Promoting effects of 1975 Haicheng foreshocks on theoccurrence of the mainshock

Ｐｒｏｍｏｔｉｎｇｅｆｆｅｃｔｓｏｆ１９７５ＨａｉｃｈｅｎｇｆｏｒｅｓｈｏｃｋｓｏｎｔｈｅｏｃｃｕｒｒｅｎｃｅｏｆｔｈｅｍａｉｎｓｈｏｃｋＸｉｎｇ－ＣａｉＬＩ（李兴才）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ，ＳｔａｔｅＳｅｔｉｓｍｏｌｏｇｉｃａ...     

Random field characteristics of earthquake occurrence and test of earthquake occurrence rate

ＲａｎｄｏｍｆｉｅｌｄｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｓｔｉｃｓｏｆｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｏｃｃｕｒｒｅｎｃｅａｎｄｔｅｓｔｏｆｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｏｃｃｕｒｒｅｎｃｅｒａｔｅＭｅｎｇ－ＴａｎＧＡＯ（高孟潭）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ，Ｓｔａｔｅ...     

Analysis of foreshock sequence of the 1975 Haicheng earthquake of Ms 7.3

Ａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｆｆｏｒｅｓｈｏｃｋｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅｏｆｔｈｅ１９７５ＨａｉｃｈｅｎｇｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｏｆＭｓ７．３Ｚｈａｏ－ＲｏｎｇＺＵＯ（左兆荣）；Ｊｉａｎ－ＰｉｎｇＷＵ（吴建平）ａｎｄＺｈｉ－ＬｉｎｇＷＵ（巫志玲）（Ｉｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆ...     

Static solution of a crack degenerated from dynamic solution of a propagating crack

ＳｔａｔｉｃｓｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｏｆａｃｒａｃｋｄｅｇｅｎｅｒａｔｅｄｆｒｏｍｄｙｎａｍｉｃｓｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｏｆａｐｒｏｐａｇａｔｉｎｇｃｒａｃｋＳｈｉ－ＹｕＬＩ（李世愚）ａｎｄＹｕｎ－ＴａｉＣＨＥＮ（陈运泰）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ...     

Mechanical analysis of en echelon structure and its significance of controlling earthquakes

ＭｅｃｈａｎｉｃａｌａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｆｅｎｅｃｈｅｌｏｎｓｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅａｎｄｉｔｓｓｉｇｎｉｆｉｃａｎｃｅｏｆｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｌｉｎｇｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｓＸｉｎ－ＳｈｅｎｇＸＩＥ（谢新生）ａｎｄＸｉａｏ－ＰｉｎｇＲＵＡＮ（阮小平）（Ｉｎｓｔｉｔ...     

Research of pattern dynamics parameters of crustal deformation field in seismogenic process

ＲｅｓｅａｒｃｈｏｆｐａｔｔｅｒｎｄｙｎａｍｉｃｓｐａｒａｍｅｔｅｒｓｏｆｃｒｕｓｔａｌｄｅｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎｆｉｅｌｄｉｎｓｅｉｓｍｏｇｅｎｉｃｐｒｏｃｅｓｓＳｈｕｏ－ＹｕＺＨＯＵ（周硕愚），ＹｕｎＷＵ（吴云），Ｒｕｏ－ＢｏＷＡＮＧ（王若柏）ａｎｄ...     

Stochastic model of bedrock earthquake motion and determination of its parameters

ＳｔｏｃｈａｓｔｉｃｍｏｄｅｌｏｆｂｅｄｒｏｃｋｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｍｏｔｉｏｎａｎｄｄｅｔｅｒｍｉｎａｔｉｏｎｏｆｉｔｓｐａｒａｍｅｔｅｒｓＤｉ－ＴａｏＮＩＵ（牛荻涛）（Ｘｉ＇ａｎＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｏｆＡｒｃｈｉｔｅｃｔｕｒａｌＳｃｉｅｎｃｅａｎ...     

A stochastic model of the Fourier phase of strong ground motion

ＡｓｔｏｃｈａｓｔｉｃｍｏｄｅｌｏｆｔｈｅＦｏｕｒｉｅｒｐｈａｓｅｏｆｓｔｒｏｎ　ｇｒｏｕｎｄｍｏｔｉｏｎＺｈｅｎ－ＰｅｎｇＬＩＡＯ；（廖振鹏）ａｎｄＸｉｎｇＪＩＮ（金星）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＥｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇＭｅｃｈａｎｉｃｓ，ＳｔａｔｅＳ...     

Temporal variations of coda Q~（－1） associated with the dahaituoshan， Beijing， earthquake of 1990

Ｐｒｅｓｅｎｔａｄｄｒｅｓｓ：ＳｏｕｔｈＣａｌｉｆｏｒｎｉａＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ，ＵＳＡ．ＣｏｎｔｒｉｂｕｔｉｏｎＮｏ．９３Ａ００３２，ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ，ＳＳＢ，Ｃｈｉｎａ．ａｎｄｓｔａｔｉｏｎａｒｅｓｅｐａｒａｔｅ，ｓｕｐｐｏｓｉｎｇａｒａｎｄｏｍａｎｄｈｏｍｏｇｅｎｅｏｕｓｄｉｓｔｒｉｂｕｔｉｏｎｏｆｔｈｅｓｃａｔｔｅｒｓｉｎａｔｈｒｅｅ－ｄｉｍｅｎｓｉｏｎａｌｉｎｆｉｎｉｔｅａｎｄｐｅｒｆｅｃｔｌｙｅｌａｓｔｉｃｍｅｄｉｕｍ．ＴｈｅｅｎｅｒｇｙｄｅｎｓｉｔｙａｔａｄｉｓｔａｎｃｅｏｆｒｉｓｇｉｖｅｎａｓＥ（ｒ，ｔ｜ω）＝［Ｗ０（ω）ｇ０（ω）］／（４πｒ２）．Ｋ（ｖｔ／ｒ）．ｅｘｐ（－ωＱｃ－１ｔ）ｖｔ＞ｒ（２）ＷｈｅｒｅＫ（ｘ）＝（１／ｘ）ｌｎ［（ｘ＋１）／（ｘ－１）］，ａｎｄｇ０（ω）ｉｓｔｈｅｔｏｔａｌｓｃａｔｔｅｒｉｎｇｃｏｅｆｆｉｃｉｅｎｔｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｚｉｎｇａｓｃａｔｔｅｒｉｎｇｐｏｗｅｒｐｅｒｕｎｉｔｖｏｌｕｍｅｏｆｔｈｅｈｏｍｏｇｅｎｅｏｕｓｍｅｄｉｕｍ．Ｃｏｍｐａｒｉｓｏｎｏｆｖａｒｉｏｕｓｏｂｓｅｒｖａｔｉｏｎｓｉｎｃｌｕｄｉｎｇｃｏｄａｄｅｃａｙ     

Simulation of the active and quiet periods of seismicity

ＳｉｍｕｌａｔｉｏｎｏｆｔｈｅａｃｔｉｖｅａｎｄｑｕｉｅｔｐｅｒｉｏｄｓｏｆｓｅｉｓｍｉｃｉｔｙＺＨＯＮＧ－ＸＭＮＨＵＡＮＧ（黄忠贤）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＣｒｕｓｔａｌＤｙｎａｍｉｃｓ，ＳｔａｔｅＳｅｉｓｍｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌＢｕｒｅａｕ，Ｂｅｉｊｉ...     

Influence of “stress reversal” on rock resistivity during loading procedure

The properties of rock resitivity were studied under pressure, particularly with “stress reversal”, a procedure in which the pressure applied was increased and decreased. It was observed that, 1) With pressure increasing, the main feature of resistivity change was increase-steady-decrease for high-saturation rock samples (saturation 70–100%). But the main feature for low-saturation samples was different. 2) In 10 out of 11 cases of “stress reversal” for high-saturation samples the resistivity droped (about 2%). Such drop could explain the anomalies in geoelectricity terms, which are commonly observed before earthquakes in China. 3) It was also observed shortly before rock failure that, a) the resistivity drops more dramatically (about 20%) during “stress reversal” period, which is much more than ordinary drops. b) these drops occurred not only during stress decrease but also during stress increase. c) Resistivity exhibits anisotropy: the resistivity along different directions may differ by 10%. These three features may indicate that the rock is nearing failure, while ordinary resistivity drops are only connected with “stress reversal” and may not mean the imminence of rock failure. 4) Resistivity increase was observed during the “stress reversal” period for low-saturation rock samples. The results mentioned above were explained with the effect of water flowing in and out of the cracks of rock. The temporary factors which yield a reduction of the maximum main stress, may enhence the possibility of earthquake occurrence.     

Dipole electrode sounding in earthquake prone region

This paper aims to analyse the geoelectrical resistivityρ _s data on the dipole electrode sounding, which were firstly accumulated from the earthquake prone region in China. The analyses on the one order difference value of the geoelectrical resistivity indicated that, firstly, more than 4 percent of theρ _s data reveals the precursors by 3 to 76 days ahead the earthquakes occurring, with the magnitude range of 4 ≤M ≤ 6. 4, in a region of 100 km around the station, and secondly, the results revealed that the seasonal variation ofρ _s data were slight. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,14, 211–219, 1992.     

On the relation of the imminent sudden change in earth resistivity to the active fault and earthquake generating stress field

In this paper, the relations of the changes of earth resistivity (ρ) _s recorded at 100 geoelectrical stations in 31 earthquakes occurred in the continent of China, to the active faults (active abyssal faults or badly active faults near the focal zone) and the causative stress fields are discussed and the following conclusions are obtained:

1. On the condition that a station is near the active fault and in the direction of the causative stress (DCS) of an earthquake (EQ), the immediate variation ofρ _s to the earthquake (called “immediate variation” for short) could be recorded generally at the station.
2. The active fault which lies between a station and the epicenter of an earthquake seems to play a role in “obstructing” the recording of the imminent variation when the strike of the fault is close to the DCS of the earthquake. When that is parrallel with the DCS the “obstructing” function of the fault is strongest; when normal with the DCS, weakest.

The regularity seems to have the universality for moderate earthquakes and strong ones occurred in the continent of China.     

Features and physical process of the dynamic evolution pattern of ground resistivity precursor front

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＳｉｎｃｅｔｈｅ１９６０′ｓ,ｔｈｅｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｏｆｍｏｄｅｒｎｓｃｉｅｎｃｅａｎｄｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙｈａｓｇｒａｄｕａｌｙｍａｄｅｉｔｐｏｓｉｂｌｅｔｏｐｒｅｄｉｃｔｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｓａｎｄｈａｓｐｒｏｍｏｔ...     

The characteristics of variation in inhomogeneity of temporal-spatial distribution of short to imminent precursors before strong earthquakes

IntroductionShort-to-imminentprecursorsstillarethemainbasisforearthquakepredictioninthepresenttime.Strongquakes,especiallythosewithnoforeshocks,canbeforecastedtosomeextentbasedonabundantshoat-to-imminentprecursorsandcombiningwiththemid-to-longtermvar...     

On the relation of moderate-short term anomaly of earth resistivity to earthquake

IntroductionMany anomalies due to earthquake have been recorded in observation of earth-resistivity for30 years and over, which showed that there objectively existed the anomalies of each-resistivity.The crustal strUcture and medium conditions are quite complex, so the complexity of the temporal,spatial and intensive development of the anomalies is inevitable. Both of time and amplitUde ofanomalies among some stations near an epicenter are different (even among different observational directi…     

Some results of modeling D-D seismogenic pattern by the fracture model experiment of large-scale rock samples (I)

Using the natural limestone samples taken from the field with dimension of 500 mm×500 mm×1 000 mm, the D-D (dilatancy-diffusion) seismogeny pattern was modeled under the condition of water injection, which observes the time-space evolutionary features about the relative physics fields of the loaded samples from deformation, formation of microcracks to the occurrence of main rupture. The results of observed apparent resistivity show: 1 The process of the deformation from microcrack to main rupture on the loaded rock sample could be characterized by the precursory spatial-temporal changes in the observation of apparent resistivity; 2 The precursory temporal changes of observation in apparent resistivity could be divided into several stages, and its spatial distribution shows the difference in different parts of the rock sample; 3 Before the main rupture of the rock sample the obvious “tendency anomaly” and “short-term anomaly” were observed, and some of them could be likely considered as the “impending earthquake” anomaly precursor of apparent resistivity. The changes and distribution features of apparent resistivity show that they are intrinsically related to the dilatancy phenomenon of the loaded rock sample. Finally, this paper discusses the mechanism of resistivity change of loaded rock sample theoretically. This subject is supported by the key project during the 8-th “Five Year Plan” from the State Science and Technology Commission of China (85-04-04).     

Properties of wave velocity for two types of granitoids at high pressure and temperature and their geological meaning

The wave velocity for two types of granitoids was measured using the analytic method of full-wave vibration at high pressure and high temperature. The laws of velocity changes for them differ with the pressure boost and temperature rise, and the velocity change of S-type is more violent than that of I-type. The “softening point” of compressional wave velocity (V μ) is also revealed during the measurement for two types of granitoids imitating the pressure and temperature at a certain depth. But the depth of “softening”, V_p after “softening” and the percentage of V_p’s drop around the “sofrening point” for two types of granitoids are obviously different. The depth of “softening” is 15 km approximately and V_p after “softening” is 5.62 km/s for S-type granitoid. But for I-type granitoid the depth of “softening” is 26 km approximately and V_p after “softening” is 6. 08 km/s. Through careful analysis of rock slices after the experiment, it was found that the “softening” of elastic-wave velocity is caused by the partial melting of granite. Combined with the results of geophysical prospecting, these results suggest that the low-velocity layers developing in the interior of Earth crust are related to thc partial melting of different types of granitoids. The formation of the low-velocity layer in the upper-middle Earth crust is closely related to the development of S-type granitoid, but that in the lower Earth crust is closely related to the development of I-type granitoid.     

Interpretation of S-wave data from Tai’an-Xinzhou DSS profile and its relationship with Xingtai earthquakes

On the basis of S wave information from Tai’an-Xinzhou DSS profile and with reference to the results from P-wave interpretation, the 2-D structures, including S-wave velocity V _s, ratio γ between V _p and V _s; and Poisson’ s ratio σ, are calculated; the structural configuration of the profile is presented and the relevant inferences are drawn from the above results. Upwarping mantle districts (V _s≈4.30 km/s) and sloping mantle districts (V _s≈4.50 km/s) of the profile with velocity difference about −4% at the top of upper mantle are divided according to the differences of V _s, γ and σ in different media and structures, also with reference to the information of their neighbouring regions; the existence of Niujiaqiao-Dongwang high-angle ultra-crustal fault zone is reaffirmed; the properties of low and high velocity blocks (zones) including the crust-mantle transitionalzone and the boudary indicators of North China rift valley are discussed. A comprehensive study is conducted on the relation of the interpretation results with earthquakes. It is concluded that the mantle upwarps, thermal material upwells through the high-angle fault, the primary hypocenter was located at the crust-mantle juncture 30.0∼33.0 km deep, and additional stress excited the M _S=6.8 and M _S=7.2 earthquakes at specific locations around 9.0 km below Niujiaqiao-Dongwang, the earthquakes took place around the high-angle ultra-crustal fault and centered in the brittle media and rock strata with low γ and low σ values. This subject is part of the 85-907-02 key project during the “8th Five-Year Plan” from the State Science and Technology Commission.     

Fracture characteristics of the 1997 Jiashi, Xinjiang, China, earthquake swarm inferred from source spectra

Broadband P and S waves source spectra of 12 MS5.0 earthquakes of the 1997 Jiashi, Xinjiang, China, earthquake swarm recorded at 13 GDSN stations have been analyzed. Rupture size and static stress drop of these earthquakes have been estimated through measuring the corner frequency of the source spectra. Direction of rupture propagation of the earthquake faulting has also been inferred from the azimuthal variation of the corner frequency. The main results are as follows: ①The rupture size of MS6.0 strong earthquakes is in the range of 10～20 km, while that of MS=5.0～5.5 earthquakes is 6～10 km.② The static stress drop of the swarm earthquakes is rather low, being of the order of 0.1 MPa. This implies that the deformation release rate in the source region may be low. ③ Stress drop of the earthquakes appears to be proportional to their seismic moment, and also to be dependent on their focal mechanism. The stress drop of normal faulting earthquakes is usually lower than that of strike-slip type earthquakes. ④ For each MS6.0 earthquake there exists an apparent azimuthal variation of the corner frequencies. Azimuthally variation pattern of corner frequencies of different earthquakes shows that the source rupture pattern of the Jiashi earthquake swarm is complex and no uniform rupture expanding direction exists.