3D Gravity Inversion by Growing Bodies and Shaping Layers at Mt. Vesuvius (Southern Italy)

To improve our knowledge of the structural pattern of Mt. Vesuvius and its magmatic system, which represents one of the three volcanoes located in the Neapolitan area (together with Campi Flegrei and Ischia; southern Italy), we analyze here the Bouguer gravity map that is already available through its interpretation by means of 2.5-dimensional modelling. We have carried out a three-dimensional interpretation using a new and original algorithm, known as ‘Layers’, that has been especially processed for this purpose. Layers works in an automatic and non-subjective way, and allows the definition of the structural settings in terms of several layers, each representing a specific geological formation. The same data are also interpreted in terms of isolated and shallow anomalous density bodies using a well tested algorithm known as ‘Growth’. We focus our inversions on the Mt. Vesuvius volcano, while globally analyzing the entire Neapolitan area, in order to investigate the deep structures, and in particular the deep extended ‘sill’ that has been revealed by seismic tomography. The final models generally confirm the global setting of the area as outlined by previous investigations, mainly for the shape and depth of the carbonate basement below Mt. Vesuvius. The presence of lateral density contrasts inside the volcano edifice is also shown, which was only hypothesized in the 2.5-dimensional inversion. Moreover, the models allow us to note a high density body that rises from the top of the carbonate basement and further elongates above sea level. This probably represents an uprising of the same basement, which is just below the volcano and which coincides with the V_P and V_P/V_S anomalies detected under the crater. The three-dimensional results also reveal that the two inversion methods provide very similar models, where the high density isolated body in the Growth model can be associated with the rising high density anomaly in the Layers model. Taking into account the density of these modelled bodies, we would also suggest that they represent solidified magma bodies, as suggested by other studies. Finally, we did not clearly detect any deep anomalous body that can be associated with the sill that was suggested by seismic tomography.     

多网重力数据联合平差和系统误差改正

华北地区现行的地震重力监测网由于独立联测, 自成体系, 绝对控制点较少, 获得的重力场动态变化图像在绝对控制较弱的地区会产生畸变, 也不能有效的消除仪器标定系统所引起的测量误差。 本文以华北大网作为控制网, 结合绝对重力点进行联合平差计算, 使各省区地震重力监测网平差精度提高了(0~4)×10^-8 m/s², 平差起算基准相统一, 绝对控制较弱的地区畸变减小。 采用相关系数检验法, 对华北地区各省区地震重力监测网2010年二期重力平差计算结果进行检验, 部分重力点位系统误差高达60×10^-8 m/s², 经过系统误差改正后, 重力场动态变化趋于一致。 经过各项改正后, 华北地区2010年重力场动态差分图像对地震前兆具有更好的反映。     

2011年3月24日缅甸地震期间电离层TEC异常分析

基于IGS提供的2011年3月全球TEC数据,利用滑动时窗进行异常识别的方法,分析电离层赤道异常区TEC在缅甸地震期间的异常情况。结果表明：在震前10 d内,地震上空电离层TEC出现了明显的异常扰动,电离层异常北驼峰在16日至18日期间出现了明显的较大区域负异常现象,且在18日时北驼峰明显向磁赤道漂移,负异常在19日时基本消失;而在地震发生的当天和震后一天出现了小范围的正异常,随后正异常消失。在地震期间地磁活动水平总体都相当平静,且太阳处于一个相对较稳定的中低活动水平,电离层出现的异常很可能与此次缅甸地震有关。     

北天山中段时变重力场离散小波多尺度分解

利用北天山地区2016～2019年观测的4期流动重力观测资料,分析研究一年尺度的重力场动态变化特征,并利用小波分析方法,将不同场源深度的重力异常进行分离。通过功率谱分析,获取各阶小波重力细节对应的场源深度。研究结果表明,2017年8月9日精河M_S6.6地震前,震中位于负值集中区,四阶小波重力细节显示震中附近出现明显的四象限分布;2020年1月16日库车M_S5.6地震前,震中位于负值区,小波重力细节整体量值较小;功率谱估算的场源近似深度与2次地震的震源深度相近。     

华北地区热均衡、重力均衡与深部构造

本文基于最新的全球重力场模型TopexV18.1数据,在区域背景尺度下,计算了华北地区的区域布格重力异常,并反演了Moho面分布特征;在此基础上结合区域地热流测量数据,讨论重力均衡和热均衡调整过程对现今地形的影响;最后,结合已有的速度结构模型和岩石圈热参数,对10个次级块体单元的热均衡特点开展了综合对比研究.研究结果表明:华北地区构造块体单元之间由于克拉通底部受到不同程度的破坏,不仅深部构造特征差异性明显,而且其构造热均衡特点也不尽相同.根据平均地震波速去掉重力均衡作用后恢复的高程-热流关系表明,均衡作用对于现今地形的改造作用十分显著,但根据该方法对燕山隆起和冀中坳陷两个块体的恢复效果不明显.     

The Gravity Module Assembly used in airborne full tensor gradiometry surveys

In airborne gravity gradiometry, the Gravity Module Assembly is an optional gravimeter unit that is mounted on the same stabilized platform as the Full Tensor Gradiometer. Direct measurements of the gravity field are needed from this device to constrain the long wavelengths when gradient data are integrated mathematically to form high-resolution gravity fields. The Gravity Module Assembly is, however, capable of providing independent gravity data with a specification approaching that expected from a dedicated airborne gravity system. Presented here is an error analysis of data from this instrument collected alongside the Full Tensor Gradiometer during an airborne survey. By having both gradiometry and gravity datasets, comparisons of the information content in these two types of measurement are made.     

张北Ms6.2地震前重力异常及异常机制探讨

根据晋北和辽西地区地质构造背景及力学机制，分析了1998年张北Ms6.2地震前后出现在震中外围地区的重力异常变化，对沿深部断裂附近出现的重力异常进行了分析讨论，认为沿深部断裂出现的重力异常可作为地震前兆场的信息。     

测震学中期异常向短临异常演变特征的探讨

以晋、冀、蒙三省交界地区的4次6级左右地震为例,研究了中期异常向短临异常演变的特征.此特征可由地震活动图象异常、地震平静与密集、信号震到加卸载响应比异常、日频次起伏加剧的演变来表征,在时间进程上它们是一个渐进的过程.     

临猗ML5.0级地震前后的重力场变化及预报过程

讨论了气压、地形变、降雨和地下水位变化对重力观测资料的影响,论证了观测资料的可靠程度,在此基础之上结合地质构造,地壳深浅构造等资料,讨论了１９９８年７月１１日临猗地震前后重力场的变化;依据临猗地震前重力场的变化,结合该地区的地震活动性,对这次地震作出了预报。     

Seismic Displacement of Gravity Walls by a Two-body Model

Gravity walls retaining dry soil are modeled as a system of two bodies: (a) the gravity wall that slides along the wall-foundation soil boundary and (b) the critical soil wedge in the soil behind the wall. The strength of the system is defined by both the frictional and the cohesional components of resistance. The angle of the prism of the critical soil wedge behind the wall is obtained using the limit equilibrium method. The model accounts for changes in the geometry of the backfill soil behind the wall by considering the displacements at the end of each time step under limit equilibrium. The model shows that the standard (single) block model is over-conservative for the extreme case of critical-to-applied-seismic acceleration ratios less than about 0.30, but works well for cases where this ratio ranges between 0.5 and 0.8. The model is applied to predict the seismic displacement of gravity walls (a) tested in the shaking-table and (b) studied numerically by elaborate elasto–plastic analyses.