汶川M_S8.0地震中央断裂东北端地表破裂特征及其构造含义

汶川地震地表破裂在东北端从石坎子乡到窝前的运动性质存着从走滑分量略高于倾滑分量到完全为右旋走滑运动的变化过程,倾滑分量在石坎子—平溪段具有逆断性质,在矿坪子及其以北为正断性质,未见挤压变形,窝前完全为右旋走滑运动,地表变形带宽度集中在10m以内;在董家村,地震地表破裂带主要表现为张性裂缝及地堑式负地形,是地震破裂在尾端应力作用下,应变不均一性调节的产物,地表变形带宽度约10～12m;在东河口以北未见地表破裂的证据,推测汶川地震地表破裂带没有穿过流经青川县东河口、关庄、凉水井一带的清水河,东河口一带的构造地貌现象反映了垂直差异性运动,不存在右旋走滑运动的地质地貌证据。在中央断裂东北端断层一侧隆升和另一侧拉张的典型四象限格局成为汶川地震地表破裂的端部表现特征。中央断裂上的汶川地震地表破裂带总长度为240km左右。在汶川地震过程中,沿着中央断裂在地表产生的构造变形在中央断裂的范围内就已经得到了调整,并没有越过中央断裂的范围而传递到以外的地段。     

汶川地震震害与活动断层“避让带”宽度的分析研究

正2008年5月12日中国汶川发生里氏8.0级特大地震,沿地表可见活动断层无坚不摧的地震地表破裂与强烈的地震动使得地表破裂带沿线及其两侧近断层的建筑物遭受了毁灭性的破坏,同时,地震引发的大量山体滑坡、岩石崩塌、泥石流等次生地质灾害,加重了建筑物破     

四川北川新县城地震地质灾害研究

汶川地震给北川老县城造成了毁灭性的破坏。北川新县城选址与建设中地震地质灾害研究是其中一项重要内容。本文通过对汶川地震中北川老县城所遭受的地震地质灾害及北川新县城地质条件的分析,在地质考察、地质钻探、断层探测等基础上,对北川新县城地震地质灾害进行了研究,认为北川新县城不会发生断裂地表破裂、砂土液化等灾害;在新县城南部可能发生局部崩塌;新县城南东侧河流侵蚀堆积阶地局部可能发生轻微滑坡灾害。建议在规划和建设中对上述灾害引起注意,进行必要的防治。     

芦山地震崩滑灾害空间分布及相关问题探讨

由于逆断层作用,2013年芦山M_S 7.0地震诱发的崩滑地质灾害分布表现出了明显的上盘效应与方向效应。在震后应急科考中未发现发震断层的地表破裂带,然而灾区大量出现的地震诱发滑坡、崩塌,加之密集的余震分布、地震烈度调查结果等,提供了确定芦山地震宏观震中、地震动错动方向以及研究地震发震构造等的诸多线索。 统计结果表明,芦山地震诱发的滑坡、崩塌具有明显的优势滑动方向（135°～144°）,该方向揭示了地震断层的错动方向,与震源机制解反映的一致,大体垂直于发震断层的走向;从地震诱发崩塌、滑坡灾害点的分布与密度判断,宏观震中位于宝盛乡北,在仪器记录震中东北约3.6km处;从余震群分布、地震诱发滑坡分布特点及地震等烈度线等,结合以往强震如汶川地震等的调查经验,推测当震级足够大时,发震断层地表破裂带可能通过地质灾害、余震密集区东侧的边缘地带,总体平行于双石-大川断裂。另外,通过分析地层岩性与崩滑地形条件之间的关联性,发现崩滑灾害在某些地层岩性中易发,灾害点呈线性排列的原因是不同地层岩性之间抗风化能力的差异性,造成在地层分界线上形成线性陡崖或高坡度地带,使之在强震作用下容易发生崩塌、滑坡。     

四川汶川8.0级地震震源过程

2008年5月12日在青藏高原与四川盆地交界的龙门山山脉发生了M_s8.0级强烈地震,引发山体滑坡等地质灾害,造成了巨大的人员伤亡和经济损失.本文利用远场体波波形记录结合近场同震位移数据,根据地质资料和地震形成的地表破裂轨迹,构造了一个双“铲状”有限地震断层模型,利用反演技术重建地震的破裂过程.结果显示汶川大地震主要是沿龙门山构造带的映秀-北川断裂和灌县-江油断裂发生的逆冲兼右旋走滑破裂事件.断层面上的滑动分布显示两个高滑动区先后发生在地震破坏最为严重的映秀和北川地区,最大滑动量高达1200～1250 cm,且破裂过程也显示一定的复杂性.地震破裂的平均走滑量略大于平均倾滑量,与多种观测资料获得的震前龙门山断裂带构造变形相一致,推断是由于长期区域应力场作用和龙门山地区特殊的物质组成和结构孕育了这次千年尺度的强烈地震.     

汶川地震破裂过程联合反演及高频辐射研究

汶川地震是发生在叠瓦状曲面断层上的一次复杂破裂过程,北川—映秀断层和灌县—江油断层以及与其垂直相交的小鱼洞断层均有地表破裂发生,已有动力学和运动学研究表明断层破裂扩展至3个断层相交处发生了重要的转换。因而,北川断层、彭灌断层和小鱼洞断层的破裂顺序是反演汶川地震破裂过程的关键。本文首先建立合理的三维复杂断层模型,采用3种可能的破裂方式,基于并行非负最小二乘法和多时间视窗技术,联合远场、近场、GPS和地表破裂资料,反演汶川地震精细破裂过程,给出了合理的破裂方式。进一步采用近场加速度记录和差分进化方法,反演断层面上高频辐射分布规律,对比分析高低频地震波辐射的差异。主要成果如下:1.综合考虑三维发震构造模型、余震分布和地表破裂调查,建立更符合实际的曲面断层模型;采用远场36个台站垂直向P波位移记录,利用并行非负最小二乘法结合多时间视窗技术,反演了汶川地震破裂过程。研究表明:(1)目前震源破裂过程反演广泛采用的单侧破裂,在北川断层虹口—映秀近地表区域不产生与地表破裂相符的位错。如果彭灌断层与小鱼洞断层相交处发生双侧破裂,则会在断层南段近地表处产生高达4 m的位错,且在北川断层虹口—映秀近地表区域不产生位错,这与地表破裂矛盾。而北川断层浅部区域从与小鱼洞断层相交处发生双侧破裂,则会在虹口—映秀近地表产生与地表破裂相符的位错,明显优于单侧破裂。综合3种破裂方式的结果,本文认为北川断层在与小鱼洞断层相交处发生双侧破裂更符合汶川地震的实际情况。(2)北川断层南段和彭灌断层空间上接近,两者在远场台站的格林函数波形相似,基于远场记录的反演不能区分两者的位错,且北川断层南段位错分布的可靠性大于彭灌断层的位错分布。2.选用近场方位角覆盖较均匀的43个台站三分向速度记录,采用并行非负最小二乘算法结合多时间视窗技术,得到了汶川地震破裂过程。研究表明:(1)与远场记录反演结果相似,单侧破裂和彭灌断层在与小鱼洞断层相交处发生双侧破裂,北川断层虹口—映秀浅部都不产生位错。要使虹口—映秀区域发生与地表破裂吻合的位错,只有北川断层在与小鱼洞断层相交处发生双侧破裂才能满足,所以北川断层需发生双侧破裂。北川断层西南侧高倾角区域有明显的破裂停顿和二次破裂,部分区域破裂持时可达15 s左右。(2)51MZQ、51SFB、51MXN和51MXT等台站水平向较大的PGV与断层面相邻区域的滑动速率具有很好的一致性。说明断层面上发生较大滑动速率的区域,其临近台站往往伴随有较大的PGV产生。3.为了克服单一数据分辨率不足的缺陷,联合远场和近场资料以及联合远场、近场、GPS和同震位移观测资料反演了汶川地震破裂过程。研究表明:(1)联合远场和近场资料,提高了北川断层南段高倾角部分、PGF南半段区域以及北川断层北川附近滑动分布的识别能力。(2)反演中加入GPS资料能很好地控制断层浅部和北川断层北段的滑动分布。(3)联合反演结果显示,汶川地震破裂持续时间达100 s,释放地震矩为1.058×1021 N·m,断层面上存在5个凹凸体,表明此次地震至少由5个子事件组成。滑动主要分布在北川断层上,说明北川断层是主要的破裂面。在北川断层南段上,龙门山镇下侧以及虹口—映秀近地表区域的位错以逆冲错动为主,最大滑动量达12 m,位于虹口下侧;在岳家山到清平近地表附近错动以逆冲为主兼有走滑错动,最大滑动量约为10 m。北川断层北段上,北川附近滑动以逆冲为主,最大滑动量10 m;南坝到青川区域以走滑错动为主,最大滑动量10 m。在彭灌断层上,白鹿下方区域的位错也以逆冲为主,断层深部位错达8 m。4.利用芦山地震记录建立的加速度包络衰减关系和汶川地震近场30个台站的加速度包络,基于线源模型采用差分进化方法反演了汶川地震断层面上高频(1 Hz)辐射区域分布。结果表明:(1)断层面上高频辐射分布很不均匀,辐射较强的区域主要位于:产生较大地表破裂的映秀、北川和南坝区域;映秀和北川等凹凸体的周边区域,包括震中东北侧60—90 km区域、北川和南坝东北侧30 km处;断层破裂停止的东北端约30 km长的区域。其中,破裂贯穿到地表的映秀、北川和南坝是高频和低频辐射都很强的区域。(2)对于无观测记录场点,选择其临近且场地条件类似的台站加速度提取平稳随机过程,结合高频辐射分布和衰减关系得到的包络,合成了加速度时程,可为汶川地震结构震害分析提供地震动输入。     

5·12汶川地震地表破裂基本参数的再论证及其构造内涵分析

地震地表破裂基本参数是反演地震破裂过程的基本约束条件和预测其他活动断层地震危险性不可缺少的物理量.以野外地表破裂带重要观测点全站仪或差分GPS仪实测数据为基础,结合高分辨率遥感资料解译、先存断层陡坎构造地貌标志的识别、以及地形测绘资料的考证等,重新论证了5·12汶川地震地表破裂带展布样式、长度、最大同震位移值等基本参数.结果表明,地震地表破裂带长度可达240 km,最大垂直位移为6.5±0.5 m,最大右旋走滑位移4.9 m,基于倾角向下变缓逆断层模型推测汶川地震在龙门山推覆构造带中段产生了最大~7 m的地壳缩短量,说明青藏高原东缘横向逆断层为将高原内部东向水平运动转换为高原隆升的转换构造,这一研究结果有助于深化认识青藏高原东缘隆升机理.     

汶川M_S8.0地震地表破裂带及其发震构造

震后应急野外考察表明,2008年5月12日汶川MS8.0地震在青藏高原东缘龙门山推覆构造带上同时使北川-映秀断裂和灌县-江油断裂两条倾向NW的叠瓦状逆断层发生地表破裂。其中,沿北川-映秀断裂展布的地表破裂带长约240km,以兼有右旋走滑分量的逆断层型破裂为主,最大垂直位移6.2m,最大右旋走滑位移4.9m;沿灌县-江油断裂连续展布的地表破裂带长约72km,最长可达90km,为典型的纯逆断层型地表破裂,最大垂直位移3.5m;另外,在上述两条地表破裂带西部还发育着1条NW向带有逆冲垂直分量、左旋走滑性质的小鱼洞地表破裂带,长约6km。这一地表破裂样式是近期发生的特大地震中结构最复杂的一次逆断层型地表破裂,地表破裂的长度也最长。利用已有的石油地震剖面,结合余震分布和地表破裂带特征等资料构建的三维发震构造模型表明,龙门山推覆构造带现今和第四纪时期以地壳缩短为主,斜滑逆冲型地震表明青藏高原中东部的水平运动在华南地块与巴颜喀拉地块之间的龙门山推覆构造带上转化为地壳的缩短和隆升     

2008年汶川地震断层北川段的几何学与运动学特征及地震地质灾害效应

2008年5月12日M_S8.0 汶川大地震的主要发震断层是龙门山断裂带的映秀—北川断裂.本研究通过地震后的实地调查和地震前后高空间分辨率航空与卫星影像的解译,对映秀—北川断裂带北川段（擂鼓镇—曲山镇）同震地表破裂带的几何学与运动学特征及相关地震地质灾害进行了详细分析.研究结果表明5·12汶川大地震沿映秀—北川断裂带产生的地表破裂带正穿过北川县城—曲山镇中心,并在曲山镇周围诱发了一系列大型滑坡和岩崩等地质灾害,致使北川县城遭到毁灭性破坏.野外考察表明北川段最大逆冲量和右旋走滑量都达8~10 m,这也是映秀—北川地表地震破裂带中位移量最大的地段.同时,值得注意的是曲山镇一带正是地震断层几何学和运动学特征改变的转换地带：曲山镇及其南西部断层倾向北西,呈现以逆冲为主兼右旋走滑的特征;在曲山镇北东断层倾向南东,表现为右旋走滑分量与垂直分量相当,走滑活动特征更明显.研究结果还表明,逆冲-走滑型（或斜向逆冲型）同震地表破裂带的几何学和运动学特征直接影响地震地质灾害及其破坏程度,地震地质灾害的分布表现出明显的不对称性：断层NW盘（上盘）远远强于SE盘（下盘）.地震断层的几何学特征与断层运动的应力及坡向的自由面之间相互作用,加强了滑坡、岩崩等地质灾害的破坏力.因此,汶川大地震为我们研究逆冲-走滑型同震地表破裂的几何学、运动学特征及其地震地质灾害效应提供了契机.     

关于四川汶川8.0级地震的思考

汶川8.0级地震给我们国家和人民带来巨大的灾难,也向我们提出许多值得进一步思考与吸取的教训。严重的震灾告诉我们:城镇建设必须进行地震地质环境评价和检查,避免不利地形地貌条件,避开容易产生滑坡、砂土液化和泥石流等非稳定地区;应严格按国家规定的抗震设防标准进行设防,房屋建筑,包括农村民房建筑都应严格执行有关抗震技术规程;应加强活动构造研究,查明活动断裂分布和可能的发震构造;由于历史地震记载时间太短,大陆内部地震复发周期又长,在进行地震危险性评价时,一定要慎用历史地震重复原则,而要加强活动构造与古地震研究,以尽可能全面掌握大地震复发的历史;低滑动速率的活动构造也可能发生大地震,但其重复间隔更长,要特别注意其最后一次事件至今的离逝时间;汶川8.0级地震震源破裂是一个多点破裂过程,是深部断裂由滑脱带向前端断坡扩展的结果,地表表现为双断坡活动,在震源破裂扩展的过程中,破裂性质发生转换,西南段以逆断层为主,东北段转变为以走滑作用为主,逆断层型初始破裂发生于龙门山构造带中段,随后的走滑破裂已突破中段,并穿过龙门山构造带的东北段,成为一条新生破裂带。1997年玛尼、2001年昆仑山口西和2008年汶川7～8级地震系列是巴颜喀喇     

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.