Geometric form of Haiyuan fault zone in the crustal interior and dynamics implications

Introduction The deep faults in the crust have direct relation to the occurrence of earthquakes and the dis-tribution of active seismic zones, so the researches on the geometric form and physical parametersof deep crustal faults are always an important problem in seismology. The researches are not onlysignificant to knowledge the deep tectonic background of strong earthquake and seismogenicmechanism, but also play a very important role in earthquake hazard estimation and earthquakeprevent…     

Crustal electric structure of Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region in the northeastern margin of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China

Through the analysis and 2-D inversion for the 5 profiles in Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region (105°～107°E,36°～37.5°N) in the northeastern margin of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, we have obtained the electric structure within a range of 160 km in width (east-west) and 60 km in depth in the studied area. The results show that the crustal electric structure can be divided into 6 sections, corresponding respectively to Xiji basin (Ⅰ), Xihuashan-Nanhuashan uplift (Ⅱ), Xingrenbu-Haiyuan basin (Ⅲ), Zhongwei-Qingshuihe basin (Ⅳ), Zhongning-Hongsibu basin (Ⅴ) and west-margin zone of Ordos (Ⅵ) from the southwest to the northeast. The crustal electric structure is characterized by a broom-shaped pattern, which scatters to the northwest and shrinks to the southeast. The structures in the top part of Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region are complete and large, however, they diminish from the arc top to the northwest and southeast ends. In the depth from 0 km to 10 km, the resistivity is high in the sections Ⅱ and Ⅵ, but relatively low in the other four sections, showing a similar pattern of basin depression. The electrical basement in the section Ⅲ is the deepest, displaying a "dustpan" shape that is deep in the southwest and shallow in the northeast. A series of discontinuous zones with high conductivity exist in the middle-lower crust in Haiyuan arcuate tectonic region, which is possibly related to the moderate and strong earthquakes in the region. The resistivity distribution in the focal area of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake is significantly heterogeneous with an obviously high conductivity zone near the hypocenter regime.     

Geometric structure and formation mechanism of Lintong-Chang’an fault zone

The results from investigation of large quantity of fault outcrops and artificial earthquakes suggest that the Lin-tong-Chang’an fault zone mainly consists of two faults. One is the Majie-Nianwan fault that separates a branch of Wangjiabian-Houjiawan fault on the right bank of the Bahe River; the other is the Hujiagou-Shoupazhang fault that separates a branch of Zhongdicun-Tangjiazhai fault in Tongrenyuan and Shaolingyuan. As tensional dip-slip normal faults, the faults distribute with approximately parallel equal intervals in local regions and the profiles drop in a step-like form to the northwest, presenting a Y-shape combination. The result from deep seismic reflection indicates that the fault is about 5~8 km in depth, which is not only a basement fault, but also a listric normal fault in the deep stratum. The Lintong-Chang’an fault is a typical outstretching rift system under the NS-trending ten-sion stress field. At the same time, affected by the sinistral strike slip of the Yuxia-Tieluzi fault, the fault extends like a broom from the northeast to the southwest.     

青藏高原东北缘海原构造带马东山阶区深部电性结构特征及其构造意义

海原一六盘山构造带是青藏高原东北缘地区的一条重要边界,在海原断裂带和六盘山断裂带接触区形成了特殊的马东山挤压阶区,本文对跨过该挤压阶区一条密集测点大地电磁剖面数据进行了处理和二维反演,获得的深部电性结构图像揭示在马东山挤压阶区深部电性结构表现为在高阻背景下镶嵌多个向西南倾斜的低阻条带电阻率结构样式,并在深度约25 km汇聚到中下地壳低阻层内,共同组成"正花状"结构;海原一六盘山构造带西南侧到陇中盆地区间呈现高、低阻相互"楔合"的深部结构特征,而其东北侧的鄂尔多斯西缘带自地表到中下地壳为较完整的高阻块体.另外结合跨过海原断裂带中段和西秦岭造山带的大地电磁探测结果,对海原一六盘山构造带分段性及其两侧的陇中盆地和鄂尔多斯地块的接触关系进行了研究分析.大地电磁探测成果佐证了在海原断裂带中段为具有走滑特点的断裂,而其尾端与六盘山断裂带斜交区域的马东山地区发生了强烈的逆冲推覆与褶皱变形;活动构造研究发现沿海原断裂带所产生的左旋走滑位移被其尾端的马东山、六盘山以东西向的地壳缩短调节吸收,GPS观测表明青藏高原东北缘地区现今构造变形分布在海原一六盘山构造带以西上百公里的范围内,陇中盆地一海原一六盘山构造带和鄂尔多斯地块一线的深部电性结构图像也很好地解释了该区变形状态:海原一六盘山构造带带及西南盘的陇中盆地的中下地壳非常破碎,在青藏高原向北东方向的推挤下容易发生变形,而北东盘鄂尔多斯地块地壳结构完整,很难发生构造变形.对海原一六盘山构造带马东山阶区和龙门山构造带的深部电性结构及变形特征等进行了比较分析,发现该区有与2008年汶川地震相似的深部构造背景,应重视该区强震孕育环境的探测研究.     

Distribution and structural characteristics of the Xi'an Section of the Weihe Fault

The results of seismic deep reflection,high resolution refraction and shallow artificial seismic exploration indicate that the fault on the northern bank of the Weihe river is composed of two faults,one is the Yaodian-Zhangjiawan fault and the other is the Chuanzhang-Zuitou fault.The 22 km long Yaodian-Zhangjiawan fault of EW-striking starts from Chenjiagou via Yaodian town,Qianpai village,Bili village,Wujia town and Zhangjiawan to Jiajiatan.The 15 km long Chuanzhang-Zuitou fault striking near EW starts from Chuanzhang via Mabei to Zuitou.The Weihe fault offset the basement and upper crust,the reflecting layers of TQ,TN,TE and Tg are ruptured at depth of about 15 km.In the deep part,the Weihe fault and the secondary fault form a Y-shaped structure or a synthetic low angle intersection.The Weihe fault is a listric normal fault.The fault has obvious structural characteristics of a reversed-drag normal fault and a normal drag normal fault with the depth of 1 000 m,and also has the characteris-tics of syngenetic sediment.The Weihe fault is one of the faults which control the basin sediment,and it is the boundary fault of Xi’an depression and Xianyang salient.The depth of the fault decreases from the west to east gradually,the deep part intersects with the Lintong-Chang’an fault at the intersection part of Weihe River,Jinghe River and Bahe River and the shallow part connects with the Weinan-Jingyang fault.The seismic exploration re-sults indicate that no fault exists on southern bank of the Weihe River.     

DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS AND KINEMATIC PARAMETERS INVERSION OF HAIYUAN FAULT ZONE BASED ON TIME SERIES INSAR

Located at the bend of the northeastern margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Haiyuan fault zone is a boundary fault of the stable Alashan block, the stable Ordos block and the active Tibet block, and is the most significant fault zone for the tectonic deformation and strong earthquake activity. In 1920, a M8.5 earthquake occurred in the eastern segment of the fault, causing a surface rupture zone of about 240km. After that, the segment has been in a state of calmness in seismic activity, and no destructive earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above have occurred. Determining the current activity of the Haiyuan fault zone is very important and necessary for the analysis and assessment of its future seismic hazard. To study activity of the Haiyuan fault zone, the degree of fault coupling and the future seismic hazard, domestic and foreign scholars have carried out a lot of research using geology methods and GPS geodetic techniques, but these methods have certain limitations. The geology method is a traditional classical method of fault activity research, but dislocation measurement can only be performed on a local good fault outcrop. There are a limited number of field measurement points and the observation results are not equally limited depending on the sampling location and sampling method. The distribution of GPS stations is sparse, especially in the near-fault area, there is almost no GPS data. Therefore, the spatial resolution of the deformation field features obtained by GPS is low, and there are certain limitations in the kinematic parameter inversion using this method. In this study, we obtain the average InSAR line-of-sight deformation field from the Maomaoshan section to the mid-1920s earthquake rupture segment of the Haiyuan earthquake in the period from 2003 to 2010 based on the PSInSAR technique. The results show that there are obvious differences between the slip rates of the two walls of the fault in the north and the south, which are consistent with the motion characteristics of left-lateral strike-slip in the Haiyuan fault zone. Through the analysis of the high-density cross-fault deformation rate profile of the Laohushan segment, it is determined that the creep length is about 19km. Based on the two-dimensional arctangent model, the fault depth and deep slip rate of different locations in the Haiyuan fault zone are obtained. The results show that the slip rate and the locking depth of the LHS segment change significantly from west to east, and the slip rate decreases from west to east, decreasing from 7.6mm/a in the west to 4.5mm/a in the easternmost. The western part of the LHS segment and the middle part are in a locked state. The western part has a locking depth of 4.2~4.4km, and the middle part has a deeper locking depth of 6.9km, while the eastern part is less than 1km, that is, the shallow surface is creeping, and the creep rate is 4.5~4.8mm/a. On the whole, the 1920 earthquake's rupture segment of the Haiyuan fault zone is in a locked state, and both the slip rate and the locking depth are gradually increased from west to east. The slip rate is increased from 3.2mm/a in the western segment to 5.4mm/a in the eastern segment, and the locking depth is increased from 4.8km in the western segment to 7.5km in the eastern segment. The results of this study refine the understanding of the slip rate and the locking depth of the different segments of the Haiyuan fault zone, and provide reference information for the investigation of the strain accumulation state and regional seismic hazard assessment of different sections of the fault zone.     

川滇活动地块东南边界基底结构——盐源-西昌-昭觉-马湖深地震测深剖面结果

在川滇活动地块东南边界区域完成了盐源-西昌-昭觉-马湖深地震宽角反射/折射探测剖面.利用该剖面获得的Pg初至折射波走时,采用走时特征分析、有限差分反演、时间项反演等方法,获得了沿剖面的基底P波速度结构和基底界面构造图像.结果表明,研究区基底结构呈现强烈的非均匀性,不同构造区显示出不同的地壳变形特征.盐源盆地盖层表现为推...     

祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起及邻区深部电性结构与孕震构造背景

祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起及其附近地区是青藏高原东北缘与阿拉善地块强烈相互挤压碰撞区域,也是历史地震活动极为强烈区域.为了揭示冷龙岭隆起及其附近区域的断裂深部延伸状况、强震孕育构造背景以及区域动力学特征等,我们在已有大地电磁数据的基础上,新近在冷龙岭隆起附近以及西南侧区域进行了数据采集,获得了一条自西南向北东穿过西秦岭地块、陇西盆地、祁连山冷龙岭隆起和阿拉善地块的长约460 km的大地电磁剖面(LJS-N)数据,并利用三维电磁反演成像技术对全剖面数据进行了反演,同时也对位于该剖面西侧约80 km外的一条大地电磁剖面(DKLB-M)数据进行了三维反演成像.2条电磁探测剖面结果均揭示了祁连—西海原断裂带展现为略向西南倾斜的大型超壳电性边界带,该断裂是祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起区域最重要的主边界断裂,其北东侧和西南侧地块的深部电性结构呈现出截然不同电阻率分布特征,其西南侧的南祁连地块、陇西盆地以及西秦岭地块在地壳尺度展示为埋深深浅不一的高-低-次高阻结构特点,而其北东侧古浪推覆体表现为西南深、东北浅“鼻烟壶”状较完整的高阻结构特征,再往北到阿拉善地块则呈现为高-低-次高水平三层结构样式.1927年M 8.0古浪、1954年M 7.0民勤和2016年M 6.4门源地震的震源都处于统一的高阻古浪推覆体之中.在青藏高原北东向挤压作用的控制下,祁连山东端冷龙岭隆起区域的祁连—西海原断裂、祁连山北缘断裂和红崖山—四道山断裂以叠瓦状向北北东向顺序推覆拓展到阿拉善地块,这种拓展作用是该区中强地震的动力来源.     

玛沁-兰州-靖边地震测深剖面地壳速度结构的初步研究

为研究青藏高原块体和鄂尔多斯地块间的相互作用和构造变形的深部驱动机制,布设了1000km长的玛沁-兰州-靖边综合地球物理探测剖面.本文只介绍由人工地震观测资料所得到的初步结果.地壳分层性明显,以C界面为界,总体上可分为上、下地壳两大部分,每个部分又包含一些次一级的界面;横向变化的总趋势是从东北至西南地壳逐渐变厚,地壳厚度的变化主要由下地壳厚度的变化所引起;地壳平均速度,总的变化趋势是自东北向西南逐渐降低,其中在泽库以西和海原地区的速度值明显偏低;在泽库以西存在多个壳内低速层,在海原附近存在一个低速层;壳内反射界面,沿测线由东北至西南逐步增多;从地震反射波形来看,在海原地区Pc波非常强,且延续时间长;另外,在海原地区和泽库以西地区Pm波的复杂性系数很大,远远大于其他地段的值.以上结果表明,泽库以西地区和海原地区地壳-上地幔存在着明显结构异常,反映了巴颜喀拉地块和柴达木地块、祁连地块和鄂尔多斯地块间的相互作用     

The movement age of hidden fault and analysis on width of its effect zone from shallow seismic sounding and drilling data

Field experimental seismic sounding permitted us to obtain optimal shallow seismic reflection sounding parameters. In process of data processing, we obtained a high-qualitative shallow seismic reflection sounding profile by using the techniques such as filtering, edition surgical blanking, prediction deconvolution, fitting static correlation of first arrival time, and velocity analysis. Comprehensive analysis on the information of reflection wave groups along the seismic sounding profile and the stratigraphic and neogeochronological data obtained from many drills near the sounding line reveals that the upper termination of the detected fault zone is located at depth of 75–80 m, in the Middle Pleistocene deposits dated to be about 220 ka BP. The continuity, discontinuity, increasing and decreasing amount of reflection wave groups and change of their configurations, in combination with geological columns of drills, permitted us to know that the width of upper termination of the fault zone is 100 m. It can be inferred from the variation of number of reflection wave groups along the profile that the scarp of hidden fault is 200 m wide and the fault is a synsedimentary active fault in the Early Pleistocene and the early stage of Middle Pleistocene. No tectonic movement, which offset the covering deposits, had occurred since the late stage of Middle Pleistocene. Foundation item: A High-new Technique Project by State Development and Planning Commission of China (2001977).     

Upper crust structure of eastern A’nyemaqên suture zone: Results of Barkam-Luqu-Gulang deep seismic sounding profile

Barkam-Luqu-Gulang deep seismic sounding profile runs from north of Sichuan Province to south of Gansu Province. It is located at the northeastern edge of Tibetan Plateau and crosses eastern A’nyemaqên suture zone. The upper crust structures around eastern A’nyemaqên suture zone and its adjacent area are reconstructed based on the arrival times of refracted Pg and Sg waves by using finite difference method, ray tracing inversion, time-term method and travel-time curve analysis. The results show that the depth variation of basement along profile is very strong as indicated by Pg and Sg waves. The basement rose in Zoigê basin and depressed in eastern A’nyemaqên suture zone, and it gradually rose again northward and then depressed. The results also indicate that eastern A’nyemaqên suture zone behaves as inhomogeneous low velocity structures in the upper crust and is inclined toward the south. Hoh Sai Hu-Maqên fault, Wudu-Diebu fault and Zhouqu-Liangdang fault are characterized by low velocity distributions with various scales. The distinct variation in basement depth occurred near Hoh Sai Hu-Maqên fault and Zhouqu-Liangdang fault, which are main tectonic boundaries of A’nyemaqên suture zone. Wudu-Diebu fault, located at the depth variation zone of the basement, possibly has the same deep tectonic background with Zhouqu-Liangdang fault. The strongly depressed basement characterized by low velocity distribution and lateral inhomogeneity in A’nyemaqên suture zone implies crushed zone features under pinching action. Foundation item: National Natural Science Foundation of China (40334040).     

2011年云南盈江Ms5.8地震及其余震序列重定位

使用川滇地区三维走时表和三维速度模型,利用单纯形法对2011年3月10日云南盈江Ms5.8地震进行了重新定位.震中位置为97.901°E,24.677°N;震源深度13.1 km.使用双差定位方法对其余震序列进行了重定位.余震呈现明显的时空分布特征:余震主要分布在大盈江断裂的两侧及中段和北东段的转折处,余震带长度约12...     

海原构造区及其周缘上部地壳结构研究

基于甘肃省夏河县—陕西省靖边县剖面的8次人工地震初至波数据, 利用有限差分走时方法反演得到了沿该剖面长约650 km的上部地壳速度结构和结晶基底的深度分布． 反演结果显示: 海原构造区西侧的西秦岭—祁连山褶皱区上部地壳的横向非均匀性明显, 基底深度从1 km到5 km不等, 反映了褶皱区改造变形强烈的构造特征; 其东侧的鄂尔多斯盆地基底深度约为5—6 km, 其速度均匀、 稳定, 上地壳呈弱速度梯度特征; 海原构造区及海原弧形断裂带附近上部地壳的破坏变形最严重, 区内横向高低速相间分布． 综上可知, 海原构造区东西两侧上地壳结构的显著差异揭示了其结构复杂性的成因及其与地震活动性的关系．      

宁夏海原大震区西安州—韦州剖面大地电磁探测与研究

对穿过宁夏海原大震区西安州(N36.5°,E105.5°)北至同心县韦州(N37.28°,E106.48°)的大地电磁测深剖面，采用远参考道大地电磁方法进行测量和资料处理，得到高精度的数据如视电阻率、阻抗相位、二维偏离度、最佳主轴方位角等. 依据这些数据，对测区的电性结构进行了定性分析和二维定量反演解释. 结果表明，沿剖面可以分成5个电性区块，与西、南华山隆起(Ⅰ)、兴仁堡—海原盆地(Ⅱ)、中卫—清水河盆地(Ⅲ)、中宁—红寺堡盆地(Ⅳ)和鄂尔多斯西缘带(Ⅴ)对应，各区块的边界由大断裂构成. 地表到深度10km左右，西、南华山隆起和鄂尔多斯西缘带呈高阻特性，兴仁堡—海原、中卫—清水河、中宁—红寺堡三个盆地的电阻率较低且呈盆地凹陷形状，盆地基底显示为西南深东北浅的簸箕状起伏形态，基底最深约为8km. 西、南华山隆起、中卫—清水河盆地和鄂尔多斯西缘带的下地壳为“正常”电阻率结构. 兴仁堡—海原和中宁—红寺堡盆地的下地壳上部为“异常”低电阻率带. 1920年的海原大震区存在明显的电性结构差异，震区西南侧和上部区域为相对高阻，东北侧和下部区域为相对低阻.     

Crust and uppermost mantle structure of the Ailaoshan-Red River fault from receiver function analysis

S-wave velocity structure beneath the Ailaoshan-Red River fault was obtained from receiver functions by using teleseismic body wave records of broadband digital seismic stations. The average crustal thickness, Vp/Vs ratio and Poisson’s ratio were also estimated. The results indicate that the interface of crust and mantle beneath the Ailaoshan-Red River fault is not a sharp velocity discontinuity but a characteristic transition zone. The velocity increases relatively fast at the depth of Moho and then increases slowly in the uppermost mantle. The average crustal thickness across the fault is 36―37 km on the southwest side and 40―42 km on the northeast side, indicating that the fault cuts the crust. The relatively high Poisson’s ratio (0.26―0.28) of the crust implies a high content of mafic materials in the lower crust. Moreover, the lower crust with low velocity could be an ideal position for decoupling between the crust and upper mantle.     

RESEARCH ON NEOGENE-QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND SHALLOW TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE NORTH SECTION OF DAXING FAULT ZONE BASED ON SHALLOW SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILING

The Daxing Fault is an important buried fault in the Beijing sub-plain, which is also the boundary fault of the structural unit between Langgu sub-sag and Daxing sub-uplift. So far, there is a lack of data on the shallow tectonic features of the Daxing Fault, especially for the key structural part of its northern section where it joins with the Xiadian Fault. In this paper, the fine stratigraphic classifications and shallow tectonic features of the northern section in the main Daxing Fault are explored by using three NW-trending shallow seismic reflection profiles. These profiles pass through the Daxing earthquake(M6¾)area in 1057AD and the northern section of the main Daxing Fault. The results show that seven strong reflection layers(T₀₁—T₀₃, T_Q and T₁₁—T₁₃)are recognized in the strata of Neogene and Quaternary beneath the investigated area. The largest depth of strong reflection layer(T₁₃)is about 550~850ms, which is interpreted as an important surface of unconformity between Neogene and Paleogene or basement rock. The remaining reflection layers, such as T₀₁ and T_Q, are interpreted as internal interfaces in Neogene to Quaternary strata. There are different rupture surfaces and slip as well as obviously different structural features of the Daxing Fault revealed in three shallow seismic reflection profiles. The two profiles(2-7 and 2-8)show obvious rupture surfaces, which are the expression of Daxing Fault in shallow strata. Along the profile(2-6), which is located at the end of the Daxing fault structure, a triangle deformation zone or bending fracture can be identified, implying that the Daxing Fault is manifested as bending deformation instead of rupture surfaces at its end section. This unique structural feature can be explained by a shearing motion at the end of extensional normal fault. Therefore, the Daxing Fault exhibits obviously different tectonic features of deformation or displacement at different structural locations. The attitude and displacement of the fault at the shallow part are also different to some extent. From the southwest section to the northeast section of the fault, the dip angle gradually becomes gentler(80°~60°), the upper breakpoint becomes deeper(160~600m), and the fault displacement in Neogene to Quaternary strata decreases(80~0m). Three shallow seismic reflection profiles also reveal that the Daxing Fault is a normal fault during Neogene to early Quaternary, and the deformation or displacement caused by the activity of the fault reaches the reflection layer T₀₂. This depth is equivalent to the sedimentary strata of late Early-Pleistocene. Therefore, the geometry and morphology of the Daxing Fault also reveal that the early normal fault activity has continued into the Early Pleistocene, but the evidence of activity is not obvious since the late Pleistocene. The earthquakes occurring along the Daxing Fault, such as Daxing earthquake(M6¾)in 1057AD, may not have much relation with this extensional normal fault, but with another new strike-slip fault. A series of focal mechanism solutions of modern earthquakes reveal that the seismic activity is closely related to the strike-slip fault. The Daxing Fault extends also downwards into the lower crust, and may be cut by the steeply dipping new Xiadian Fault on deep seismic reflection profile. The northern section of the Daxing Fault strikes NNE, with a length of about 23km, arranged in a right step pattern with the Xiadian Fault. Transrotational basins have been developed in the junction between the northern Daxing Fault and the southern Xiadian Fault. Such combined tectonic features of the Daxing Fault and Xiadian Fault evolute independently under the extensional structure background and control the development of the Langgu sub-sag and Dachang sub-sag, respectively.     

The preliminary interpretation of deep seismic sounding in western Yunnan

The preliminary interpretation of Project western Yunnan 86–87 is presented here. It shows that there obviously exists lateral velocity heterogeneity from south to north in western Yunnan. The depth of Moho increases from 38 km in the southern end of the profile to 58 km in its northern end. The mean crustal velocity is low in the south, and high in the north, about 6.17–6.45 km/s. The consolidated crust is a 3-layer structure respectively, the upper, middle and lower layer. P ₁ ⁰ is a weak interface the upper crust, P ₂ ⁰ and P ₃ ⁰ are the interfaces of middle-upper crust and middle-lower crust respectively. Another weak interface P ₃ ^0′ can be locally traced in the interior of the lower crust. Interface Pg is 0–6 km deep, interface P ₁ ⁰ 9.2–16.5 km deep, and interfaces P ₂ ⁰ and P ₃ ⁰ respectively 17.0–26.5 km, 25.0–38.0 km deep. The velocity of the upper crust gradually increases from the south to the north, and reaches its maxmium between Nangaozhai and Zhiti, where the velocity of basement plane reaches 6.25–6.35 km/s, then it becomes small northward. The velocity of the middle crust varies little, the middle crust is a low velocity layer with the velocity of 6.30 km/s from Jinhe-Erhai fault to the north. The lower crust is a strong gradient layer. There exists respectively a low velocity layer in the upper mantle between Jinggu and Jingyunqiao, and between Wuliangshan and Lancangjiang fault, the velocity of Pn is only 7.70–7.80 km/s, it is also low to the north of Honghe fault, about 7.80 km/s. Interface P_6/0 can be traced on the top of the upper mantle, its depth is 65 km in the southern end of the profile, and 85 km in the northern end. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,15, 427–440, 1993.     

Basement structure and yalu river fault belt in Dandong region

Some geophysical surveying works in the northeast part of Dandong, such as shallow shock refracted wave, electrical prospecting, electrical sounding and wave velocity measuring, are introduced in this paper, and the dynamic parameters are calculated. The results show that the basement structure in surveying region is very complex, the overburden thickness of the quaternary period, velocity distribution and dynamic parameters are of regional characteristics. The depth of basement is deep in the north and shallow in the west, the difference between north and west region is about 5–10 m. The south part of Yalu river fault belt is composed of F₁, F₂, F₃, F₄, F₅ fault, their strike direction is NE, we can determine that the F₂ fault is the main one in Yalu river fault belt, and the south part of Yalu river fault belt has no activity since Holocene Epoch. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,15, 282–288, 1993.     

The features of multiple fractures associated with the great Haiyuan 8.5 magnitude earthquake of 1920

It is deduced on the basis of field investigation that the total length of the stratigraphic fault associated with the great Haiyuan 8.5 magnitude earthquake of 1920 was 225 km. This fault was formed by 6 secondary faults with different geometric parameters, which align regularly inen echelon arrangement. Each secondary fault can be divided into three segments with different characteristics of deformation where the middle segment was mainly of the horizontal strike—slip fault while another two segments the vertical deformation as shown by the features of reverse or normal faults. It is also shown by the data of vertical and horizontal displacements that the horizontal displacement approached a maximum at the middle segment for each secondary fault and gradually decreased toward and finally disappeared at both ends of each segment while in contrast the vertical displacement was minimum at the middle and became large at both ends of the segment. The feature of the multiple peaks appeared in the deformation as shown by the earthquake displacements along the whole fault. This feature indicates that the 6 secondary faults associated with the great Haiyuan earthquake were the horizontal interrupted planes (i.e., dislocation surface) which were independent on each other, and hence each dislocation surface may represent an independent secondary fracture event of the earthquake. We thus think that the 6 relatively independent secondary events which occurred successfully might result in the great 8.5 magnitude Haiyuan earthquake. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,13, 21–31, 1991. This project is sponsored by the Chinese Joint Seismological Science Foundation.     

云南西部地壳深部结构特征

在云南西部,穿过红河、小江断裂带完成了一条长360 km、呈北东向的深地震宽角反射/折射剖面.通过对该测线的观测资料进行一维、二维模拟解释,得到了沿剖面的二维地壳速度模型.研究结果显示,沿测线Moho界面埋深横线变化大,其西南侧Moho埋深约35 km,东北侧Moho最大埋深可达43 km.沿剖面从西南到北东方向,地壳平均P波速度从5.9 km/s逐渐增加到6.13 km/s,但显著低于全球大陆平均值.结合以往的接收函数和面波联合反演结果,我们推算沿测线从西南到东北,其下方地壳泊松比介于0.23~0.25之间.剖面西南侧上地壳具有异常低的P波速度和泊松比,暗示其下方上地壳以α-相长英质组分为主;而剖面东北上地壳相对较高的P波速度和泊松比则暗示其物质组成以花岗岩-花岗闪长岩为主.研究区下地壳的P波速度和泊松比分别介于6.25~6.75 km/s和0.24~0.26 km/s之间,暗示其上部组成以花岗岩相的片麻岩为主,而下部组成则以角闪石类岩石为主.红河断裂两侧地壳速度显著不同,从浅到深其速度差异逐渐变弱,但红河断裂两侧地壳厚度变化较大.而小江断裂下方两侧地壳速度和地壳厚度变化并没有红河断裂那么明显.