云南地区中小地震震源机制及构造应力场研究

利用云南数字地震台网记录的区域波形资料， 通过波形反演确定了发生在云南地区的33次中小地震的震源机制. 结果表明，在川滇菱形块体内部及边界附近的地震以走滑为主，由震源机制得到的主压应力方向从北到南由北北西-南南东方向转向近南北向，张应力轴方向则主要表现为北东东-南西西或北东 南西向；在青藏高原东部地区，主压应力方向从青藏高原内部向外成放射状展布，张应力方向大多与该地区的弧形构造平行. 在28N附近地区，主压应力轴和张应力轴方向都存在较大的变化，其分界线似与龙门山断裂向西南方向的延长线相对应. 川滇菱形块体之外的地震的主压应力轴和张应力轴方向与块体内部的方向存在一定的差异. 通过与哈佛大学中强地震震源机制结果的对比发现，云南地区中小地震震源机制的反演结果与强震震源机制的结果有较好的一致性，表明中小地震的震源机制可用于该地区区域构造应力场的研究.      

用遗传算法反演1994年台湾海峡地震的震源过程及其相关研究

将遗传算法应用于地震矩张量解的反演问题．采用数字化台网P波波形资料及台湾台网P波初动方向资料,研究了1994年9月16日台湾海峡7.3级地震及其邻近地区(北纬21～26,东经115～120)ML5.8共5个地震的矩张量解及震源参数．在5个地震中,1994年9月16日台湾海峡7.3级地震是我国东南沿海地区自1918年南澳7.3级地震以来最大的一次地震．结果表明:这次7.3级地震的矩张量解以双力偶成分为主,是断层面接近NW走向的正断层．断层面的走向与大震前地震的条带分布走向及余震分布显示的破裂图象较相像．震源机制的张应力轴接近水平,近NE走向;压应力轴几乎垂直,近NWW走向．似乎表明,这次地震是受菲律宾板块向欧亚板块北西向挤压的力源控制．但从P轴接近竖直而T轴接近水平看,这是一次强烈拉张性的正断层．其它4个强震震源机制解与7.3级大震相互差别较大．这些地震震源机制解的复杂性表明了海峡地震序列发展过程是比较复杂的．      

新源、和静交界M_L6.8地震序列的应力降和震源机制研究

采用新疆区域台网记录的2012年6月30日新源、和静交界M_L6.8地震序列的数字波形资料,研究分析了余震序列应力降的变化特征及其地震序列震源机制的相关性。采用波谱分析方法和Brune震源模型,计算了新源、和静交界M_L6.8地震序列震源参数、地震序列中不同事件在相同台站的体波零频震源谱值、地震谱振幅相关系数;并对地震序列震源机制解进行聚类分组。结果表明:①在余震序列平静阶段,应力降呈平稳态势,强余震前应力降出现升高-回落变化过程;②滑动平均谱振幅相关系数在主震后发散,表明余震的震源机制解与主震的相关性降低;③震源机制解聚类分组结果显示,M_L6.8地震序列主要以走滑型地震为主,主压应力轴呈近NS向,与近NS向的构造应力场结果基本一致,一定程度上显示了地震前天山中段受NS向水平挤压应力作用明显;④震级、震源机制演化表明,强余震前震源机制解表现较好的一致性,显示了区域应力场控制作用增强,对后续强余震发生具有预测意义。     

用P波、S波初动和振幅比计算中小地震震源机制在云南地区的应用

利用云南数字地震台网记录的区域波形资料,用P、S波初动和P、S波的振幅比联合计算了发生在云南省内的91次中小地震的震源机制.通过与矩心矩张量法和P波初动法的结果对比分析,认为用P、S波初动和振幅比求解震源机制的方法是可行可靠的,用这种方法不仅可以得到5级以上地震的震源机制,也可以计算台网分布较好地区的3～4级地震的震源机制.另外,用91个地震的震源机制资料得到了云南地区震源机制类型、主压应力轴的平面分布及其统计图,结果表明云南地区以走滑型地震为主,主压应力轴优势分布方向为NNE向,这些结果与利用哈佛得到的结果是一致的.     

近期新疆震源机制解与地震活动特征研究

分析了2003-2009年新疆及其周边88次中强震震源机制解及其分布特征,并结合同期地震活动特点与区域应力场进行了讨论.认为:这一期间新疆主要受NNW向水平挤压应力制约,与1990-2002年新疆主压应力P轴NNE向分布有一定差异;中强震震源断层具有多样性,显示出新疆构造运动的复杂性;主压应力P轴仰角的变化与新疆地震活动的强弱交替相关;研究时段内不同强度的地震空间分布具有较明显的层次性特征.     

福建仙游地震序列的震源机制解

2010年8月4日至2013年10月4日福建仙游共记录到地震1209次,其中最大地震为2013年9月4日发生的ML5.0地震。为了加强对仙游地震序列的研究,更好地了解仙游地震的发震构造及震区的区域应力场,本文利用福建数字地震台网宽频带地震记录,采用矩张量反演方法,得到仙游地震序列中ML3.5的6次地震的震源机制解。这6次地震的震源机制解结果较为一致,都为走滑型地震,断层走向为NW向,倾角陡立,主压应力轴方向为近SN向。反演得到的主压应力轴方向与福建地区的区域应力场并不一致,本文认为仙游地震是由位于震区的金钟水库蓄水造成震区应力调整而引起的。     

九寨沟M_S7.0地震震源机制解及构造应力场研究

2017年8月8日四川九寨沟县发生M_S7.0地震。根据中国地震台网固定台站的记录波形,利用gCAP方法和P波初动符号反演方法求解了主震的震源机制解,其结果与哈佛CMT震源机制解、美国地质勘探局发布的震源机制以及中国地震局发布的各震源机制解有很好的一致性。此外,还求解了九寨沟地震震中附近2010—2016年间28次小震的震源机制解,利用得到的小震震源机制解反演了该区域的构造应力场。结果表明,这一区域构造应力场的最大应力轴与最小应力轴均为水平方向,其中最大应力轴方向为NWW方向,最小应力轴方向为SSW方向。     

应力降的标度性质与震源谱高频衰减常数

震源谱的高频衰减常数对于较大的地震接近于2,对于小地震接近于3,而对于大、小之间的地震则通常不是一个整数,并且随地震尺度而变化．我们把震源谱高频衰减常数及其随地震尺度的变化与应力降随地震尺度的变化联系起来,试图给出在地震记录的完整性和高频特性并不理想的情况下,间接地研究应力降标度性质的方法．对1988年澜沧-耿马地震部分余震的研究表明,就这些余震而言,小地震的应力降随地震尺度而增加、大地震的应力降保持不变的模型,可以很好地解释观测得到的震源谱高频衰减常数及其随地震尺度的变化．      

1997-1998年伽师强震群震源区应力场特征

利用1997-1998年伽师强震群中强地震震源机制系统聚类及震源区应力场反演,得到以下主要结果:(1)伽师强震群中强地震主要以走滑和正断层为主,伽师震源区主压应力方向为NNE或近NS向,与相邻的柯坪块体区域构造应力场方向不一致;伽师强震群的破裂面沿NEE方向,属左旋破裂;(2)4~5级中强地震应力场反演得到最大主压应力轴为NNE向,最小主压应力轴为NWW向,中等主应力轴倾角为65°,比较直立;(3)伽师强震群震源区应力场在强震前后经历了一系列变化。最后对所得结果进行了一定的讨论。     

岫岩-海城Ms5.4地震序列震源机制解

应用 P波初动符号资料 ,求解得到了岫岩 -海城 5.4级地震前、主、余震 2 0个 ML ≥ 4.0的震源机制解。分析表明 ,该地区的主压应力轴 (P)大多为 NEE- SWW向 ,主张应力轴 (T)大多为 NNW- SSE向 ,P、T轴仰角基本上小于 30°,表明力轴以水平者最多。N轴大多较陡。A、B节面的走向分别为 NWW向和 NNE向。岫岩 -海城地震主要为走滑断层类型。余震震源机制解绝大多数与主震相近 ,结果比较稳定 ,表明余震的应力场主要受主震震源应力场的控制     

On the synchronism in the events within the core and on the surface of the earth: the changes in the organic world and in the polarity of the geomagnetic field in the phanerozoic

The data on geomagnetic reversals are compared with the changes in the organic world and with the lower-mantle plumes. The times of the formation of plumes and the times of their appearance on the Earth’s surface relate to the intervals characterized by the different frequencies of geomagnetic reversals, i.e., there is no interrelation between the formation of plumes and the frequency of the changes in the geomagnetic field polarity. At the same time, a certain synchronism is observed between the frequency of the geomagnetic reversals and the boundaries of the biostratigraphic ages, i.e., the changes in the organic world in the long-period range. A hypothesis is proposed, which explains the change in the sign of the geomagnetic field by the combined effect of the irregular rotation of the internal core relative to the mantle and the changes in the slope angle of the axis of the Earth’s rotation, which, in turn, results in synchronous events on the Earth’s surface: the rates of changes in the organic world.     

On the gravimetric undulations of the geoid and the deflections of the vertical

Summary The author mentions the aims of the World-wide gravity project he established in the Ohio State University in Columbus, in 1950. He outlines the practical procedure of the gravimetric computations of the undulationsN and the vertical deflection components and and emphasizes that only by the global international cooperation and additional gravity observations at sea carried out during the last decade it has been possible to gather to Columbus the needed gravity material. Since there exist still large gravimetrically unsurveyed areas it is of vital significance to study what gravity anomalies are best to be used for these regions. The given figures concerning the accuracy of theN, and , estimated theoretically and obtained in practice, indicate that in the gravimetrically well surveyed parts of the world like in Europe and the United States we can get gravimetrically on basis of existing gravity material theN-values with accuracy of about 5–10 meters, and and with the accuracy of about 1. The geoid undulationsN are already computed in Columbus for more than 6000 points of the northern hemisphere. The sample maps show the interesting geoid of Europe and vicinity between the latitudes 60° and 30° and longitude 5° W and 30° E, drafted on basis of more than 1000N-values computed at the corners of 1°×1° squares. It is interesting to realize that the geoid undulations in all this area are positive, the extreme values being between 40 and 50 meters. The geophysical significance of the geoid maps of this kind is pointed out.     

On the maintenance of the axisymmetric part of the flow in the atmosphere

Summary The maintenance of the axisymmetric component of the flow in the atmosphere is investigated by means of a steady-state, quasi-geostrophic formulation of the meteorological equations. It is shown that the meridional variations in the time-averaged axisymmetric variables can be expressed as the sum of three contributions, one being due to the eddy heat transport, another to the eddy momentum transport, and a third to the convective-radiative equilibrium temperature which enters the problem through the specification of a Newtonian form of diabatic heating. The contributions by the large scale eddies are evaluated through the use of observed values for the eddy heat and momentum transports.The contributions from each of the three forcing mechanisms to the temperature and zonal wind fields are invstigated individually and found to be of about equal importance. The sum of the three contributions are also presented for the temperature, the zonal wind, the stream function associated with the mean meridional circulation and the corresponding vertical motion. Although the results fail to reproduce the main observed features of the lower stratosphere, they are found to be in good agreement with observations in the middle latitude troposphere. At any pressure level, for example, the computed mean zonal wind has a jet-like profile and the axis of the jet is found to slope to the south with height, as observed in the atmosphere.Based in part on a thesis submitted by the first author as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Michigan. — Publication No. 194 from the Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, The University of Michigan.     

太平洋中部地磁台11年周期变化的研究

综合APIA、HONOLULU、PAMATAI 3个地磁台三分量的11年周期变化的形态后,可定性地提出该变化源于内场。如内源为核幔边界的电涡流,则其中心点应位于3台之间。     

Comparison Between the Nutations of the Planet Mars and the Nutations of the Earth

The nutations of the planets Mars andEarth are investigated and compared. Alarge number of interior structureparameters are involved in the nutationcomputations. The comparison between the observations and the computationsprovides several constraints on these parmeters andtherefore allows a better understanding of the physics of the interior of theplanet. For the Earth, the high precision of the observations of the nutationshas led to a very good determination of interior properties of the planet. ForMars, observations of nutations are not yet available, and we review how theamplitude of the Martian nutations depends on the hypotheses consideredfor its interior. Although Mars is very similar to the Earth, its interior is not well known;for example, we don't knowif its core is liquid or solid. Only if the core is liquid,the Free Core Nutation (FCN) normal mode exists and can alter the nutationswhich are close to the resonance. From the observed geoids, it is known thatboth planets are not in hydrostatic equilibrium. The departure is larger forMars than for the Earth, and consequently, the implication of considering a convective mantle instead of a mantle in hydrostatic equilibrium described byClairaut's equation for the initial equilibrium state of the planet is largeron the Martian nutations than on the Earth nutations. The consequences of theuncertainty in the core dimensions are also examined and shown to be of a veryhigh influence for Mars if the core is liquid, due to the potential changes inthe FCN resonance. The influence of the presence of an inner core, which isknown to exist for the Earth, could be more important for Mars than for theEarth if the inner core is large. Due to the presence of Tharsis on Mars, thetriaxiality of this planet has, additionally, larger effects than on Earth.     

Magnetic stratigraphy of the Ordovician in the lower reach of the Kotuy River: the age of the Bysy-Yuryakh stratum and the rate of geomagnetic reversals on the eve of the superchron

Until recently, the existing data prevented the geophysicists from accurately dating the Bysy-Yuryakh stratum, which outcrops in the middle reach of the Kotuy River, constraining the time of its formation to a wide interval from the end of the Late Cambrian to the beginning of the Silurian. The obtained paleomagnetic data unambiguously correlate the Bysy-Yuryakh stratum to the Nyaian regional stage and constrain its formation, at least a considerable part of it, by the Tremadocian. This result perfectly agrees with the data on the Bysy-Yuryakh conodonts studied in this work and yields a spectacular example of the successful application of paleomagnetic studies in solving important tasks of stratigraphy and, correspondingly, petroleum geology. Within the Bysy-Yuryakh stratum, we revealed a large normal-polarity interval corresponding to the long (>1 Ma) period when the geomagnetic reversals were absent. This result, in combination with the data for the Tremadocian and Middle–Upper Cambrian sequences of the other regions, indicates that (1) the rate of occurrence of the geomagnetic reversals on the eve of the Ordovician Moyero superchron of reversed polarity was at most one reversal per Ma; (2) the superchron does not switch on instantaneously but is preceded by a certain gradual change in the operation conditions of the dynamo mechanism which, inter alia, manifests itself by the reduction of the frequency of geomagnetic reversals with the approach of the superchron. This finding supports the views according to which a process preparing the establishment of the superchrons takes place at the core–mantle boundary.     

On the variation in the geomagnetic dipole over the geological history of the Earth

The global database on the paleointensity, containing determinations of the virtual dipole moment (VDM) for a stable (normal) regime of the geomagnetic field in a time interval of up to 3.5 Ga, is supplemented by new VDM determinations and analyzed. The field generation process started no later than 3–3.5 Ga (earlier data are absent) at the stage of the Earth’s core formation. Since that time, the dipole value has differed from its present value by no more than an order of magnitude, and the deviations that have already been detected tend toward smaller values. The distribution of VDM values in the time interval 0–400 Ma is bimodal, which apparently reflects the presence of two different generation levels of the geomagnetic field distinguished by a relatively large value (close to the present field value) and a relatively small value (approximately half as large as the present value). The total duration of decreased VDM values appreciably exceeds that of increased VDM values (179.1 and 28.6 Myr, respectively). On the whole, data on the paleointensity do not contradict the hypothesis about the dipole nature of the field over the last 400 Myr; however, the number of determinations at high paleolatitudes is too small to draw decisive conclusions on the validity (or invalidity) of the dipole field approximation based solely on paleointensity data.     

Structure of the poleward wall of the trough and the inclination of the geomagnetic field above the EISCAT radar

A special high-resolution routine of the EISCAT radar has been used to investigate the structure and development of the poleward wall of a deep trough in electron density. The feature was tracked by the radar during a 7-hour period under very quiet geomagnetic conditions. The field-aligned nature of the structure enabled an estimate to be made of the inclination of the geomagnetic field above EISCAT that was in good agreement with the current model. Observations of narrow field-aligned enhancements in electron temperature demonstrated that the wall of this trough is a dynamic feature, reforming regularly as the electron density responds on a time scale of tens of minutes to energy input from soft-particle precipitation.