南海海槽西部俯冲带日向滩地区俯冲九州—帕劳洋脊的成像

为了研究九州—帕劳洋脊(KPR)俯冲部分与同震破裂扩展、地震活动性和浅部甚低频地震的关系,对南海海槽西部俯冲带日向滩地区进行了三维地震层析成像。结合岸上和近海记录的主动源和被动源地震数据,成像了从该海槽轴附近到海岸地区的深部板块。我们的结果表明,俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊为西北—东南向的低速带,向下扩展到约30km的深度。在这个深度,我们认为俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊与板块分离,成为上覆大陆板块的底座。由于过去大地震的同震滑动地区没有延伸到俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊,我们认为九州—帕劳洋脊可能阻碍了破裂的扩展。俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊的内部在很宽的深度上分布有活跃的板内地震活动。浅部甚低频地震在俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊上部连续发生,而在俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊的东北部却是间歇地出现。因此,俯冲的九州—帕劳洋脊看来是这个地区同震破裂扩展和地震现象的一个重要因素。     

南海海槽西部俯冲带日向滩地区俯冲九州-帕劳洋脊的成像

为了研究九州-帕劳洋脊（KPR）俯冲部分与同震破裂扩展、地震活动性和浅部甚低频地震的关系,对南海海槽西部俯冲带日向滩地区进行了三维地震层析成像。结合岸上和近海记录的主动源和被动源地震数据,成像了从该海槽轴附近到海岸地区的深部板块。我们的结果表明,俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊为西北-东南向的低速带,向下扩展到约30km的深度。在这个深度,我们认为俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊与板块分离,成为上覆大陆板块的底座。由于过去大地震的同震滑动地区没有延伸到俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊,我们认为九州-帕劳洋脊可能阻碍了破裂的扩展。俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊的内部在很宽的深度上分布有活跃的板内地震活动。浅部甚低频地震在俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊上部连续发生,而在俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊的东北部却是间歇地出现。因此,俯冲的九州-帕劳洋脊看来是这个地区同震破裂扩展和地震现象的一个重要因素。     

基于地震折射剖面的菲律宾海板块15～20°N九州—帕劳海岭的地壳结构变化

得到了菲律宾海板块15～20°N之间4条垂直于九州—帕劳海岭(KPR)剖面的重合广角和多道地震反射数据。九州—帕劳海岭为晚始新世时期形成的残余岛弧,其下的地壳厚度沿走向由8km变至20km,并且总是大于西侧西菲律宾海盆和东侧帕里西维拉海盆的相邻洋壳厚度。4条剖面中地壳最厚的区域位于九州—帕劳海岭与冲之鸟礁接壤处,初步推断可能是下地壳增厚的缘故。没有明显的证据能证明,在伊豆—小笠原—马里亚纳岛弧共轭断裂对应部分之下有推测出的P波速度为6.0～6.5km/s的厚(>5km)中地壳层。我们的结果表明,15～20°N的九州—帕劳海岭之下的地壳,相对于报道有P波速度6.0km/s的中地壳层的更北部海岭地区而言,属于不太成熟的岛弧地壳。     

西太平洋岛弧地震分布的不均匀性及其成因问题探讨

西太平洋地震活动沿岛弧呈狭窄的带状分布,但在岛弧的延伸方向上及岛弧间存在明显的差异。岛弧两端或岛弧与海岭的交接地段震源密度较大,而岛弧中段密度较小;菲律宾海板块西侧（靠大陆）的岛弧地震活动性较强,其东侧（靠太平洋）的马里亚纳岛弧地震活动性较弱;马里亚纳弧的ＮＮＥ和ＮＥ方向段地震活动比其它的方向段弱。震源密度与地貌格局及弧前构造应力有密切联系,表明导致地震活动的构造应力可能来源于大陆向海洋的运动     

基于震源机制解的鄂霍次克微板块东部俯冲带地区构造应力场反演

基于国际地震中心(ISC)提供的1970年1月～2016年12月期间的地震震源机制解,对鄂霍次克微板块东部俯冲带地区进行了应力张量反演,得到了日本海沟、千岛海沟和勘察加海沟3个俯冲带区域的构造应力场特征。研究结果显示:①海沟地区浅部区域(h100km)的水平主压应力轴与西北太平洋板块的俯冲方位一致,与海沟走向近似垂直,其洋壳一侧以拉张型应力状态为主,而陆壳一侧则以挤压型应力为主,且在弧后区域均存在拉张的应力状态;80～200km深度范围区域表现出双地震带"Ⅰ"型构造应力场特征。②日本海沟带由于俯冲角相对较小(相比于千岛海沟和勘察加海沟),水平方向沿NWW向延伸更远,大洋板块与上覆板块之间耦合更加强烈,逆冲型地震发生数量最多。③对于深部区域(h300km),千岛地区应力场表现出非均匀性特征,可能是由地幔阻力导致的;而勘察加地区应力场表现出拉张型,可能是因为俯冲板片的拉伸拖曳作用更强。     

东印度洋Roo海隆区域属性及其俯冲区域响应特征

东南亚巽他弧形汇聚板块俯冲构造体系是全球最为活跃的板块汇聚边界地带之一,早期研究认为巽他弧俯冲体系主要发育俯冲增生型板块边缘,以典型的增生棱柱体弧前隆起地貌为主要特征;最新研究发现东印度洋沃顿海盆圣诞岛海底火山群省最东段Roo海隆已经随板块运动到达爪哇海沟区域,与巽他弧其他区域正常洋壳俯冲过程相比,Roo海隆凸起构造在巽他弧体系中触发了不同的俯冲地质过程.本文结合前人研究成果,全面梳理认识Roo海隆区域属性特征,包括海隆岩性与年代学特征、起源争议、“隆-沟”区域俯冲深部结构特征;进一步增强对弧前早期俯冲侵蚀过程的理解,包括局部增生棱柱体前缘碰撞侵蚀凹陷、弧前隆起差异性抬升、弧前盆地挤压破碎变窄;并首次利用二维多道地震资料解释,探讨弧后盆地对“隆-沟-弧-盆”新俯冲构造格局的响应特征.目前弧后肯登-马都拉海峡盆地内正在发生新一期挤压构造运动,我们认为其发育的浅层挤压背斜构造特征是Roo海隆凸起构造形成的垂直正交快速高角度新俯冲构造格局下弧后盆地内的直接构造变形响应.     

龙门山构造带壳幔电性结构特征及其与汶川、芦山强震关系

青藏高原东缘龙门山构造带是研究青藏高原地壳物质向东侧向挤出的焦点地区.为探索龙门山构造带活动构造特征及其与发震构造的关系,本文通过布置垂直龙门山构造带南段芦山地震震源区的大地电磁测深剖面,运用多种数据处理手段,得到研究区可靠的电性结构,并通过与已有龙门山中段和北段剖面进行对比分析.研究表明：（1）青藏高原东缘岩石圈存在明显的低阻异常带--松潘岩石圈低阻带,该低阻异常带沿龙日坝断裂-岷山断裂-龙门山后山断裂分布,形成松潘-甘孜地块向扬子地块俯冲的深部动力学模式,通过统计研究区的历史强震,发现震源主要沿低阻异常带东侧分布,同时,低阻异常带也是低速度、低密度异常带,松潘岩石圈低阻带可能是扬子地块的西缘边界;（2）青藏高原物质东移过程中,受到克拉通型四川盆地的强烈阻挡,龙门山构造带表层岩块和物质发生仰冲推覆,表现为逆冲推覆特征的薄皮构造,中下地壳和上地幔顶部物质向龙门山构造带岩石圈深部俯冲,印支运动晚期,扬子古板块持续向华北板块俯冲,在上述构造运动作用下,呈现出刚性的上扬子地块西缘高阻楔形体向西插入柔性青藏块体的楔状构造;（3）根据电性结构推断,芦山地震受到深部上里隐伏壳幔韧性剪切带向上扩展的影响,构成芦山地震的深部主要动力来源;汶川地震的发生,在龙门山南段形成应力加载区,是触发或加快芦山地震孕育发生的另一个动力来源.     

快速演变的三板块边界上的一次大地震破裂

2007年4月1日,一次大海啸地震(MW8.1)使得所罗门群岛俯冲带在一个三联点处破裂。在这个三联点上,澳大利亚板块、所罗门海-伍德拉克盆地板块在不同滑动方向上同时向太平洋板块俯冲。大地震过程中,相关的滑动方向突变使得太平洋板块上部收敛滞弹性变形,这就产生了Simbo俯冲断层之上弧前的局部隆起,潜在地放大了局地海啸振幅。地震周期过程中的弹性形变似乎主要通过上冲的太平洋弧前来调节。这次地震显示了极其年轻的俯冲大洋岩石圈的孕震潜力和横贯坚实地质边界的破裂能力,也显示了引起隆起和海啸的复杂同震滑动的后果。     

琉球-马尼拉海沟的构造背景及发震能力评估

琉球-马尼拉海沟属于西太平洋板块俯冲带,2011年3月11日日本地震的震中同样位于西太平洋板块俯冲带,前者是否与"3·11"地震具有相同的构造背景和条件,是评估琉球-马尼拉海沟是否同样具备发生9级地震潜在能力的关键因素.文中对大量资料进行了分析,对琉球-马尼拉海沟的构造背景、分段特征及最大潜在发震能力进行了评估,认为琉球海沟属于海沟-岛弧-弧后盆地俯冲构造体系,岛弧与海沟处于向E后退的状态,表现为弱耦合特征,构造上可分为6个破裂段,最大潜在地震为8.5级;马尼拉海沟受古扩张洋脊形成俯冲板块中的"板片窗"影响,长度及规模远小于目前已发生9级以上地震的俯冲带,构造上可分为6个破裂段,最大潜在地震为8.8级.综合结果分析认为,琉球-马尼拉海沟无论是在构造背景还是规模上都与日本"3·11"地震的构造样式存在较大差异.     

年青的九州俯冲带的地震结构和岩浆作用

地震层析成像表明，在九州北部深达俯冲的菲律宾海板块的地幔楔存在低速异常，且扩展到弧前区。我们还用岩石学资料采用数值模拟方法估计地幔楔的流体分布。地震学的数值模拟结果表明，年青的板块俯冲带的熔融和岩浆作用不同于老板块。脱水和熔融发生在年青（且热）板块如九州北部（≤26Ma）之上的板块弧和弧前底下，而流体（水溶液和熔融）主要发生在老板块区的弧后。     

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 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.     

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.     

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。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Evolutionary Changes in the Configuration of the Magnetic Field of the Solar Corona in the Epoch of the Minimum

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The evolution of the magnetic configuration in the solar corona is studied. The curvature of the K-corona helmets obtained from an analytical approximation of the...