联合Envisat和ALOS卫星影像确定 L'Aquila地震震源机制

2009年4月6日意大利L'Aquila地区发生了M_w6.3级地震,该地震造成了300余人的人员死亡. 本文联合不同波长、不同入射倾角的升降轨Envisat和ALOS卫星的差分干涉数据对该地震进行震源机制解的反演研究. 研究首先对卫星雷达影像进行二通差分干涉处理,获取了覆盖L'Aquila地震震区的完整InSAR同震形变场,然后结合四叉树和均匀采样方法对原始观测数据进行降采样. 在此基础上,联合GPS形变观测数据,利用弹性半空间矩形和三角位错模型,以及断层自动剖分技术对断层面进行最优离散剖分,反演获取了发震断层的精确几何参数和最优断层滑动分布,结果显示分布式三角位错滑动模型能够很好地解释观测到的地表形变场. 反演结果表明发震断层是一个以正倾滑为主兼有少量右旋走滑的盲断层;基于观测数据最优确定的断层单元的最短边长为0.4 km,最长边长为6.3 km;此次地震的滑动分布主要发生在5～14 km深度的范围内,最大滑移量为1.07 m,释放的能量为3.43×10¹⁸ N·m(M_w6.32),与地震学的研究结果非常一致.     

Determining fault slip distribution of the Chi-Chi Taiwan earthquake with GPS and InSAR data using triangular dislocation elements

The reactivation of the Chelungpu fault triggered the 20 September 1999 Chi-Chi Taiwan earthquake (M_w = 7.6) which caused a 100-km long surface rupture that trends north–south. We reconstruct the fault geometry using 1068 planar triangular dislocation elements that approximate more realistically the curved three-dimensional fault surface. The fault slip distribution is then determined with the observed GPS coseismic displacements as well as interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data. The results show that our smooth 3D fault slip model has improved the fit to the geodetic data by 44% compared with the previously published inversions. The slip distribution obtained both by inversion of GPS data only and by joint inversion of GPS and InSAR data indicates that notable slips occur on the sub-horizontal décollement at the depth of 6.1–8.9 km.     

2017年精河MS6.6地震的断层参数和破裂过程

利用远震资料、近场强震资料和合成孔径雷达干涉同震形变资料确定了2017年8月9日精河M_S6.6地震的断层面参数及震源破裂细节。为得到可靠的断层几何参数,发展了一套基于InSAR数据滑动分布反演的三维格点搜索流程,对本次地震断层面的走向、倾角和震源深度进行了格点搜索。结果显示,地震断层面走向为95°,倾角为47°,震源深度为14 km。基于搜索得到的断层模型进行破裂过程联合反演的结果显示:精河M_S6.6地震为一次单侧破裂事件,最大滑动量约为0.8 m,滑动区域集中在断层面上震源以西5—15 km,沿倾向15—25 km,破裂主要发生在10 km深度以下区域。断层面上的平均滑动角为106°。整个破裂过程释放的标量地震矩为3.6×1018 N·m,对应矩震级为M_W6.3。破裂过程持续约9 s,期间的破裂速度约为2.1—2.6 km/s。由于地震破裂主要集中在10 km以下,未来可能需要关注该区域0—10 km发生潜在地震的可能性。      

GPS和InSAR同震形变约束的尼泊尔M_W7.9和M_W7.3地震破裂滑动分布

2015年4月25日尼泊尔爆发MW7.9地震,继而引发5月12日MW7.3级余震,GPS、InSAR监测到震源区及周边大范围同震形变.本文以国内外的GPS和InSAR同震形变为约束,考虑喜马拉雅断裂带岩石圈垂向分层和横向差异的影响,反演主喜马拉雅逆冲断裂在这次主震和余震中破裂面形状和滑动分布.结果显示,主震从USGS确定的震中位置向东偏南延伸100km以上,破裂地面迹线与主前缘逆冲断裂迹线基本一致.破裂面倾角约7°~11°,大部分破裂集中在深度8~20km,同余震分布深度一致.主震最大滑动量约6.0~6.6m,位于14km深处.余震破裂集中在震中附近30km范围内,填补了主震东部破裂空区,最大滑动约3.6~4.6 m,位于13km深.深度20km以下基本没有破裂.地壳介质不均匀性对破裂滑动分布的影响较大,介质不均匀模型的观测值不符值比各向同性弹性半空间模型降低10%以上.本文地震破裂模型特征与地震反射剖面、以及根据震间期大地测量数据反演的喜马拉雅深部蠕滑剖面极其相似.跨喜马拉雅断裂剖面的震间形变量与地震破裂滑移量直接相关.以此推算,尼泊尔中部大震原地复发周期在300年以上.     

Monte Carlo Inversion of DInSAR Data for Dislocation Modeling: Application to the 1997 Umbria-Marche Seismic Sequence (Central Italy)

— The study of surface deformation due to seismic activity is often made using dislocations with uniform slip and simple geometries. A better modeling of coseismic and postseismic surface displacements can be obtained by using dislocations with variable slip and nonregular shapes. This is consistent with the asperity model of fault surfaces, assuming a friction distribution on faults made of locked zones with much higher friction than surrounding zones. In this paper we consider the 1997–1998 Colfiorito seismic sequence. The coseismic surface displacements in the Colfiorito zone are used in order to infer the slip distribution on the fault surface at different stages of the sequence. The displacement field has been modeled varying the slip distribution on the fault, and comparing the deformation observed by SAR and GPS techniques with model results. The slip distribution is calculated by Monte Carlo simulations on a normal fault with the dip angle equal to 40°. A good approximation is obtained by using square asperity units of 1.5×1.5 km². In the first stage, we employed a simplified model with uniform slip, in which each asperity unit is allowed to slip a constant amount or not to slip at all, and in the second stage, we evaluate the slip distribution in the dislocation area determined by the Monte Carlo inversion: in this case we allow unit cells to undergo different values of slip in order to refine the initial dislocation model. The results show that the 1997 seismic events of the sequence can be modeled by irregular dislocations, obtaining a good fit to the DInSAR and GPS observations. The model also confirms the results of previous studies by a different methodology, defining the distribution of asperities on the fault plane using the fault geometry, the geodetic data and the seismic moment of the 1997–1998 Colfiorito seismic sequence. Furthermore, the analysis of 1997 aftershocks in the seismogenic region shows a strong correlation between most events and the asperity distribution, which can be considered as an independent test of the validity of the model.     

2014年新疆于田MS7.3地震同震位移及位错反演研究

利用于田震中300 km范围内的1个GPS连续站和12个GPS流动站数据,解算得到了2014年新疆于田M_S7.3地震地表同震位移,并反演了发震断层滑动分布,探讨此次地震对周边断裂的影响.地表同震位移结果显示,GPS观测到的同震位移范围在平行发震断裂带的北东-南西向约210 km,垂直发震断裂带的北西-南东方向约为120 km,同震位移量大于10 mm的测站位于震中距约120 km以内;同震位移特征整体表现为北东-南西方向的左旋走滑和北西-南东方向的拉张特征,其中在北东-南西方向,I069测站位移最大,约为32.1 mm,在北西-南东方向,XJYT测站位移最大,约为28.1 mm;位错反演结果表明,最大滑动位于北纬36.05°,东经82.60°,位于深部约16.6 km,最大错动量为2.75 m,反演震级为M_W7.0,同震错动呈椭圆形分布,以左旋走滑为主并具有正倾滑分量,两者最大比值约为2.5：1,同震错动延伸至地表,并向北东方向延伸,总破裂长度约50 km,地表最大错动约1.0 m;同震水平位移场模拟结果显示贡嘎错断裂、康西瓦断裂和普鲁断裂等不同位置主应变特征具有差异性,这种差异特征是否影响断裂带以及周围区域的应力构造特征,值得关注.     

Combination of Precise Leveling and InSAR Data to Constrain Source Parameters of the Mw = 6.5, 26 December 2003 Bam Earthquake

We used new precise leveling data acquired 40 days after the Bam earthquake in combination with radar interferometry observations from both ascending and descending orbits to investigate static deformation associated with the 2003 Bam earthquake. We invert this geodetic data set to gain insight into the fault geometry and slip distribution of the rupture. The best-fitting dislocation model is a steeply east-dipping right-lateral strike-slip fault that has a size of 11 by 8 km and strikes N2°W. We find that such smooth geometry fits available geodetic data better than previously proposed models for this earthquake. Our distributed slip model indicates a maximum strike slip of 3 m occurring about 3 to 5 km deep. The slip magnitude and depth of faulting taper to the north, where the fault approaches the Bam city. Inclusion of crustal layering increases the amount of maximum slip inferred at depth by about 4%.     

用多种数据构建2008年汶川特大地震同震位移场

本文主要以GPS、精密水准观测和卫星SAR遥感图像分析2008年汶川特大地震同震位移特征.GPS数据包括:(1)四川盆地和川西高原地区各类国家等级GPS网点复测;(2)沿破裂带国家天文大地网GPS复测.前者推算的同震位移测定精度优于2 cm,后者6~8 cm.SAR遥感资料包括:(1)ALOS 卫星升轨相位干涉图像,精度优于8 cm;(2)ALOS和ENVISAT卫星影像合成的三维位移图,精度优于0.5 m.同震位移场显示,断层下盘(四川盆地)变形总体呈扇形集中指向震中,断层上盘(龙门山)变形总体上呈逆时针旋转态势,最大的实测水平位移5.5 m.汶川、理县、茂县等地测站位移指向破裂带方向,而平武、青川等地测站逐渐转变为平行,乃至远离破裂带方向,与汶川地震逆冲兼走滑的破裂特征一致.断层上盘大幅隆升,下盘靠近断层的区域以下沉为主,远场表现为幅度很小的隆升,垂直升降区域间,有一条与龙泉山断裂带平行的升降过渡带,调节龙泉断层的应力状态.用实测变形场检验多个地震波破裂模型表明,近场(距离断层50 km) 模型形变准确度可达40~50 cm, 远场精度优于5 cm.     

用连续GPS与远震体波联合反演2015年尼泊尔中部M_S8.1地震破裂过程

由于印度-欧亚板块碰撞,位于板块边界带的喜马拉雅地区大震频繁,但对其活动性的认识仍十分有限.2015年4月25日尼泊尔中东部地区时隔80年再次发生8级地震,为研究板缘地震提供了一次难得机遇.本文用西藏和尼泊尔的GPS连续观测数据和全球分布的远震地震波记录联合反演此次特大地震的破裂过程,结果显示此次地震发生在印度板块与青藏高原接触边界面——喜马拉雅主滑脱断层上.北倾11°、近东西(295°)走向的断层面破裂约100km长(博卡拉到加德满都),130km宽(从加德满都深入我国西藏吉隆县),破裂以逆冲滑动为主,平均幅度达到2.4m,释放的地震矩高达9.4×1020 N·m.反演结果还显示,震源体主要破裂分布深度范围为5~25km,应无地表破裂,属于一次盲地震.基于GPS资料推测的地壳现今运动速率及1833年地震的震源位置,我们推测地震在此次地震破裂区域复发的周期可能为150~200a,而极震区以南的深部滑脱断层仍保持闭锁,未来仍有导致灾害性大震的可能性.     

基于GPS、水准和强震动观测资料联合反演2013年芦山7.0级地震同震滑动分布

为了更好理解2013年四川芦山M_S7.0级地震的发生过程及其与发震构造和地表多种观测资料的动力学关联,本文综合重新定位的余震分布与地质、地球物理信息构建3D发震构造模型,采用水平层状介质模型,并以震区GPS、水准、强震动等同震位移/形变观测资料为约束,联合反演了芦山主震的同震滑动分布.其中,断层解译结果表明震源区包含5条相关断层F1-F5,通过对所有可能的断层组合模型进行反演分析,显示采用F1+F3+F4+F5的组合模型反演效果相对最好,是最可能的发震断层模型.反演得到的芦山主震矩震级为M_W6.5,其中同震滑动主要分布在NW倾的主断层F1的断坡周围,最大值为0.86 m,滑动角92.88°,纯逆冲型;F1上方反倾的次级断层F3上最大滑动量为0.37 m,滑动角119.92°,表现出以逆冲为主兼右滑的斜向反冲作用;而沿另一条反倾的次级断层F4的最大滑动量为0.40 m,滑动角97.98°,几乎为纯逆冲作用.此外,震区还存在一个NW缓倾深度为5~8 km的浅部滑脱面F5,它分隔了浅部沉积盖层与深部变质基底,限制了其下方F1、F3及F4等断层的同震破裂继续向更浅部扩展.主震时深部F1和F3断层夹持的冲起构造发生了上冲运动,除了使浅层和地表产生响应运动及变形外,还引起冲起构造顶面即F5底面的NE段和SW段分别产生了NE和SWW向调节滑动,最大值0.25 m.总之,基于文中构建的F1+F3+F4+F5的发震断层模型,反演结果能很好拟合地表多种观测资料,还能解释地表GPS观测的同震"左旋"运动与地震学观测的震源断层逆冲运动的"不协调性".     

基于Sentinel-1A数据的四川长宁MS6.0地震同震形变场分析及断层滑动分布反演

利用大地测量数据研究2019年6月17日四川长宁M_S6.0地震同震形变场特征和发震断层参数, 基于DInSAR技术处理升降轨Sentinel-1A数据获取干涉相位图, 并考虑大气折射效应和余震形变误差实现同震形变场改正。四叉树采样后的形变数据作为反演数据源, 采用弹性半空间分层模型反演发震断层几何面滑动分布。结果表明本次地震发震机制为兼具逆冲和左旋走滑, 矩震级为M_W5.9, 断层破裂尺度达28 km×20 km, 震源深度约9.4 km。升降轨视线向同震形变场在断层两侧呈现形变特征差异, 最大沉降量分别是8.34 cm(升轨)和4.23 cm(降轨), 最大抬升量分别是5.5 cm(升轨)和7.5 cm(降轨); 发震断层走向为302°, 倾角为43°, 平均滑动角为50°, 断层面最大滑动量达到0.28 m。     

基于多期DInSAR数据的2016年定结地震序列发震断层特征研究

2016年5月22日,在西藏定结县发生四次MW4～5地震,研究本序列地震的发震断层几何和运动特征对于认识周边活动断裂性质具有重要意义.由于发震地区偏远,且观测台网分布稀疏,本研究采用星载雷达干涉测量(DInSAR)技术进行了同震形变场重建,但是定结地震震级较小,单干涉像对获取的形变场受相位噪声影响较大.为了解决这一问题,本研究基于时间序列Sentinel-1A干涉数据生成多期同震与非同震干涉图,并利用叠加平均法对本次定结地震同震形变场进行重建,提取了定结2016年5月22日多次地震产生的同震累计整体形变场.基于InSAR同震形变场和区域地质特征,研究进行了滑动分布反演,确定其主要贡献的发震断层几何参数及滑动分布:断层走向为188°,倾角为43°,平均滑动角为78°,发震断层的运动性质以正断为主兼具少量左旋走滑分量,滑动主要集中在断层垂直深度0～9km处,最大滑动量约为25cm,位于断层倾向深度3km处,反演得到的矩震级为MW5.58.本研究结果表明采用星载InSAR叠加平均技术可以较好地压制相位噪声,有效提取此类中小型浅源地震同震微弱形变场.最后,我们认为本次定结地震与藏南拆离断层与申...     

芦山MS7.0级地震InSAR形变观测及震源参数反演

2013年4月20四川省芦山县发生M_S7.0级地震,目前的研究资料表明地震发生在龙门山断裂南段,但地表未发现明显破裂.本研究利用InSAR技术与Radarsat-2雷达数据,获取了芦山地震同震的部分形变场,结果表明,近场区域的LOS位移发生视线向隆升,量值在7 cm左右.随后利用弹性半空间的位错模型反演了断层面参数,综合反演结果及震源机制解最终确定了发震断层的初始模型,以形变场观测数据为约束,基于梯度下降法反演获得了断层面上的滑动分布,反演得到的矩震级为M_w6.45级,断层走向213°,倾角39°~43°,最大滑动位于地表以下约13 km深度位置,最大滑动量0.91 m,平均滑动角71°,整体上仍以逆冲滑动为主,兼具左旋走滑.推测在双石-大川断裂以东12 km处展布一条隐伏断裂,为本次的发震断裂.     

基于InSAR和GPS观测数据的尼泊尔地震发震断层特征参数联合反演研究

利用日本ALOS-2和欧空局Sentinel-1A卫星获得的尼泊尔地震同震形变场,结合GPS同震位移数据,联合反演了断层滑动分布特征和空间展布.结果表明:尼泊尔地震的同震形变场主要集中在150km×100km的范围内,且分为南北两个相邻的形变中心,南形变中心的视线向抬升量约为1.2m,北形变中心的视线向沉降量约为0.8m,均位于发震断层上盘.位于形变抬升区的KKN4和NAST两个GPS站,抬升量和南向运动量均达到了m级,而远离震区的其他GPS台水平和垂直观测量均在1cm以内.联合反演得到的断层位错分布主要集中在沿走向150km,沿倾向70km的范围内,最大滑动量为5.59m,平均滑动量为0.94m.断层面倾角在浅部约为7°,随着深度增加,倾角逐渐变大,到垂直深度20km时倾角接近12°;5月12日MW7.2级余震位于主震破裂区的"凹"型滑动缺损区域;主震破裂区的上边界与MBT空间位置十分吻合,主震破裂区主要集中的MBT以北50~60km处,垂直深度为8~9km,倾角为9°,继续向北时主震破裂面以10°~12°的倾角向深延伸,在18~20km可能与MHT交汇.因此,初步判定MBT为此次地震的发震断层.     

2001年昆仑山口西MS8.1地震破裂时空过程的统一模型

2001年昆仑山口西M_S8.1地震经历了一个复杂的破裂过程,其破裂长、幅度大、破裂速度多变,成为大陆型地震研究的典型地震。本文融合近场高精度大地测量观测（4幅InSAR影像,34个GPS点位同震位移）和高信噪比远震波形记录,基于有限断层反演理论,联合反演得到该地震同震破裂时空过程的统一模型;同时,基于欧洲区域台网波形数据,利用反投影方法获得高频破裂的时空展布。联合反演结果表明,破裂自西向东传播的过程中走向有所变化,破裂尺度达400km,最大滑移量达8m,地震矩大小为6.1×10²⁰Nm,对应的矩震级M_W为7.78。主断层破裂经历了3个阶段,其中,超剪切破裂阶段对应最大位错区域,破裂到达西大滩段与昆仑山口断层交叉处时,破裂速度与尺度迅速下降。反投影结果同样显示破裂的3个阶段空间上对应大地测量反演的3个最大破裂区,最大破裂区的扩展速度达6km/s,但超剪切破裂终止在断层交叉口东部约30km处断层走向发生转变的位置。     

The Ms = 6.2, June 15, 1995 Aigion earthquake (Greece): evidence for low angle normal faulting in the Corinth rift

We present the results of a multidisciplinary study of the M_s = 6.2, 1995, June 15, Aigion earthquake (Gulf of Corinth, Greece). In order to constrain the rupture geometry, we used all available data from seismology (local, regional and teleseismic records of the mainshock and of aftershocks), geodesy (GPS and SAR interferometry), and tectonics. Part of these data were obtained during a postseismic field study consisting of the surveying of 24 GPS points, the temporary installation of 20 digital seismometers, and a detailed field investigation for surface fault break. The Aigion fault was the only fault onland which showed detectable breaks (< 4 cm). We relocated the mainshock hypocenter at 10 km in depth, 38 ° 21.7 N, 22 ° 12.0 E, about 15 km NNE to the damaged city of Aigion. The modeling of teleseismic P and SH waves provides a seismic moment M_o = 3.4 10¹⁸ N.m, a well constrained focal mechanism (strike 277 °, dip 33 °, rake – 77°), at a centroidal depth of 7.2 km, consistent with the NEIC and the revised Harvard determinations. It thus involved almost pure normal faulting in agreement with the tectonics of the Gulf. The horizontal GPS displacements corrected for the opening of the gulf (1.5 cm/year) show a well-resolved 7 cm northward motion above the hypocenter, which eliminates the possibility of a steep, south-dipping fault plane. Fitting the S-wave polarization at SERG, 10 km from the epicenter, with a 33° northward dipping plane implies a hypocentral depth greater than 10 km. The north dipping fault plane provides a poor fit to the GPS data at the southern points when a homogeneous elastic half-space is considered: the best fit geodetic model is obtained for a fault shallower by 2 km, assuming the same dip. We show with a two-dimensional model that this depth difference is probably due to the distorting effect of the shallow, low-rigidity sediments of the gulf and of its edges. The best-fit fault model, with dimensions 9 km E–W and 15 km along dip, and a 0.87 m uniform slip, fits InSAR data covering the time of the earthquake. The fault is located about 10 km east-northeast to the Aigion fault, whose surface breaks thus appears as secondary features. The rupture lasted 4 to 5 s, propagating southward and upward on a fault probably outcropping offshore, near the southern edge of the gulf. In the shallowest 4 km, the slip – if any – has not exceeded about 30 cm. This geometry implies a large directivity effect in Aigion, in agreement with the accelerogram aig which shows a short duration (2 s) and a large amplitude (0.5 g) of the direct S acceleration. This unusual low-angle normal faulting may have been favoured by a low-friction, high pore pressure fault zone, or by a rotation of the stress directions due to the possible dip towards the south of the brittle-ductile transition zone. This fault cannot be responsible for the long term topography of the rift, which is controlled by larger normal faults with larger dip angles, implying either a seldom, or a more recently started activity of such low angle faults in the central part of the rift.     

Slip Distribution and Seismic Moment of the 2010 and 1960 Chilean Earthquakes Inferred from Tsunami Waveforms and Coastal Geodetic Data

The slip distribution and seismic moment of the 2010 and 1960 Chilean earthquakes were estimated from tsunami and coastal geodetic data. These two earthquakes generated transoceanic tsunamis, and the waveforms were recorded around the Pacific Ocean. In addition, coseismic coastal uplift and subsidence were measured around the source areas. For the 27 February 2010 Maule earthquake, inversion of the tsunami waveforms recorded at nearby coastal tide gauge and Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) stations combined with coastal geodetic data suggest two asperities: a northern one beneath the coast of Constitucion and a southern one around the Arauco Peninsula. The total fault length is approximately 400 km with seismic moment of 1.7 × 10²² Nm (Mw 8.8). The offshore DART tsunami waveforms require fault slips beneath the coasts, but the exact locations are better estimated by coastal geodetic data. The 22 May 1960 earthquake produced very large, ~30 m, slip off Valdivia. Joint inversion of tsunami waveforms, at tide gauge stations in South America, with coastal geodetic and leveling data shows total fault length of ~800 km and seismic moment of 7.2 × 10²² Nm (Mw 9.2). The seismic moment estimated from tsunami or joint inversion is similar to previous estimates from geodetic data, but much smaller than the results from seismic data analysis.     

利用考虑地形起伏的反演方法获取2017年伊拉克MW7.3地震的断层参数及滑动分布

2017年11月13日伊拉克北部地区苏莱曼尼亚省发生了M_W7.3地震, 造成了重大的人员和经济损失。 本文利用升降轨的Sentinel-1和降轨的ALOS-2卫星的SAR数据, 通过差分干涉测量技术获取了该地震的同震形变场, 联合DInSAR和MAI技术, 采用抗差最小二乘法求解该地震的同震三维形变场。 基于改进的考虑地形起伏的均匀位错模型反演确定了发震断层的断层参数, 最后基于非均匀位错模型得到了发震断层的分布式滑动分布模型。 结果显示: ALOS-2卫星降轨轨道观测到的伊拉克地震引起的LOS向地表形变最大为55.8 cm抬升和47.9 cm下沉; Sentinel-1卫星观测到的伊拉克地震引起的LOS向地表形变为: 升轨轨道最大为87.9 cm抬升和17.1 cm下沉; 降轨轨道最大为55.6 cm抬升和38 cm下沉; 相对于前人的研究成果, 本文利用改进的考虑地形起伏的反演方法得到的发震断层几何参数表明发震断层为NNW走向, 倾向角为352°, 同震破裂以逆冲为主, 同时兼有一定的左旋走滑分量。 基于均匀位错模型反演得到的断层滑动分布结果表明, 同震破裂未延伸至地表, 主要滑动量集中在12~18 km, 最大滑动量位于15 km深度, 达到4.3m, 反演得到的矩震级为M_W7.35, 与UGSG、 GCMT等机构给出的结果一致。     

近场位移数据约束的2013年芦山地震破裂模型及其构造意义

以往的研究显示了2013年芦山MS7.0级地震发震断层的隐伏逆冲断层基本特征,但是破裂深部细节差异较大.本文以近场密集的同震形变数据约束芦山地震破裂面几何形状及滑动分布,结果显示芦山地震破裂面具有铲状结构,上部16km为43°~50°高角度断层,深部16~25km为小于27°的低角度断层,破裂深度与重定位的余震分布深度一致.破裂分布模型清楚显示上下两个断层上各有一个滑动幅度大于0.5m的峰值破裂区,最大滑动量1.5m位于13km深处.重定位的余震分布基本都落在最大滑动量等值线外部库仑应力增加的区域.芦山地震破裂面几何形状和滑动分布特征与2008年汶川MS8.0级地震映秀—北川破裂相似,支持龙门山冲断带发育大规模的近水平滑脱层,是青藏高原东缘地壳缩短增厚、龙门山挤压隆升的重要证据.     

Effects of fault geometry and slip style on near-fault static displacements caused by the 1999 Chi-Chi,Taiwan earthquake

We investigated the fault geometry effects and the corresponding coseismic slip distribution using various proposed earthquake fault models for the Chi-Chi earthquake of 21 September 1999. The types of fault geometries are threefold: a simple planar fault plane, a two segmented planar fault plane and a three dimensional (3D) curved fault surface rupture propagation model. We derived the estimated spatial slip distribution from an inversion analysis of GPS coseismic displacement data and show that the 3D fault model is the preferred solution. The simple and segmented fault models lead to significant artificial slip distributions associated with the pre-defined fault geometry and the spatial distribution of GPS stations. The spatial distribution of coseismic slip deduced from the 3D fault model has three observable features: (1) the overall slip is concentrated at depth of less than 12 km, which may well correspond to a shallow-dipping detachment; (2) the maximum slip of about 10 m is located 45 km to the north of the epicenter; and (3) the slip vector is dominated by the dip-slip component. In addition, the results from the inversion of GPS data are consistent with those from the inversion analysis of teleseismic broadband data. A resolution analysis, further, demonstrates that the results are highly correlated with field GPS data studies when we used synthetic test data. The inversion of spatially distributed GPS data is highly sensitive to fault geometry. We conclude that the use of the 3D fault model is not only necessary but also certainly competent enough to well explain the inferred slip style and the observed static coseismic displacements.