吉林省前郭地区地震各向异性的初步探讨

2013年11月吉林省前郭地区连续发生地震,本文利用11月1日到24日前郭地区6个流动地震台站记录的地震波形数据资料,使用剪切波分裂分析方法初步获得了每一个台站的剪切波快波偏振方向和慢波延迟时间,并初步探讨了研究区域地壳应力的分布.快波偏振方向主要为北西向和北东向,但是在整体上北西向的一致性较好,北东向的结果较为零散,反映了研究区域内复杂的应力特征.北西向的各向异性方向与发震断裂的走向垂直,与地震在空间上的展布方向一致.北西向的快剪切波偏振方向与地表运动速度场的方向也是一致的.快波偏振方向的分布与逆冲兼走滑的震源机制解结果基本吻合.慢波延迟时间的结果在0.85~6.93 ms·km^-1范围内.M_S5.3、5.8级地震前后慢波延迟时间的特征性变化反映了地壳应力的积累,以及随着地震发生应力的释放.     

Variational characteristics of shear-wave splitting on the 2001 Shidian earthquakes in Yunnan, China

Introduction In the crust there exist widely vertical nearly-parallel fluid-saturated microcracks, which are nearly parallel. Shear-wave splitting can be observed when shear-wave travels through this kind of microcrack structure. Shear-wave splitting could be adopted to monitor the earthquake activity since its pattern is very sensitive to variation of crustal stress (GAO, et al, 1995, 1996), however, it needs lots of reliable 3-component waveform data. Previous studies mainly used some temp…     

云南2001年施甸地震的剪切波分裂参数变化特征

云南地区2001年4月10日至6月8日相继发生了4月10日MＳ5.2、4月12日MＳ5.9和6月8日MＳ5.3的施甸地震. 本文利用云南遥测数字地震台网的保山地震台记录的地震波形资料，使用SAM分析方法（即剪切波分裂系统分析方法），采用地震应力预测的分析手段，对这个强震系列进行剪切波分裂参数变化特征的研究. 初步结果表明，随着地震活动的增强，剪切波分裂时间延迟值t基本呈现增加的特征，但在强震即将发生之前的短时间内，发生t减小的现象，符合我们早先研究发现的震前应力释放现象. 研究认为，在地震活动强烈的构造地区和有强震发生危险的经济发达地区或重要城市，开展强烈地震的应力预测应用实践，可以减轻地震的危害程度.      

辽宁1999年Ms5.9岫岩地震的剪切波分裂特征

利用辽宁遥测数字地震台网营口台的地震波形资料,采用高原等剪切波分裂SAM分析方法,对1999年11月29日辽宁省岫岩Ms5.9(ML5.3)地震前后的地震序列进行了剪切波分裂分析.通过对营口台的资料分析表明,快剪切波优势偏振方向为ENE-WSW向,与该地区主压应力方向一致,也与华北区域构造应力场方向一致;平均慢剪切波时间延迟在岫岩地震前显示增加,可能反映了震前的应力积累过程.营口台的快剪切波优势偏振方向还与小地震活动空间分布走向一致,与活动断层走向相关.快剪切波偏振的月平均变化直方图也显示,地震前两个月快剪切波偏振方向似乎也有变化,但这个现象还需要更多资料的证实.     

THE SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING OF GAIZHOU EARTHQUAKE SWARM IN LIAONING

An M_L4.7 earthquake occurred on February 2,2012 in Liaoning Gaizhou (40.56°N,122.36°E),since then,small earthquakes are frequent in this area,and until now the seismic activity does not stop,several earthquakes with magnitude larger than 4.0 have occurred.As of October 30,2014,1223 earthquakes have happened in the Gaizhou area,including 934 earthquakes with the magnitude M_L1.0~1.9,247 with the magnitude M_L2.0~2.9 and 45 with the magnitude M_L3.0~3.9.Meanwhile,earthquakes are continuously active in Haicheng area where the M_S7.3 earthquake happened in 1975,and there are over 1100 earthquakes (M_L ≥ 1.0) having occurred since the Gaizhou earthquake swarm activity.Because the polarization direction of the fast shear wave is very sensitive to the variation of the principal stress environment,the shear wave splitting parameter can reflect the regional stress state and the local structural features,especially effective for the analysis of small-scale stress environment characteristics.So based on the seismic activities of the two earthquake clusters,this study analyzes the characteristics of shear-wave splitting in Gaizhou-Haicheng area.Preliminary results show that predominant polarization direction of fast shear-waves in the old earthquake region of Haicheng is stable,consistent with the direction of regional stress field.Due to presence of active fault below the Gaixian station (GAX),the predominant polarization direction of fast shear-waves is more complicated.There are two predominant polarizations,consistent respectively with Jinzhou Fault strike which is below the station and the maximum principal stress direction in this area.In addition,Gaizhou earthquake swarm activity increased after December 22,2013,and after the time node,the predominant polarization direction of fast shear-waves in Gaixian station is SEE,which is close to the predominant polarization direction of fast shear-waves in Yingkou station,at the same time consistent with the maximum principal stress direction of this region.Thus it can be inferred,the enhanced activity of Gaizhou earthquake swarm since December 22,2014 may be related to local enhancement of regional stress.In addition,the average time-delays of slow waves in station YKO and GAX show that there are no obvious changes before and after the time point of December 22,2013,which is different greatly with the previous related researches on the variation of slow wave time-delays,and there is no possibility that the Gaizhou earthquake swarm evolved into foreshock sequences from current preliminary results.We should do more work to study the details of the time delay variation of shear wave splitting parameter.     

利用横波分裂到时差确定北美夏洛特皇后群岛岩石圈各向异性分层参数

本文收集到北美夏洛特皇后群岛VIB和DIB台站2005年1月1日至2014年12月31日2700余条近震三分量横波观测记录.经严格筛选提取到55条35°横波窗内的快慢波到时差值.通过建立到时差与多界面横波分裂路径关系,实现了对横波不同深度分裂界面的可靠识别和深度确定.依据对横波到时差及归一化到时差的分析结果,确认地处俯冲带的夏洛特皇后群岛的地震各向异性分别存在于该地区的上层陆壳、中层洋壳俯冲带及俯冲带底部或下层岩石圈顶部附近.发现除地幔岩石圈外,上两个分层的各向异性强度由北向南减弱,同时向西运动的洋壳俯冲带向南加深.不仅如此,归一化到时差结果显示该地区2012年M7.8强震前后各向异性强度减弱,但在3个各向异性层存在较大差异.无论在分层界面较浅的北部格雷厄姆岛附近还是在分层界面较深的南部莫尔兹比岛附近,强震后最上层的陆壳和最下层地幔岩石圈的各向异性强度均没有变化.M7.8后各向异性减弱全部发生在中层洋壳俯冲带内.并且,距离强震震中越近各向异性强度减弱越大,在一定程度上揭示出强震前后应力变化的空间分布特征.表明该地区洋壳俯冲是引起M7.8强震和现今构造运动的主要动力源.     

盈江MS6.1地震序列近场横波分裂研究

使用横波分裂系统分析方法(SAM), 对2014年5月30日盈江M_S6.1地震震区内多个近场流动台站记录到的大量波形数据进行横波分裂研究． 研究结果表明, 盈江M_S6.1地震序列的快S波偏振方向为近NS向, 与区域主压应力方向一致． 主震发生后, 由于震源区应力状态的调整, 卡场台(KAC)快S波偏振方向发生逆时针偏转, 勐弄台(MNO)快S波偏振方向离散度减小, 并且由于受到研究区内断裂的影响, MNO台偏振方向较KAC台偏振方向更加离散． KAC台和MNO台的慢S波时间延迟均表现出主震发生前短时间内突然减小, 震后逐渐增大的变化特征, 这意味着临震前震源区地壳应力的释放和震后地壳应力的增强, 预示了后续余震的持续发生． 地震序列时间延迟平均滑动曲线起伏振荡, 表明了余震的发生伴随着震源区地壳应力的不断调整．      

山东乳山震群剪切波分裂参数的时间演化特征分析

2013年10月1日山东乳山发生M_L3.8地震后, 该地区的地震活动呈现出小震群特征, 且持续至今, 其中2014—2015年先后发生了4次M_L4.1—5.0显著性地震, 造成了较大的社会影响． 本文利用山东数字地震台网中乳山台记录的地震波形资料, 测定了来自乳山震群中224次小地震的剪切波分裂参数． 研究结果表明: 快剪切波的偏振优势方向与山东半岛地区的主压应力方向基本一致; 剪切波分裂时间延迟在这4次显著性地震发生前后均产生明显的变化, 分裂时间延迟平均在震前1个月左右开始出现升高异常, 在震前约12天出现下降异常变化． 这些特征均可作为利用应力进行地震预测的前兆指标．      

1999年台湾集集地震余震区——嘉义地区地震的剪切波分裂参数随时间变化的研究

本文利用台湾中央气象局布设的嘉义台CHY、民雄台CHN2和义竹台CHN8记录的地震波形资料,使用波形互相关的SAM分析方法(剪切波分裂系统分析方法),对发生在1999年9月20日台湾集集大地震（M_W7.6）余震区的嘉义M_L6.4和M_L60级地震的震前序列,开展了长达22个月的大震前近场源剪切波分裂参数随时间变化的应力预测研究.研究结果表明,在正常情况下,快剪切波的偏振方向大致近东西向,与嘉义地区最大主压应力场的方向一致,表明该区的各向异性受区域构造应力场控制;根据剪切波分裂参数——快剪切波偏振方向和慢剪切波时间延迟随时间的变化,我们认为,临震期慢剪切波时间延迟的快速下降和快剪切波偏振方向90°跳跃事件的频繁发生,可以作为临震期大震应力预测的前兆指标.近场源剪切波分裂参数随时间的变化在揭示震源区应力变化方面将发挥重大作用.     

A Shear-wave Splitting Study of the Yingjiang M_S6.1 Earthquake Sequence Occurring on May 30,2014

Earthquakes of M_S5. 6 and M_S6.1 occurred in Yingjiang,Yunnan on May 24 and May 30,2014 respectively. In this paper,we use the waveform data recorded by mobile seismic stations( KAC) which were set up in the source area after the Yingjiang MS5. 6earthquake on May 24,2014 to study the shear-wave splitting characteristics of Yingjiang M_S6.1 earthquake sequence with the SAM method. The result shows that predominant polarization of fast shear-waves before the M_S6.1 earthquake is consistent with the direction of regional principal compressive stress,and predominant polarization of fast shear-waves before the M_S6.1 earthquake show better consistency and smaller dispersion compared to after the M_S6.1 earthquake,and there may be a deflection for the fast shearwaves predominant polarization between the M_S6.1 earthquake sequence and foreshock sequence. We found that the time-delays generally exhibited a lower level before the M_S6.1earthquake and a relatively higher value after the M_S6.1 earthquake.     

On shear-wave splitting in the Los Angeles basin

Three-component seismograms at the three USC stations, PVP, GFP and DHB, have been examined. Most earthquakes, with magnitudes ranging from 1.4 to 5.0, within a period from 1985 to 1988, show evidence of shear-wave splitting. The preferred polarization of the first split-shear wave arrivals at PVP is nearly in N-S which is consistent with both regional maximum horizontal compressive stress direction and local subsurface fault strike, showing that shear-wave splitting is caused by liquid-filled cracks or fractures associated with the N-S faulting. The polarizations of first shear wave arrivals at GFP are roughly divided into two almost perpendicular directions, ENE-WSW and NNW-SSE, which are parallel or perpendicular to the strike of the geology or topography near the station. Because GFP is near the foothills of Santa Monica Mountains, the shear-wave arrivals may be disturbed by topographic irregularities and by subsurface dipping interfaces. Two examples at DHB clearly display shear-wave splitting. Their polarizations of shear wave are in the direction of N-S, which agree with the fragmentary surface and fracturing direction there. From some relatively reliable delay times, the crack densities at three stations are given, that is, 0.025 at PVP, 0.020 at GFP and 0.045 at DGB. No systematic change of shear-wave polarization is discovered in this study.     

青藏高原东北缘中上地壳介质各向异性及其构造意义

青藏高原东北缘(94°E—105°E,32°N-40°N)是高原北东向扩张的前沿地带,亦是研究高原生长过程的重要区域.本文利用青海省数字地震台网(2008-2014年)共7年的地震目录和波形数据,首先使用双差定位获取精定位震源位置,在此基础上,挑选位于S波窗口内(射线入射角≤45°)的地震事件,依据S波分裂分析方法(SAM),获取研究区域内共26个台站的S波分裂参数.研究结果表明:地处多个块体交汇部位的西宁及其周缘,地壳各向异性呈现两个优势偏振方向,表明该区中上地壳应力环境由区域主压应力场和活动断层共同约束;玉树地震序列的地壳各向异性优势偏振方向与区域主压应力场一致.     

Preliminary analysis of crustal shear-wave splitting in the Sanjiang lateral collision zone of the southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications

The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates, to the east of the eastern Himalayan syntaxes, forms the Sanjiang lateral collision zone in the southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau, where there are intense crustal deformation, active faults, earthquakes, as well as a metallogenic belt. Given the lack of adequate seismic data, shear-wave splitting in this area has not been studied. With seismic data from a temporary seismic linear array, as well as permanent seismic stations, this paper adopts the identification on microseismic event to pick more events and obtains shear-wave splitting parameters from local earthquakes. From the west to the east, the study area can be divided into three subzones. The “fast” polarization (i.e. the polarization of the fast shear wave) varies gradually from NNW to NS to NNE in these three subzones. The time delay of the slow shear wave (i.e. the time difference between the two split shear waves) also increases in the same direction, indicating the presence of seismic anisotropy above 25 km in the crust. Both shear-wave splitting parameters are closely related to stress, faults and tectonics. The scatter and the “dual” (i.e. two) dominant orientations of the fast polarizations at several stations indicate strong distortions caused by nearby faults or deep tectonics. The anisotropic parameters are found to be related to some degree to the metallogenic belt. It is worth to further analyse the link between the anisotropic pattern and the metallogenic area, which suggests that shear-wave splitting could be applied to study metallogeny. This paper demonstrates that the identification on microseismic event is a useful tool in detecting shear-wave splitting details and exploring its tectonic implications.     

Crustal seismic anisotropy in southeastern Capital area, China

Shear-wave splitting parameters of 24 stations in southeastern Capital area of North China (38.5°N~39.85°N, 115.5°E ~118.5°E) are obtained with systematic analysis method of shear-wave splitting (SAM) based on the data recorded by Capital Area Seismograph Network (CASN) from 2002 to 2005. The results show that the average polarization of fast shear-wave in southeastern Capital area is consistent with regional maximum horizontal prin- cipal compressive stress in the area, and is also consistent with maximum horizontal principal compressive strain from GPS in North China. The average shear-wave splitting in southeastern Capital area (in basin) is different from that in northwestern Capital area where uplifts and basin exist, which means that tectonics can be related to shear-wave splitting results. Research also shows that the distribution of faults around stations can obviously affect the shear-wave splitting results, and complicated distribution of faults can result in much more scatter of shear-wave splitting. Moreover, in the north and south of the studied area (southeastern Capital area), the polariza- tions of fast shear-wave are not very consistent, which may be related to differences in tectonic and stress for the two areas.     

海南东北部地区地壳地震各向异性特征初步研究

基于海南省地震台网2000～2013年的区域地震波形数据,用剪切波分裂系统分析方法（SAM）获得了海南琼东北部地区“九五”数字台网中2个台站的剪切波分裂参数。结果表明,快剪切波偏振优势方向代表了原地最大主压应力方向。七星岭台NE方向的快剪切波偏振优势方向与区域水平主压应力场方向不一致,与NE走向的断裂一致,体现了局部构造和局部应力场的复杂性;青山岭NNE向的快剪切波偏振优势方向揭示了NNE走向断裂的构造意义。同时,本研究证实,位于活动断裂上或几条活动断裂交汇部位的台站的快剪切波偏振优势方向,与对所选用的小地震起控制作用的活动断裂走向一致,并且快剪切波偏振优势方向较为离散,反映了该区域复杂的断裂构造和应力分布特征。     

On Shear-wave Splitting in Tangshan Region

Shear-wave splitting in Tangshan region is studied by using digital seismic data.Analyzing 3-component digital seismic data in Tangshan strong ground motion array,it is found that almost all earthquakes occurred during 1982 to 1984 have significant shear-wave splitting.The polarization directions of faster shear waves in 7 stations are near EW,which are consistent with the axis of maximum principal compressive stress obtained from earthquake fault mechanisms and geodetic surveys.The crack densities of the 7 stations are roughly estimated,0.019 for TS01,TS02 and TS15,0.015 for TS03,TS07 and TS18 and 0.024 for TS19,by using the average time delay of slow shear-wave at the 7 stations.     

Two species of microcracks

We identify two interrelated but independent species of microcracks with differentorigins and different distributions. One species is the classic high-stress microcracksidentified in laboratory stress-cells associated with acoustic emissions as microcracks openwith increasing stress. The other species is the low-stress distributions of closely-spacedstress-aligned fluid-saturated microcracks that observations of shear-wave splitting （SWS）demonstrate pervade almost all in situ rocks in the upper crust, the lower crust, and theuppermost 400 km of the mantle. On some occasions these two sets of microcracks may beinterrelated and similar （hence ＇species＇） but they typically have fundamentally-differentproperties, different distributions, and different implications. The importance for hydrocarbonexploration and recovery is that SWS in hydrocarbon reservoirs monitors crack alignmentsand preferred directions of fluid-flow. The importance for earthquake seismology is that SWSabove small earthquakes monitors the effects of increasing stress on the pervasive low-stressmicrocrack distributions so that stress-accumulation before, possibly distant, earthquakes canbe recognised and impendin~ earthquakes stress-forecast.     

2012年6月24日宁蒗-盐源MS5.7地震的剪切波分裂探讨

选用2012年6月24日宁蒗-盐源M_S5.7地震震源区的泸沽湖台站2008年9月—2013年9月连续5年的地震数据进行剪切波分裂计算, 从剪切波分裂参数随时间的变化初步获得了宁蒗-盐源地区的区域应力特征, 以及该地震发生前后地壳应力的特征性变化. 泸沽湖台站快波偏振方向结果显示, 该台站具有NE向和SE向两个优势取向, 与研究区域内断裂的走向相同. 该台站的慢波延迟时间表现出明显的变化, 特别是在宁蒗-盐源M_S5.7地震发生前后. 在宁蒗-盐源地震发生前一年, 泸沽湖台站的慢波延迟时间缓慢地增加, 表明该地区地壳应力逐渐积累; 直到该地震发生前一个月, 泸沽湖台站的慢波延迟时间才开始急剧下降, 表明地壳应力随着地震的发生而迅速释放.      

EXTENSIVE-DILATANCY ANISOTROPY: RELATIVE INFORMATION IN VSPs AND REFLECTION SURVEYS1

Shear-waves have complicated interactions with the free surface, particularly in the presence of low-velocity surface layers, topographic irregularities, and the expected near-surface crack and stress anomalies. Consequently, it has been suggested that shear-waves should be recorded subsurface in vertical seismic profiles (VSPs), in order to extract accurate information about the in situ crack and stress geometry contained in shear-wave splitting. This paper compares the information in synthetic shear-waves in reflection gathers and VSPs, in order to assess the relative merits of the two techniques for investigating shear-wave splitting. Synthetic seismograms demonstrate that in the presence of even very simple surface layers, shear-waves recorded in reflection surveys at the surface have polarizations which may not indicate crack and stress geometry at depth. In contrast, shear-waves recorded in VSPs are relatively unaffected by surface layers and near-surface stress and crack anomalies, and the behaviour of shear-wave splitting is dominated by the structure of the rock mass in the vicinity of subsurface geophones. Matrix rotations of multicomponent-multisource shear-wave reflection data to extract the information contained in the split shear-waves, are found to be directly meaningful only in situations where crack orientations do not change with depth.     

Fractured reservoir delineation using multicomponent seismic data

The characteristic seismic response to an aligned-fracture system is shear-wave splitting, where the polarizations, time-delays and amplitudes of the split shear waves are related to the orientation and intensity of the fracture system. This offers the possibility of delineating fractured reservoirs and optimizing the development of the reservoirs using shear-wave data. However, such applications require carefully controlled amplitude processing to recover properly and preserve the reflections from the target zone. Here, an approach to this problem is suggested and is illustrated with field data. The proposed amplitude processing sequence contains a combination of conventional and specific shear-wave processing procedures. Assuming a four-component recording (two orthogonal horizontal sources recorded by two orthogonal horizontal receivers), the split shear waves can be simulated by an effective eigensystem, and a linear-transform technique (LTT) can be used to separate the recorded vector wavefield into two principal scalar wavefields representing the fast and slow split shear waves. Conventional scalar processing methods, designed for processing P-waves, including noise reduction and stacking procedures may be adapted to process the separated scalar wavefields. An overburden operator is then derived from and applied to the post-stacked scalar wavefields. A four-component seismic survey with three horizontal wells drilled nearby was selected to illustrate the processing sequence. The field data show that vector wavefield decomposition and overburden correction are essential for recovering the reflection amplitude information in the target zone. The variations in oil production in the three horizontal wells can be correlated with the variations in shear-wave time-delays and amplitudes, and with the variations in the azimuth angle between the horizontal well and the shear-wave polarization. Dim spots in amplitude variations can be correlated with local fracture swarms encountered by the horizontal wells. This reveals the potential of shear waves for fractured reservoir delineation.