Normalization of seismic quantities and units

In the seismological field, attention paid to the problem concerning the normalization of seismic quantities and their units has not been enough all along. In different countries, different seismological organizations and different academic periodicals, seismic quantities and their units are used according to different rules and are expressed in different forms. Some of such examples include that some units unapproved by the International Conference on (CGPM) and some units that can not be u…     

Cepstrum analysis of seismic source characteristics

This paper introduces the concept of cepstrum.By investigating the difference in source characteristics between earthquakes and explosions the paper infers the manifestation of source difference in various variable domains,and seeks for effective means to express such source difference.Extending the approach of source discrimination from time and frequency domain to the cepstrum domain,the paper proposes a method of cepstrum analysis for recognizing the characteristics of seismic sources and establishes criteria for identifying the type of seismic sources.Cepstrum analysis on some recent earthquakes and explosions has been made,and the result shows that the method is quite effective in practice.     

Study of a 3-D seismic gap

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Analysis of structural fuzzy random seismic response

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Velocity structure and active fault of Yanyuan-Mabian seismic zone―The result of high-resolution seismic refraction experiment

The authors processed the seismic refraction Pg-wave travel time data with finite difference tomography method and revealed velocity structure of the upper crust on active block boundaries and deep features of the active faults in western Sichuan Province. The following are the results of our investigation. The upper crust of Yanyuan basin and the Houlong Mountains consists of the superficial low-velocity layer and the deep uniform high-velocity layer, and between the two layers, there is a distinct, and gently west-dipping structural plane. Between model coordinates 180-240 km, P-wave velocity distribution features steeply inclined strip-like structure with strongly non-uniform high and low velocities alternately. Xichang Mesozoic basin between 240 and 300 km consists of a thick low-velocity upper layer and a high-velocity lower layer, where lateral and vertical velocity variations are very strong and the interface between the two layers fluctuates a lot. The Daliang Mountains to the east of the 300 km coordinate is a non-uniform high-velocity zone, with a superficial velocity of approximately 5 km/s. From 130 to 150 km and from 280 to 310 km, there are extremely distinct deep anomalous high-velocity bodies, which are supposed to be related with Permian magmatic activity. The Yanyuan nappe structure is composed of the superficial low-velocity nappe, the gently west-dipping detachment surface and the deep high-velocity basement, with Jinhe-Qinghe fault zone as the nappe front. Mopanshan fault is a west-dipping low-velocity zone, which extends to the top surface of the basement. Anninghe fault and Zemuhe fault are east-dipping, tabular-like, and low-velocity zones, which extend deep into the base-ment. At a great depth, Daliangshan fault separates into two segments, which are represented by drastic variation of velocity structures in a narrow strip: the west segment dips westward and the east segment dips eastward, both stretching into the basement. The east margin fault of Xichang Mesozoic basin features a strong velocity gradient zone, dipping southwestward and stretching to the top surface of the basement. The west-dipping, tabular-like, and low-velocity zone at the easternmost segment of the profile is a branch of Mabian fault, but the reliability of the supposition still needs to be confirmed by further study. Anninghe, Zemuhe and Daliangshan faults are large active faults stretching deep into the basement, which dominate strong seismic activities of the area.     

New national seismic zoning map of China

1 Background of the new national seismic zoning map The policy of seismic disaster mitigation in the Chinese mainland is prevention first. According to the law, the earthquake design for ordinary structures must fit the demand of national seismic zoning map. Seismic zoning map is the basis of the earthquake design (TANG, 1998; WU, et al, 1998). The seismic zoning map must be updated with the progress in methodology and accumula-tion of the data. There are three generations of national seis…     

Rheology of continental lithosphere and seismic anisotropy

Rheology of rocks controls the deformation of the Earth at various space-time scales, which is crucial to understand the tectonic evolution of continental lithosphere. Researches of rock rheology are mainly conducted via high-pressure and hightemperature rheological experiments and multi-scale observations and measurements of naturally deformed rocks. At present, a large amount of data from such kinds of studies have been accumulated. This paper first provides an up-to-date comprehensive review ...     

The limit properties of spatial coherence of seismic ground motion

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Study of crustal seismic velocity in the Weihe fault depression basin by seismic tomographic imaging

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The regional characteristics of seismic activity in China

ＴｈｅｒｅｇｉｏｎａｌｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｓｔｉｃｓｏｆｓｅｉｓｍｉｃａｃｔｉｖｉｔｙｉｎＣｈｉｎａＺｈｅｎ－ＬｉａｎｇＳＨＩ，ＪｉａｎＷＡＮＧａｎｄＸｉａｏ－ＤｏｎｇＺＨＡＮＧ（时振梁，王健，张晓东）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ，Ｓ...     

Global test of seismic static stress triggering model

Introduction Whether static stress change generated by earthquakes can trigger subsequent earthquakes heretofore is still in debate. Some researchers believe that seismic Coulomb failure stress change generated by earthquake can affect the seismicity nearby (King, et al, 1994; Toda, et al, 1998; Stein, 1999; Seeber, Armbruster, 2000). However, some researchers believe that this model is wrong. For example, Beroza and Zoback (1993) found that stress change generated by the 1989 Loma Prieta …     

Tutorial review of seismic surface waves’ phenomenology

In recent years, surface wave seismology has become one of the leading directions in seismological investigations of the Earth’s structure and seismic sources. Various applications cover a wide spectrum of goals, dealing with differences in sources of seismic excitation, penetration depths, frequency ranges, and interpretation techniques. Observed seismic data demonstrates the great variability of phenomenology which can produce difficulties in interpretation for beginners. This tutorial review is based on the many years’ experience of authors in processing and interpretation of seismic surface wave observations and the lectures of one of the authors (ALL) at Workshops on Seismic Wave Excitation, Propagation and Interpretation held at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy) in 1990–2012. We present some typical examples of wave patterns which could be encountered in different applications and which can serve as a guide to analysis of observed seismograms.     

H_∞ drift control of time-delayed seismic structures

In this paper,an optimal H∞ control algorithm was applied to the design of an active tendon system installed at the first story of a multi-story building to reduce its interstory drift due to earthquake excitations.To achieve optimal control performance and to guarantee the stability of the control system,an optimum strategy to select control parameters γ and α was developed.Analytical expressions of the upper and the lower bounds of γ and α were obtained for a single degree-of-freedom system with state fee...     

Study of the anomaly of seismic fractal spectrum before strong earthquakes

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Influence of uncertainty in delimitation of seismic statistical zone on results of PSHA

The seismic hazard of research area is evaluated by probabilistic analysis method for three different seismic statistical zone scenarios.The influence of uncertainty in seismic statistical zone delimiting on the evaluation result is discussed too.It can be seen that for those local sites along zone‘s border or within areas with vast change of upper bound magnitude among different scenarios the influence on seismic hazard result should not be neglected.     

On unified analysis of uncertainty in seismic hazard assessment

（胡聿贤，陈汉尧）Ｏｎｕｎｉｆｉｅｄａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｆｕｎｃｅｒｔａｉｎｔｙｉｎｓｅｉｓｍｉｃｈａｚａｒｄａｓｓｅｓｓｍｅｎｔ￥Ｙｕ－ＸｉａｎＨＵａｎｄＨａｎ－ＹａｏＣＨＥＮ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｐｈｙｓｉｃｓ，ＳｔａｔｅＳｅｉｓｍｏｌｏｇ...     

Some considerations on the physical mea-sure of seismic intensity

Introduction In1564,an Italian man named Jacopo Gastaldi(XIE,1958)presented the first macroseismic intensity scale in the world,which based on the building damage and the ground surface failure after an earthquake.Today the seismic intensity has developed into an indispensable important concept,which applies to seismology and earthquake engineering,however it was just used to de-scribe earthquake damage while the concept of intensity was established.With this concept,seis-mologist can estima…     

The statistical laws of strong seismic motion phase characteristics

ＴｈｅｓｔａｔｉｓｔｉｃａｌｌａｗｓｏｆｓｔｒｏｎｇｓｅｉｓｍｉｃｍｏｔｉｏｎｐｈａｓｅｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｓｔｉｃｓＸｉｎｇＪＩＮ（金星）ａｎｄＺｈｅｎ－ＰｅｎｇＬＩＡＯ（廖振鹏）（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＥｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇＭｅｃｈａｎｉｃｓ，Ｓ...     

Transverse seismic response of beam aqueduct considering fluid-structure coupling

Based on the theory of Housner, the transverse seismic response of beam aqueduct considering fluid-structure cou-pling is established. With the variation of aqueduct cross-section ratio of depth to width, the aqueduct transverse seismic response change. The transverse seismic response of a large-scale aqueduct in several work condition are calculated. It shows that the transverse seismic response is greatly influenced by the water mass in the aqueduct, but the shaking water play a TLD role. If the whole water is appended aqueduct body, it will magnify seismic iner-tia action. When aqueduct cross-section is selected, the influence of ratio of depth and width to pier seismic re-sponse should be considered in order to reduce seismic action.