Correlating Precursory Declines in Groundwater Radon with Earthquake Magnitude

Both studies at the Antung hot spring in eastern Taiwan and at the Paihe spring in southern Taiwan confirm that groundwater radon can be a consistent tracer for strain changes in the crust preceding an earthquake when observed in a low‐porosity fractured aquifer surrounded by a ductile formation. Recurrent anomalous declines in groundwater radon were observed at the Antung D1 monitoring well in eastern Taiwan prior to the five earthquakes of magnitude (M_w): 6.8, 6.1, 5.9, 5.4, and 5.0 that occurred on December 10, 2003; April 1, 2006; April 15, 2006; February 17, 2008; and July 12, 2011, respectively. For earthquakes occurring on the longitudinal valley fault in eastern Taiwan, the observed radon minima decrease as the earthquake magnitude increases. The above correlation has been proven to be useful for early warning local large earthquakes. In southern Taiwan, radon anomalous declines prior to the 2010 M_w 6.3 Jiasian, 2012 M_w 5.9 Wutai, and 2012 M_L 5.4 Kaohsiung earthquakes were also recorded at the Paihe spring. For earthquakes occurring on different faults in southern Taiwan, the correlation between the observed radon minima and the earthquake magnitude is not yet possible.     

Study of Water Relative Permeability in Fractures Using Well Tests and Radon: Gas Bubbles Effect

Few published data are available for two-phase flow in fractures from field studies. All measurements of relative permeability reported in the literature were done in laboratory-scale. The in situ water saturations are normally not known for multiphase flow in natural fractures; therefore, the direct measurements of relative permeability are difficult in field-scale. With the help of a case study before and after the 2008 M_w 5.4 Antung earthquake, groundwater radon was used as a tracer to determine the gas and water saturations in a small naturally fractured aquifer. Well tests were also conducted to estimate aquifer transmissivity before and after the 2008 Antung earthquake. Anomalous declines in both groundwater radon concentration and transmissivity were observed precursory to the 2008 Antung earthquake. Both declines are two precursory phenomena having a common effect of gas bubbles. Using the data from well tests and radon tracer, one data point of water relative permeability can be obtained for in situ fractures. This data point reveals strong phase interference between water and gas bubbles for multiphase flow in natural fractures. Both the data of well tests and radon tracer are essential to gain an improved understanding of mass transfer behavior of groundwater-dissolved gases between water and gas phases.     

下关塘子铺温泉的水文地球化学特征

下关塘子铺温泉自1970年开展水氡观测以来,水氡的前兆异常特征较为明显,对应过多次强烈地震,也成功的预报过一些地震。通过18年的观测实践,证明下关塘子铺温泉是地震观测工作中的一个灵敏点。 为探讨其灵敏原因,近年来围绕温泉、沿西洱河断层普查了一批水点,其中有4个温泉、2个冷泉、地表水两处。测定了水氡、水温、常规水质及溶解气体。企图从水文地球化学特征入手,初步探讨温泉水氡的机理,并进而探讨水氡前兆灵敏性的原因。     

巴林左旗-阿鲁科尔沁旗5.9级地震前兆异常特征分析

2003年8月16日内蒙古巴林左旗-阿鲁科尔沁旗间发生5．9级地震。根据年度危险区的确定、前兆异常跟踪及其主要依据，分析了这次5．9级地震前大甸子井、库伦井地下水位、开鲁井水氡等前兆异常。在此基础上，对内蒙古附近区域的前兆异常也进行了分析和探讨，发现该次地震前在内蒙古及附近区域出现了一组中期、短期前兆异常及宏观异常。文中还研究了该区域前兆异常的演化过程。     

甘肃地区水氡(流量)异常与周边中强地震的关系探讨

甘肃及周边地区是一个中强震多发区,该地区的前兆异常对青藏高原北缘地区强震活动有着敏感的反映.1980年以来该区发生5.0级以上地震20余次.多次地震前,甘肃地区的水氡资料出现了大量的中短期异常.分析了甘肃省目前仍在继续观测、观测环境较好、仪器稳定的水氡测点在甘肃及周边地区发生的中强地震前资料的变化情况,发现多数测点在多...     

海原县西安乡机井喷吸气异常机理初探

2003年4月24日,海原县西安乡上堡子村机井出现了强烈的喷、吸气现象和其它异常现象。经调查落实和分析研究,初步认为:由于此前该地进行了长期大量抽水,造成地下水位下降,形成了裂隙和空洞,在地下水位恢复、气压变化等因素耦合作用下,造成机井出现了水位大幅度升高和喷、吸气等异常现象,排除了是地震前兆异常的可能。     

Radon-222 Concentration and Aquifer Lithology in North Carolina

The presence of the radioactive gas radon (Rn-222) in many ground water supplies is a potentially significant source of public exposure to ionizing radiation. A wide range of radon concentrations has been measured in ground water in North Carolina, including some far in excess of national average concentrations. North Carolina is, however, geologically complex and ground water radon concentrations vary considerably among the state's aquifers. The highest average radon concentrations occur in areas underlain by granites (geometric mean 5910 pCi/l), and the lowest occur in the Atlantic Coastal Plain region (48 pCi/l). Average radon levels intermediate between these extremes are characteristic of the large areas of North Carolina underlain by gneisses, schists and metavolcanic rocks. Relative average radon concentrations in ground water from the rock types surveyed are consistent with relative abundances of uranium, the parent element of radon, in these rocks. Although other geologic and hydrologic factors also have an effect, aquifer lithology is a useful predictor of the concentration of radon in ground water. The occurrence of high radon concentrations in certain aquifer types; such as granites, shows that geologic factors should be considered in estimates of population exposure to radon, and that knowledge of aquifer geology can help to predict ground water radon concentrations in areas where field sampling has not been done.     

1990年4月26日共和7．0级地震前兆异常特征研究

在１９９０年４月２６日青海共和７．０级地震前，共和震中周围及附近地区出现了大量的地震活动性和前兆异常，其中地震频次、条带、空区、地下水（水流量和氡值）异常十分显著。在分析这些典型异常时空分布特征的基础上，初步研究了孕震的阶段性与前兆阶段性的关系，同时对地震震源机制和可能的孕震模式进行了初步的探讨。     

地震地球化学某些前兆机理的模拟实验研究

本文通过氡射气性能的压力实验,氡射气分配系数实验和岩石的溶滤实验等,对地下水氡及其它地震地球化学前兆机理进行了探讨。实验表明:氡射气的最高值发生在岩石严重破裂时;岩石射气性能高低与其本身的铀含量成正比;岩石在压力作用下射出的氡气在水中的分配大于在气相中的分配;岩石在饱和CO_2水中和压力作用下的溶滤程度要比在纯蒸馏水中和常压下大得多。因此,地震前地下水氡浓度和水中离子组分和气体组分会出现异常变化,而这种变化既与应力作用有关,又与地球内部水-气-岩系统在地震孕育过程中的物理化学作用有关     

判识水氡地震前兆的方法——以甘肃清水温泉水氡异常为例

地震前兆异常性质的准确判断是提高地震预测水平的前提。 据国内外相关统计, 真正具有地震预测意义的地震前兆异常数量十分有限。 因此, 厘清震前异常与地震的关系对今后异常识别意义重大。 2017年8月8日九寨沟M_S7.0地震前4个月, 甘肃清水温泉水氡出现大幅波动异常变化。 为了判断这次异常与九寨沟地震的关系, 在异常持续期间, 通过抽水实验、 水化学组分以及氢氧同位素组成分析, 并结合九寨沟地震发震构造以及其他前兆异常空间分布特征, 对水氡异常成因机理进行了深入分析。 结果表明: 对于水氡与水位的变化关系, 实验与实际观测结果一致, 都呈正相关变化; 实验中水氡变化幅度与实际观测的相当; 水化学组分以及氢氧同位素测试结果显示清水温泉水氡异常期间, 来自地壳深部的流体并未增加; 清水温泉区其他前兆没有出现明显的短期异常变化; 在空间上清水温泉与九寨沟地震震源区被两条深大断裂隔开。 因此, 清水温泉水氡大幅异常变化并非九寨沟地震的短期前兆异常, 而是企业抽水开始时间、 持续时间以及用水量不固定引起的。 该实例为地震前流体前兆异常性质的准确判定提供了更为可靠的方法和思路。     

定襄泉水氡正常和异常动态特征及其相互关系的研究

系统分析了定襄泉水氡的正常与异常的动态变化。 定襄水氡具有“正弓型”年变化; 依据其主要的影响因素, 一个水文年内可分出气温影响期和降水-径流影响期; 水氡还有季节性短期变化和多年周期变化。 采用“改进从属函数法”, 其定襄水氡异常与华北多次强震有明显对应关系; 前兆异常变化具有破年变、 相关关系改变及多年周期性等特点, 可作为震兆性质的动态判断标志; 正常与异常动态有着相同与不同点, 表明两者间具有一定的成因联系。     

岩石标本受压时氡和钍射气量的实验结果

本文叙述继续过去已进行的工作[1],对岩石标本在实验室内加压,观测其氡和钍的射气量.所用实验装置与过去基本相同. 实验结果仍说明地下水中氡含量的变化作为地震的一种前兆现象是与岩石破裂有关,但局部地区的破裂过程、岩性等有差异,可使地震前后氡含量异常变化呈现多种状态.      

Certainty factors of earthquake precursory anomaly evidences CF(E)

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京津冀地区氡的数字化观测及其地震前兆监测效能评估

京津冀地区已建成氡的数字化(气氡)观测井(泉)共12口, 目前正在运行8口, 其中有1口井观测的数值低于仪器检出限, 故实际有效观测井(泉)为7口。 文中系统分析2004年7口井(泉)气氡年、 月、 日动态特征, 根据以往的水氡震例评估其地震中期、 短期与短临前兆异常的可能性, 认为多数井中有可能识别出以破坏年变规律为标志的中期前兆异常, 但很难识别出以阶变或脉冲为特征的短期和短临前兆异常。 文中还对比分析了同一口井(泉)气氡与水氡动态的差异性, 发现气氡的动态稳定性明显不如水氡, 这不利于气氡在地震短期或短临前兆异常监测中发挥作用。     

张北6.2级地震的水化前兆异常分析及有关问题讨论

张北地震前、在中期阶段,多井水氡出现负异常变化;短期阶段出现区域水氡差分异常的月频次增加;短临阶段则出现怀来４井水汞的多次突跳。大同地震前多井出现水氡的趋势性正常,是张北地震水化前兆最显著的不同之处。本文分析了张北地震水化方法预报失误的原因。讨论认为,水氡负异常做为中期前兆的信度较低;为提高水化预报地震的效能,必须与其它前兆手段相结合。     

震前地下水中硫化氢气体的短临前兆特征

本文以实际震例为依据,叙述了天山地震带中强地震前地下水中硫化氢气体的短临异常特征。以硫化氢气体为例,对地下气体的地震前兆机理进行了粗浅的讨论。指出中强地震前,硫化氢气体普遍出现短期异常变化,临震突变现象也比较清楚。硫化氢气体在短临异常阶段的特征具有动力过程(应力应变能的预释放)的突发性、气量增长的突变性和异常时间的短促性。文中还对前兆近场和前兆远场在不同孕震阶段中的受力状态和异常特征进行了分析。认为主破裂前的加速蠕滑和微破裂以及由此而产生的超声振动和低频形变波的传播是临震前地下水中硫化氢气、氡气和其他气体浓度普遍增高的主要原因。     

Relation between spring water radon anomalies and seismic activity in Garhwal Himalaya

The variations of spring water radon concentration and meteorological parameters were analysed in relation to the seismic activities in Garhwal Himalaya, India. The radon anomalies were classified on the basis of statistical treatment of the daily observations. The precise measurements of water discharge rate from the spring have been made along with radon measurements for earthquake precursory study. The earthquakes with epicentral distances less than 150 km were considered by an empirical relationship. Pre-, co-, and post-seismic changes in the radon concentration were taken carefully into account in the empirical relationship to establish this behaviour as a potential earthquake precursor. The empirical relationship has been validated by the radon data recorded from the spring waters. The magnitudes of the earthquakes were estimated by using the empirical relationship by introducing computed correlation coefficient of radon and meteorological parameters. The calculated magnitude of some local earthquakes matches exactly with the magnitude recorded by the laboratory seismograph. The possible mechanisms that may cause a radon anomaly are also discussed.     

巴林左旗-阿鲁科尔沁旗5.9级地震前地下流体异常特征分析

2003年8月16日内蒙古巴林左旗—阿鲁科尔沁旗间发生5.9级地震。 根据年度危险区的确定、 前兆异常跟踪及其主要依据, 分析了这次5.9级地震前大甸子井、 库伦井地下水位、 开鲁井水氡等前兆异常, 在此基础上, 对内蒙古附近区域的前兆异常也进行了分析和探讨, 表明该次地震前在内蒙古及附近区域出现了一组中期、 短期前兆异常及宏观异常, 文中还研究了该区域前兆异常的演化过程。     

泉州四至井水氡动态特征初步分析

对泉州四至井1986—2008年的水氡资料进行分析,找出其日变、年变和多年变规律,并与正常年动态进行对比分析,得出与中国台湾中部、东部及附近海域6级以上地震的对应关系,为今后利用泉州四至井水氡异常资料进行地震预报提供一些依据。     

福建地区流体台网对台湾7级地震有效映震因素分析

通过对福建流体台网运行现状的分析, 选择了4个分别代表温泉、 热水井和冷水井, 且这些观测点位于构造断裂带及构造断裂带交汇处, 含水岩性为中酸性侵入岩和火山岩, 水点类型为基岩裂隙泉和自流井。 以资料连续性较好的模拟观测点作为研究对象, 分析这些观测点对1990年以来台湾历次7级以上地震的前兆异常对应特征, 讨论了映震能力及其有效映震因素。 结果表明, 福建流体台网前兆异常对台湾7级以上地震有较好的映震效能; 观测点的映震能力在一定程度上取决于水点所处的构造位置; 映震的灵敏度在一定程度上取决于水点的水文地球化学背景条件。