沂沭断裂带重复地震识别及断裂深部活动速率的估算

利用山东及邻区数字地震台网2001- 2012 年的地震观测报告及波形资料分析了沂沭断裂带及周缘地区的地震活动并利用识别出的重复地震估算了断层深部滑动速率。重新定位后的地震图像清晰展示了沂沭断裂带南北两段及东西两侧地震活动的显著差异,在研究时段内,60%以上的地震发生在沂沭带东侧的两条断裂上,震源深度分布与研究区的深部构造吻合。根据波形意义上相似地震(cc≥0.8)的定义,识别出了沂沭断裂带及其周缘相似地震共50例,组成相似地震对和多重相似地震对共19组,相似地震对的复发间隔较为随机,从数小时到数百天不等。通过对相似地震对震源位置- -致性的强约束后,基于1组重复地震估算出安丘-莒县断裂在地表以下5.9km处的滑动速率估计值为2.19mm/a,与GPS和地质等浅表观测的滑动速率值基本一致。     

中国大陆强震孕育深处的变形模式构建

针对地震预测所面临的地球内部"不可入"和大地震"非频发"问题,对重复地震探测获得的孕震深处滑动速率与浅表观测的结果进行对比分析,采用空间换时间的方式初步构建了中国大陆强震孕育深处的变形模式;还通过一些强震事例展示了利用重复地震进行陆内断裂带深部变形的原位探测的优势,并提出应对断裂闭锁段和深浅构造变形差异显著地区的强震危险性加以深入研究。     

重复地震应用研究综述

重复地震是指发生在同一断层位置,震级和复发间隔几乎相同,波形与震源机制高度相似的一组地震.重复地震广泛分布于板块边缘的活动断裂带与俯冲带.近年来,随着研究的深入,板内大陆地区也发现了重复地震.重复地震具有稳定的复发间隔,可直接应用于地震预测研究中.利用重复地震的大小和发震时间间隔可用以推估断裂带深部的滑动速率.作为天然的"地下蠕变计",重复地震具有地表观测资料无法取代的"原位观测"断层深部形变的优势.具有相同震源位置和传播路径的重复地震在同一台站所记录到的地震波形的差异反映了传播路径介质物性的变化,也为研究地下介质的动态变化提供了有效的工具.近几年发展起来的慢滑动研究也开启了重复地震新的应用研究.对重复地震的界定、完整性检测以及在利用重复地震估算断层深部滑动速率和动态监测地下介质变化过程中可能存在的问题及其解决方法进行了探讨.     

通海地震震后地形变研究

本文对已搜集到的通海地震震后地形变观测资料进行了分析和研究。曲江断裂的震后活动呈指数衰减,和余震衰减规律相似。形变特征以单元滑动频度方式表现出来,与强度(变化幅度) 似无明显关系。断裂滑动和余震的关系表现为如下三种情况:(1)滑动诱发地震;(2)滑动是地震的续发现象;(3)滑动和余震是大震之后断裂活动的共生现象。最后,本文还讨论了动态滑动、静态滑动和稳态滑动特征,及其它们和地震发生之间的关系。     

龙门山断裂带深部构造变形的黏弹性模拟及其与强震活动的关联性探讨

根据龙门山断裂带地区的主要构造特征,建立该地区的有限元模型,同时考虑地下深处的黏弹性蠕动和不同部位间的接触关系,模拟计算了研究区在强震轮回活动中的时间演化历程.模拟结果表明:龙门山断裂带深处的滑动速率比浅表的滑动速率大,龙门山断裂带周围是相对容易发生应变积累的地区,其5~19km深度也是高应力聚集成核区,随时间推移的应力集中程度加剧而引发强震.本模拟分析证实了重复地震观测所揭示的龙门山断裂带存在深浅活动速率差异的现象,这在一定程度上可以解释出乎预料的汶川MW7.9地震的孕育机理.综合分析研究提出:应充分利用重复地震这一天然的"地下蠕变计(subsurface creepmeter)"来探测深部构造变形的活动,为强震危险性分析提供必要的"原位(in situ)观测"约束信息.     

基于重复地震研究川滇地区主要断裂带的深部变形

发生在同一断层部位上0.5～4.0 级的重复地震(也称重复微震)是研究断裂带深部变形的天然(有力)工具.本文系统汇集了川滇地区主要断裂带识别出的 76 组重复地震研究结果,构建了川滇地区重复地震的时空分布图像和断裂带深部变形时空演化特征,结果表明:丽江—宁蒗断裂带在脆韧转换带约23 km深处的滑动速率为4.3～5.4 mm·a－1 ,小江断裂带3.0～12.3 km深处的滑动速率为 1.6～10.1 mm·a－1 ,红河断裂带北段在 6.0～13.4 km深处的滑动速率为2.3～10.0 mm·a－1 ,鲜水河断裂带南段 3.0～18.7 km深处的滑动速率为 3.0～10.2 mm·a－1 ,龙门山断裂带在4.0～17.3 km的汶川 8.0级地震孕育深处的滑动速率为 3.5～9.6 mm·a－1 ,龙门山断裂带南端3.6～18.7 km处滑动速率为 5.8～10.2 mm·a－1 .综合分析认为:川滇地区主要边界断裂带的深部滑动速率较为一致,揭示了川滇地块和巴颜喀拉地块整体协同变形的特征.由重复微震与深部滑动速率变化构建了孕震深处的变形模式,即重复微震与断裂带局部闭锁段在空间位置上存在密切的关联性,强震前孕震闭锁区存在明显的深浅部构造形变差异,震前存在的深部加速变形过程可能是断层亚失稳阶段的具体表征.     

烟台市及其邻近地区活断层地震危险性评价

本文是"十二五"国家科技支撑计划项目专题(2012BAK19B04-01)"郯庐地震断裂带中段地震活动规律及地震危险区判定研究"部分成果的总结。在分析了烟台市及其邻近地区的地震地质、地球物理、断层综合地球物理探测、探槽开挖、断层活动性鉴定等技术手段获得的反映区域地震构造环境、深部构造背景、活动断裂长期滑动习性的定性和定量资料、历史与现代地震活动性和地球动力学资料的基础上,甄别出了具有发生破坏性地震的活断层段。同时采用定性、定量和综合判定的方法,评价了烟台市及其邻近地区主要活动断裂的地震危险性。本文的研究成果可为胶东半岛地区的地震监测预报、地震区划、震害预测和断层危害性评价提供基础依据。     

利用重复地震估算北京平原地区隐伏断裂深部的活动速率

利用首都圈数字化地震台网2001—2006年的波形资料分析北京平原地区隐伏断裂的深部滑动速率。通过波形互相关分析,识别出35组相似地震对和20组多重相似对,大部分相似地震活动表现为非周期性,重复间隔从数分钟到数百天不等。针对研究区内台站分布稀疏和低信噪比波形记录的现状,在波形相似的基础上,提出了采用在子采样条件下的S-P相对到时差(dSmP)和相对到时拾取误差来对相似地震震源位置的一致性进行强约束,进一步探索和完善波形意义上重复地震的识别方法。基于4组"重复地震"估算北京平原区黄庄-高丽营断裂和南口-孙河断裂在不同孕震深度处的滑动速率为1.0～1.2mm/a,怀安镇盆地南缘断裂地表以下9.4km处的滑动速率估计值为1.5mm/a,这一结果和地质资料结果相符。     

川滇地区活动块体边界断裂现今运动和应力分布

基于川滇地区活动块体划分及断裂构造现有认知,文中构建了包含块体主要边界断裂的二维有限元接触模型,利用1991—2015年长期GPS观测结果,采用"块体加载"方法模拟块体边界带现今的运动,得到了断裂滑动速率和应力分布.结合震源机制解、地震活动性等资料,对川滇地区大型左旋走滑断裂带滑动速率分配、传递与应力转换的关联,局部区域正断型震源机制解的构造机制以及红河断裂南、北段地震活动性差异的可能成因进行了初步探讨.主要结论包括:1)东昆仑断裂带和鲜水河-小江断裂带的左旋走滑由NW向转变为近SN向,断裂强烈转折区吸收了部分走滑分量并转化为应变积累,呈高应力分布特征.2)受小江断裂左旋剪切的影响,红河断裂中南段以右旋走滑兼微弱挤压运动为主,并牵引断裂北段右旋走滑,与金沙江和德钦-中甸断裂共同构成右阶斜列右旋剪切变形带,正断型震源机制解多分布于该变形带的构造拉分区内.3)红河断裂中南段为弱压性,北段呈弱张性,更易破裂,地震活动明显强于中南段.     

用网络滤波方法探讨华北地块边界带运动

介绍了用GPS连续观测资料反演断层运动的方法——网络滤波方法。用此方法探讨了华北地块边界带运动特征,并与发生在边界带附近和地块内部的地震活动及周边强震进行了比较,得出以下初步结论:郯庐大断裂和山西断陷盆地带的滑动量为1mm左右,整体活动水平有减弱的趋势;张家口—渤海断裂带滑动量为0.5mm左右,活动性逐渐增强;秦岭—大别山断裂内滑动量为0.5mm左右,活动性逐渐减弱。在2002年底至2003年底一年左右的时间内,华北地块边界带的滑动速率发生较大幅度的变化,同时,各边界带(秦岭—大别山断裂除外)的地震活动水平在2003年底达到高峰,说明边界带滑动速率急剧变化的结果导致边界带附近地震活动水平的加剧。另外,边界带滑动的特点表明了华北地块构造运动的整体性,推断华北地块的地壳运动可能与来自地球深部的地幔对流有关。     

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER ON EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION(IRTCES)

正Director:Shangfu Kuang,China Vice-directors:Chunhong Hu,China Duihu Ning,China Guangquan Liu,China The International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation(IRTCES)was jointly set up by the Government of China and UNESCO on July 21,1984.It aims at the promotion of international exchange of knowledge and cooperation in the studies of erosion and     

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Dynamic process-response model of river channel development

Feedback mechanisms, which operate upstream through drawdown and backwater effects and downstream through sediment discharge are responsible for channel evolution. By combining these mechanisms with channel processes it euables a dynamic process-response model to be developed to simulate the initial evolution of straight gravel-bed channels. When erosion commences on a land surface, sediment entrained in the headwater reach by hydraulic action is selectively transported, deposited and reworked. This produces a damped oscillation between degradation and aggradation as the channel and valley respond to spatial and temporal variations in sediment calibre and hydraulic conditions. The initial cut and fill phases are responsible for valley incision and floodplain development while secondary and subsequent activity can produce river terraces. Eventually sediment entrainment in the headwaters declines as slopes are reduced. Subsequent channel evolution is relatively insignificant because it is dependent on local weathering activity producing material that can be transported on declining slopes. Therefore landforms produced during the initial phase of development, when local weathering was non-limiting, dominate the landscape.     

Discussion on the Precise Relocation and Seismo-Tectonics of the Jiujiang-Ruichang Earthquake

Based on relocating the Jiujiang-Ruichang earthquake sequence which occurred on November 26, 2005 in Jiangxi Province with the double-difference （DD） algorithm and master event technique, the paper discusses the focal mechanism of the main shock （MsS.7） and the probable seismo-tectonics. The precise relocation results indicate that the average horizontal error is 0.31kin in a EW direction and 0.40kin in a NS direction, and the average depth error is 0.48kin. The focal depths vary from 8kin to 14kin, with the predominant distribution at 10kin - 12kin. The epicenter of the main shock is relocated to be 29.69^oN, 115.74^oE and the focal depth is about 10.Skin. Combining the predominant distribution of the earthquake sequence, the focal mechanism of the main shock and the tectonic conditions of N-E- and NW-strike faults growth in the seismic region, we infer that the main shock of the earthquake sequence was caused by a NW striking buried fault in the Rnichang basin. The nature of seismic faults needs to be further explored.     

Hydrochemical and bacteriological features of the groundwater: southern border of the Rharb basin (Morocco) / Caractérisation hydrochimique et bactériologique des eaux souterraines: bordure méridionale du bassin du Rharb (Maroc)

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The western reservoirs represent the principal groundwater system in Morocco. Demographic, industrial and agricultural developments during the last decade have markedly altered groundwater quality. The Mamora coastal aquifer system is among the Atlantic systems which are most heavily threatened by pollution. Agricultural and industrial activities, and rapid urban growth contribute to the pollution of the groundwater. Contamination transport is facilitated by a high permeability of the aquifer formations. In order to assess the actual groundwater quality of the Mamora aquifer and to understand the influence of the factors generating the pollution, an extensive multidisciplinary research programme is in progress, with hydrochemistry and microbiology playing essential roles. The present paper concerns the spatial distribution of physico-chemical parameters in the groundwater, subjected to domestic, industrial and agricultural pollution. Fifty-seven samples were analysed for several parameters (Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^?, SO₄ ^2?, HCO₃ ^?, NO₃ ^?, pH, electrical conductivity and temperature). The microbiological analysis of 143 samples reveals the presence of four kinds of indicator bacteria in the groundwater resources: faecal Streptococci, faecal coliform, Escherichia coli and Clostridium. The physico-chemical results and bacteriological monitoring show that the nitrate and bacteria concentrations exceed the maximum admissible levels, notably around pumping stations in the sectors of Sidi Taibi, Sidi Ahmed Taleb and Aïn Sbaâ. Contamination is generated by uncontrolled anthropogenic activities and accentuated by the high intrinsic vulnerability of the aquifer system. Several parameters appeared to exceed admissibility standards. Measures are recommended to prevent groundwater pollution in the region.     

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