Paleoearthquake rupture behavior and recurrence of great earthquakes along the Haiyuan fault,northwestern China

Paleoseismological studies have shown that indi-vidual past large-magnitude earthquakes can be recog-nized in the geological record and the timing betweenevents can be measured through Quaternary datingtechniques[1—6]. Thus, through paleoseismological st-udies, it is possible to determine age of each prehis-toric event so that recurrence intervals of large earth-quakes may be evaluated which provides a means toexpand the limited view of earthquakes offered by thehistorical and instrumental re…     

对黑云母暗化轨迹的新解释──以浙江前寒武纪石英闪长岩的黑云母为例

在浙江诸暨璜山、桐树林等地的前寒武纪石英闪长岩中，平行于黑云母（010）面的六方放射状裂理，是快速冲击变形事件中形成的显微构造特征，称为黑云母击象（Percussionfigures）。沿黑云母裂理分布的微粒氧化铁暗化轨迹，及其矿物化学式中SiⅥ离子数的降低、A1Ⅵ、TiⅥ、MgⅥ等离子数的升高，晶格参数b（kx）的延展，是事件过程瞬间高温、高压环境的成因标志。黑云母上述特征和多方位扭折带的出现、斜长石显微晶洞的发育，均为该事件引发的有限非稳态场中变形矿物的组合态。本文以此作为探讨，反演石英闪长岩与华夏古地体俯冲过程中，地壳深部古地震（即快速冲击变形事件）成因机制的显微矿物学依据。     

RUPTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF LATE QUATERNARY STRONG EARTHQUAKES ON THE WESTERN BRANCH OF THE XIAOJIANG FAULT ZONE

The Xiaojiang fault zone is located in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau, the boundary faults of Sichuan-Yunnan block and South China block. The largest historical earthquake in Yunnan Province, with magnitude 8 occurred on the western branch of the Xiaojiang Fault in Songming County, 1833. Research on the Late Quaternary surface deformation and strong earthquake rupture behavior on the Xiaojiang Fault is crucial to understand the future seismic risk of the fault zone and the Sichuan-Yunnan region, even crucial for the study of tectonic evolution of the southeastern margin of Tibetan plateau. We have some new understanding through several large trenches excavated on the western branch of the Xiaojiang fault zone. We excavated a large trench at Caohaizi and identified six paleoseismic events, named U through Z from the oldest to the youngest. Ages of these six events are constrained at 40000-36300BC, 35400-24800BC, 9500BC-500AD, 390-720AD, 1120-1620AD and 1750AD-present. The Ganhaizi trench revealed three paleoearthquakes, named GHZ-E1 to GHZ-E3 from the oldest to the youngest. Ages of the three events are constrained at 3300BC-400AD, 770-1120AD, 1460AD-present. The Dafendi trench revealed three paleoearthquakes, named E1 to E3 from the oldest to the youngest, and their ages are constrained at 22300-19600BC, 18820-18400BC, and 18250-present. Caohaizi and Ganhaizi trenches are excavated on the western branch of the Xiaojiang Fault, the distance between them is 400m. We constrained four late Holocene paleoearthquakes with progressive constraining method, which are respectively at 500-720AD, 770-1120AD, AD 1460-1620 and 1833AD, with an average recurrence interval of 370~440a. Large earthquake recurrence in the late Holocene is less than the recurrence interval of~900a as proposed in the previous studies. Thus, the seismic hazard on the Xiaojiang Fault should be reevaluated. We excavated a large trench at Dafendi, about 30km away south of Caohaizi trench. Combining with previous paleoseismological research, it is found that the western branch of Xiaojiang Fault was likely to be dominated by segmented rupturing in the period from late of Late Pleistocene to early and middle Holocene, while it was characterized by large earthquakes clustering and whole segment rupturing since late Holocene.     

龙首山北缘断裂带古地震初步探讨

龙首山北缘断裂带是潮水盆地与龙首山地的地貌分界线,展布于龙首山隆起的北麓。前期曾在龙首山北缘断裂带东段的白家嘴、中段包代河、西段斜坡山开挖了三个探槽,均揭露出多期古地震。本文通过三个探槽古地震事件的对比分析认为,龙首山北缘断裂带第1次古地震(11 ka)到最后1次古地震(1.6 ka)间隔9.4 ka,约1万年时间里有6次古地震发生。如果取算术平均(9.4 ka/6=1.57 ka),则每隔1 500年左右,龙首山北缘断裂带就有一次强地震事件,即古地震平均重复间隔约1.57 ka。这和其它各大断裂带得出的古地震优势重现周期(1~2 ka)并不矛盾。①5 ka年以前龙首山北缘断裂带仅有2次古地震事件,重复间隔5.3 ka,明显偏长,可能有古地震的遗漏问题;②5 ka年以后该断裂地震活动明显丛集,最短间隔0.7 ka,最长间隔1.5 ka,平均重复间隔约0.8 ka。无论是最短、最长或平均重复间隔,均与山丹-张掖地区历史地震的最长重复间隔0.79 ka接近。     

岷江上游新磨村湖相沉积物粒度端元反演及其记录的构造和气候事件

应用沉积物粒度端元分析模型对岷江上游新磨村湖相沉积高分辨率粒度数据序列进行了反演,分离出2个端元。根据端元的频率分布曲线和沉积学分析,并结合岷江上游的地质构造背景,分析了各端元与研究区物源和古地震活动的对应关系。EM1为震间期的湖泊沉积,代表风力近源搬运的极细颗粒组分;EM2为极端灾变(地震等)期间的湖泊沉积,代表风力为主和部分水力近距离搬运的细颗粒组分。对新磨村剖面分离出的EM2百分含量与中值粒径、20~63μm、63~200μm粒径组分、磁化率值及地球化学比值(SiO2/Al2O3、TiO2/Al2O3、CaO/Al2O3、Sr/Al2O3、Rb/Sr,Na2O/Al2O3)进行对比分析,各指标的突变明显受粒度变化控制,指示可能的地震事件,进而识别出26次地震事件。为确定地震事件所代表的地震震级,基于震级与累积砂层厚度关系进行估算,共获得16次5~6级,5次6~7级,5次>7级地震。因此,采用粒度端元模拟不仅可以分离出不同的粒径组分和各组分百分含量,有效识别出不同动力组分和沉积动力环境,还可以较好地厘定出沉积记录的构造事件(地震等)等,更好地理解构造活动在地质、地貌演化中的作用。     

河西走廊西端酒西盆地古地震研究进展

酒西盆地位于祁连山北缘、河西走廊西端,是一个被活动断裂围限的新生代压陷性盆地,盆地周缘及内部发育多条活动断裂.通过对前人古地震资料的总结分析和野外补充调查,发现酒西盆地断裂古地震大多符合特征地震模式,复发周期约为3～5 ka,根据经验公式推断,每次地震的震级约为6.8～7.2级.从区域古地震角度看,酒西盆地地震的发生具...