inversion and H-k stacking methods to estimate crustal thickness, V _p /V _s ratios and S-wave velocity structure along Sunda-Banda arc transition zone. We observed crustal thickness of 34–37 km in Timor Island, which is consistent with the previous works. The thick crust (> 30 km) is also found beneath Sumba and Flores Islands, which might be related to the arc-continent collision causing the thickened crust. In Timor and Sumba Islands, we observed high V _p /V _s ratio (> 1.84) with low velocity zone that might be associated with the presence of mafic and ultramafic materials and fluid filled fracture zone. The high V _p /V _s ratio observed at Sumbawa and Flores volcanic Islands might be an indication of partial melt related to the upwelling of hot asthenosphere material through the subducted slab.     

阳原-张北壳幔过渡带复杂性特征及其构造意义

研究区位于华北盆地西北、近东西向的燕山台褶带、北东向的山西断隆接合部.该区域及其周围构造复杂并且地震活动频繁.     

Variations of the electromagnetic fields and ionospheric parameters in the Baikal Rift Zone

Variations in the geomagnetic and electric fields and variations of the total electron content (TEC) of the ionosphere recorded in the Baikal Rift Zone (BRZ) during the expeditions in 2009 and 2010 are analyzed. Synchronous bursts in the geomagnetic field on the ground and in the ionosphere, which are caused by propagation of electromagnetic disturbances (spherics) generated by the remote lightning discharges, are revealed. The analysis of the occurrence frequency of the electromagnetic disturbances at an altitude of ∼700 km shows that there is a preferred region of predominant propagation of these disturbances from the Earth-ionosphere waveguide to the upper ionosphere. When the ionospheric penetration point moves through this preferred region, the frequency spectrum of TEC variations changes, and the northern boundary of the region of spectral alteration is located at ∼54°N. The bursts in TEC that map on the zones of the main faults in the Tunka valley are identified. The results probably suggest a relation between the electromagnetic phenomena in the ionosphere and the structures in the lithosphere.     

交城断裂带北段最大潜在地震发震概率评估1

基于太原市目标区交城断裂带的定量研究,特别是对活动断裂上的古地震资料进行的系统、详细的分析与总结,建立了反映该断裂地震地质特点和运动学属性的复发模式和概率模型.引入震级-地表破裂长度、震级-震源破裂长度、震级-断层破裂面积以及震级-地震矩的经验关系进行震级估计,最后进行综合评估以确定交城断裂带北段潜在地震的最大震级.复发模式的建立兼顾了泊松和准周期两种模式,利用专家意见法组合相应的Poisson模型和BPT模型,计算活动断裂最大潜在地震的复发概率.结果表明,交城断裂带北段潜在地震最大震级为Ms7.2级,而未来50a、100a、200a发生Ms7.2级地震的概率分别为2.1％、4.0％和7.9％.     

鲜水河—安宁河断裂带磨西—冕宁段的滑动速率与强震位错

航片解译及野外地震地质考察结果表明，鲜水河－安宁河断裂带磨西－冕宁段存在明显的晚第四纪活动性，其以左旋走滑运动为主，并伴有显著的垂直滑动分量。晚第四纪以来的平均水平滑动速率在鲜水河断裂磨西以南段为6．0－9．9mm/a，安宁河断裂冕宁以北段为4．7－5．3mm/a。同震位错及地震地表破裂研究表明，A．D．1786年康定－泸定磨西73／4级地震的地表破裂可能南延至田湾以南；安宁河断裂冕宁以北段则具有蕴育71／2级左右地震的构造背景，最晚一次强震的地质记录极有可能是史料记载不全的A．D．1327年一次6级或6级以上地震的证据。     

Deep structure,volcanism and Wadati-Benioff zone of the northwestern pacific convergent margin

The morphology of the Wadati-Benioff zone in the region of Kamchatka, the Kurile Islands and Hokkaido, based on the distribution of 6319 earthquake foci, has verified the existence of an intermediate-depth aseismic gap and its relation to active andesitic volcanism. It appeared that deep-focus earthquakes in this region belong to a paleosubduction zone activated by an intermediate-depth collision with the active subduction zone in the area of Hokkaido. A system of deep seismically active fracture zones was delineated in the continental plate and confirmed by the results of deep seismic sounding. Two of these fractures, dipping toward the subduction zone, may be considered as the principal feeding channels for active and Holocene volcanoes of the continental volcanic bels of Kamchatka.     

Regularities in the Spatiotemporal Variations of Deformation Processes in the Region of Japan Subduction Zone

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth - The approach is proposed for modeling deformations in the subduction zones from the surface displacement data recorded by the methods of satellite geodesy....     

九江—瑞昌地震序列的视应力变化研究

利用江西数字地震台网记录到的波形资料计算了2005年11月26日九江—瑞昌MS5.7级地震序列的视应力,并对视应力与震级和深度的关系进行了讨论,结果发现视应力随着序列活动水平降低逐渐趋于平稳,ML 4.0以下的地震视应力与震级相关性较小,ML 4.0以上地震的视应力值随震级增加呈非线形快速增大;视应力大小与深度关系不明显,深度在9～12km时视应力相对要高,该范围也是整个序列震源深度的优势分布范围,视应力高值的深度范围靠近主震的震源位置。     

On the Generation of ULF Magnetic Variations by Conductivity Fluctuations in a Fault Zone

v--vPrior to the October 18, 1989 Loma Prieta M_s 7.1 earthquake, Fraser-Smith et al. (1990) recorded a 10-100 fold increase in ultra-low frequency (ULF) magnetic fields near the earthquake epicenter. Several mechanisms for generation of these ULF fields by fluid flow in the earth have been advanced, but all appear to require unrealistic fluid velocities or hydraulic permeabilities to match the observations. As an alternative explanation, Merzer and Klemperer (1998) proposed that the increase in ULF magnetic fields could result from induced electric currents flowing in a fault-zone made temporarily much more electrically conductive by stress-induced reorganization of pore geometry. Using a numerical model we show that while this mechanism could produce a significant increase in ULF variations, mutual induction between the fault zone and the surrounding crust would probably limit the amplitude increase to levels well below those observed at Loma Prieta. We consider a variant on this quasi-static conductive fault zone model in which low frequency telluric currents are modulated by small higher frequency variations of bulk fault zone conductivity. We show that because the spectrum of natural EM variations is red, substantially larger relative increases in ULF magnetic fields could be produced by this mechanism with even small conductivity fluctuations at these frequencies. These variations would be easy to detect with a well-designed experiment, if they occurred. In principle this mechanism could explain the Loma Prieta ULF observations, however the magnitude of conductivity fluctuations that would be required to match the very large reported amplification factors still appears to be too large to be physically plausible.     

Recent Crustal Stress Field and Dislocation Along Seismic Faults in the East China Region

INTRODUCTIONThere exist many methods for studying recent crustal stress field.One of the most commonmethodsis to use focal mechanismsolution data of earthquakes to deduce the recent crustal stressfield.The method is simple and feasible and the data obtained is reliable.Yan Jiaquan,et al.(1979)usedthe method to study the recent tectonic stress field in China and its adjacent areas andgave a rough configuration and regional characteristics of the stress field.Li Qinzu(1980),WeiGuangxing,e…     

唐山断裂带的板内重复地震识别及其滑动速率估算

华北地区以强烈的新构造运动、众多的板内地震、多发的破坏性地震著称.1976年7月28日发生在北京东约160km处的唐山7.8级大地震是历史上人员伤亡最为惨重的灾害之一.唐山断裂带是唐山大地震的主控断裂,由一系列互相平行的NNE向的走滑断裂组成,由于在构造表现和运动方式等方面存在明显的差异,基本上可划分为南、北两段.     

Current Activity Characteristics of the Fault Zone Along the Northern Margin of West Qinling Range Revealed by GPS Measurementl

The fault zone along the northern margin of West Qinling Range is a major active fault zonein the key seismic monitoring area in the southeastern part of Gansu Province.In order tostudy the current activity characteristics of this fault,GPS monitoring network has beenarranged along both sides of the fault and 3 measurements have been made from 1996 to1998.The result indicates that obvious differential movement exists along the north and southsides of the fault and the eastward movement on the south side is 3.8mm/a larger than thaton the north side.In the GPS network,the shortened side is generally in the trend of EW andthe extended side is basically NW to SE.The principal compressional stress trend in this areais about EW and the sinistral motion is obvious in the eastern part of the fault(nearWushan).The measured results also indicate that the displacement rate has decreased by50% and the compressional strain has increased by 100% as compared the data of 1997～1998 with those of 1996～1997,which shows t     

Space and Time Variations of Organic Matter in Caspian Sea Water

Water Resources - The analysis of data on the space and time variations of the concentrations and element composition of organic matter dissolved in Caspian Sea water over 2010–2015 showed...