我国周边地震活动对中国大陆地震的影响

分析了1900年以来中国大陆及中国周边地震资料，认为周边强震活跃必然导致大陆地震活跃，即中国大陆强震与周边强震活动具有一体性或滞后性；我国台湾和东北地区7级以上强震与华北地震活动有着较好的对应关系；日本8级以上强震的发生表明太平洋板块活动增强，受这一影响东北地区地震也将进一步活跃。     

昆仑山口西8.1级地震后地震趋势分析

从地震活动周期对比、中国大陆周边边界动力条件变化以及西部地区强震迁移规律等方面，分析了昆仑山口西8．1级地震后中国大陆地震活动趋势，并统计分析了大陆西部7．5级以上强震对东部地区地震活动的影咱．结果显示，8．1级大震后中国大陆1900年以来的第五个地震活跃期已趋于结束，但地震频次、释放能量尚不够，大陆边界动力条件没有改变．因此今后几年大陆内部仍存在发生7级或稍强地震的可能，其中西部的西北区发震可能性相对较大；影咱东部地区地震活动的强度可能为6．5级左右。     

四川汶川8．0级地震前后中国大陆西部地震活动特征及震后趋势分析

通过对汶川8．0级地震前后中国大陆地震活动特征的分析,探讨了汶川8．0级地震的地震活动背景．重新划分了中国大陆7级以上地震的活动周期,并根据汶川地震发生的构造背景分析了汶川地震对中国大陆活动趋势的影响和西部大三角与中国大陆强震活动趋势的关系。分析结果表明：在未来1-3年中国大陆特别是西部强震活动仍然处于活跃状态,有可能再次发生7级以上地震。     

昆仑山口西地震后中国大陆未来地震形势研究

基于动力学背景和强震活动格局，从多个角度研究了中国大陆及其各次级块体的强震活动趋势。结果表明：2001年11月14日昆仑山口西8．1级地震并不是第五个强震轮回的结束地震，中国大陆特别是青藏块体今后1～3年还将继续发生7级以上地震以进行应力场调整。青藏川交界—四川中部地区是未来最有可能发生7级大震的危险区。     

中国周边地区强震与中国大陆7级以上地震活动的关系

通过对中国周边地区强震与中国大陆地区强震活动的关系分析，发现中国大陆周边地区活跃时段期间和其后3年是中国大陆地区7级以上地震活动的主要活动时期，周边地区强震活动增强后，中国大陆内部有可能发生7级以上地震，强震活动可能会逐步进入高潮，南北地震带中段未来数年发生7级以上地震的危险性较大．     

中国大陆强震时空分布特征及2021年玛多7.4级地震后趋势分析

对中国大陆强震活动的时空分布特征进行分析, 有助于中国大陆强震趋势的判定。 由于地震目录完整性的限制, 目前对中国大陆强震时间间隔的分析多基于1900年以来地震目录。 因为记录时长相对较短, 难以排除当前强震时序特征基于偶然的可能性, 并且可能导致过拟合而影响预测效果。 针对上述问题, 本文根据2021—2030年中国大陆地震重点危险区确定工作中的相关资料, 对合成地震目录进行了分析, 结果表明区域地震活动强弱交替是一种普遍现象, 当假设中国大陆活动断层具有准周期复发特征时, 合成地震目录时序特征与当前目录最为接近。 基于上述认识, 使用适用范围更广的单参数指数分布拟合了中国大陆强震间隔, 并结合相邻强震构造关联随时间的变化对2021年5月22日玛多7.4级地震后中国大陆的强震趋势进行了分析。 结果表明, 继玛多7.4级地震之后, 未来两年中国大陆再次发生7级以上地震的概率较大, 下次强震发生在2022年年底之前的概率为61.81%。 下次强震发生在2021年的概率为30.58%, 最有可能的发震区域是巴颜喀拉地块; 下次强震发生在2022年的概率为44.97%, 重点关注南北地震带中南段。     

8.1级地震对中国大陆地震形势的影响及青海地震趋势的探讨

昆仑山口西8．1级地震后中国大陆地震活动一度出现了少有的平静态势，2003年中强地震出现了明显的增强过程，尤其是6级以上强震活跃。从8．1级巨震的孕育背景、历史巨震震例及现今地震活动分布格局对中国大陆的强震形势及青海的地震趋势进行了分析讨论，认为未来数年中国大陆西部存在发生7级地震的背景，青海地区强震危险区可能仍以东昆仑断裂带及邻近的唐古拉地震带为主。     

中国大陆地震趋势分析

在近年全国地震大形势研究的基础上。根据中国大陆地震活动的时空强演化图像及其相关参数的统计结果,并结合大陆周围附近地区强震活动对其内部的影响等客观现象,对大陆地震活动趋势进行了研究预测。结果认为,中国大陆第五地震活跃期到2001年已经结束,2008年3月21日新疆于田7．3级地震可能是中国大陆新的地震活跃期开始。     

中国大陆邻区的地震活动和中国大陆地震的关系

研究了３个方面的问题，一是中国大陆周边４个地震带地震活跃期与中国大陆地震活跃期的准同步性和它们目前的活动水平；二是欧亚地震带西部与中国大陆的地震活动呈出现明显的超前或滞后性；三是中国大陆邻区６个地震区的强震与中国大陆活跃期的开始或与中国大陆强震的对应关系。     

汶川8.0级地震后中国大陆强震活动状态研究

本文从不同空间、 时间尺度对2008年四川汶川8.0级地震的影响意义进行了初步讨论, 并以此分析了其后我国大陆的强震活动状态。研究结果表明, 1800年以来中国大陆西部及邻区的大三角地区8级地震活动呈现为100年左右丛集性时间过程, 具有地震平静、 地震丛集、 地震丛集发生前的过渡和丛集发生后的调整等时间特征; 2001年11月14日昆仑山口西8.1级地震和2008年5月12日四川汶川8.0级地震的发生表明, 目前该地区可能处于8级地震丛集发生前的过渡时段。20世纪以来, 中国大陆7级强震的时间活动过程明显受大三角地区8级地震时间进程的影响, 在8级地震活动的1900—1955年时段内, 7级地震幕式活动划分不显著, 而在8级地震平静的1956—2000年时段内, 7级地震幕式活动划分清晰; 以2008年汶川8.0级地震为标志, 受大三角地区8级左右巨大地震活跃控制, 中国大陆可能将进入一组新的幕式活动不清晰的、 类似于1900—1955年的强震活跃时段。     

A Monte Carlo study of rainfall forecasting with a stochastic model

A procedure for short-term rainfall forecasting in real-time is developed and a study of the role of sampling on forecast ability is conducted. Ground level rainfall fields are forecasted using a stochastic space-time rainfall model in state-space form. Updating of the rainfall field in real-time is accomplished using a distributed parameter Kalman filter to optimally combine measurement information and forecast model estimates. The influence of sampling density on forecast accuracy is evaluated using a series of a simulated rainfall events generated with the same stochastic rainfall model. Sampling was conducted at five different network spatial densities. The results quantify the influence of sampling network density on real-time rainfall field forecasting. Statistical analyses of the rainfall field residuals illustrate improvement in one hour lead time forecasts at higher measurement densities.     

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration Aims And Scope

正This journal is established by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics(IEM),China Earthquake Administration,to promote scientific exchange between Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers so as to improve the theory and practice of earthquake hazards mitigation,preparedness,and recovery.To accomplish this purpose,the journal aims to attract a balanced number of papers between Chinese and     

Solute concentrations in the lower niger river and the source rock contribution

Water quality analyses for the Niger River for the 1980/81 hydrological year are presented. The samples were collected from the main river at Lokoja, and from two main tributaries, the Kaduna and the Benue Rivers. Different water types were distinguished by the concentrations of major ions. The type Ca > Na > Mg > K - HCO₃ > SO₄ > Cl was represented at all stations during at least part of the year. Chloride was found to dominate the sulphate ion in the Kaduna and Niger, while the Benue maintained a higher concentration of sulphate relative to chloride all year round. Distinct patterns of seasonal variation in the ion concentrations were observed, particularly for the samples collected at Lokoja. Low ion concentrations were prominent during periods of high discharge, while low flow periods coincided with high dissolved ion concentrations. The contribution of rainwater to the total dissolved solids in the river waters was assessed indirectly using rainwater chemistry data from the Gulf of Guinea. The estimated rainwater contribution to the Lower Niger amounts to 5.15 mg 1^?1. Geochemical weathering calculations involving reactions of the four major minerals of granitic rocks - anorthite, biotite, albite, and K-feldspar - with carbon dioxide and water, can account for the average water composition of the Lower Niger. The proportion of the ionic components was also related to the occurrence of the respective element in the minerals.     

Scenario predictions for potential near-field and far-field earthquakes affecting Hong Kong

Historical earthquakes noted in the written records of the South China region, including Hong Kong, are not well delineated along identified prominent fault sources. Despite the lack of any definitive, localised trend in the spatial distribution of seismic activity in the region, there does appear to be some major disparity in the seismic activity rates (especially for large magnitude earthquakes) between the near-field and the far-field regions of Hong Kong. Despite this observation, previous studies of the regional seismic activity and seismic ground motion hazard (the latter using a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, PSHA) have considered very broad source zone regions, in which uniform levels of seismic activity have been assumed. The present paper further scrutinises this broad source zone (BSZ) approach by adopting a novel expanding circular disc (ECD) method to determine the rates of earthquake recurrence. Such a method is intended to counter-check previously developed models by determining earthquake scenario events in terms of magnitude–distance (M–R) pairs or combinations, having defined values of average return period. Unlike the BSZ approach, the ECD method specifically accounts for the supposed variations in the seismic activity rates between events in the near-field and the far-field of Hong Kong.The form of the developed method is particularly suited to the determination of design-level earthquake ground motions for bedrock sites, since it assumes a directionally-independent attenuation model as described in the companion paper. It is found that, whilst the BSZ approach may indicate the overall average levels of hazard that are representative of the South China region as a whole, it does not capture the large disparity in seismic activity rates between near-field and far-field events. This important feature is expected to have a significant impact upon engineering assessments of the seismic safety of structures in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the South China region. For example, it is found that for events with M≥6, the seismic activity rate (normalised by time and area) in the very far-field is around 3.5 times larger than in the near-field and medium-field of Hong Kong. The resulting design M-R combinations, covering a range of return periods from 70 to 2500 years, are limited, for very long return periods and for distant events, by the maximum credible earthquake (MCE) magnitude. Intensive research to determine this seismic hazard parameter is recommended, in order to refine further the results of the ECD analysis, which presently conservatively assumes the MCE to range between M=6 in the near-field of Hong Kong to M=8 in the very far-field, at distances greater than 280 km from Hong Kong.     

Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia

Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales are widely distributed in southeastern Mongolia. Due to the high organic carbon content of oil shale, many geochemical studies and petroleum exploration have been conducted. Although most of the oil shales are considered to be Early Cretaceous in age, a recent study reveals that some were deposited in the Middle Jurassic. The present study aims at establishing depositional ages and characteristics of the Jurassic and Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in Mongolia. The Lower Cretaceous Shinekhudag Formation is about 250 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale and dolomite. The Middle Jurassic Eedemt Formation is about 150 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale, dolomitic marl, and siltstone. The alternations of shale and dolomite in both formations were formed by lake level changes, reflecting precipitation changes. Shales were deposited in the center of a deep lake during highstand, while dolomites were formed by primary precipitation during lowstand. Based on the radiometric age dating, the Shinekhudag Formation was deposited between 123.8 ±2.0 Ma and 118.5 ±0.9 Ma of the early Aptian. The Eedemt Formation was deposited at around 165–158 Ma of Callovian–Oxfordian. The calculated sedimentation rate of the Shinekhudag Formation is between 4.7 ±2.6 cm/ky and 10.0 ±7.6 cm/ky. Shales in the Shinekhudag Formation show micrometer‐scale lamination, consisting of algal organic matter and detrital clay mineral couplets. Given the average thickness of micro‐laminae and calculated sedimentation rate, the micro‐lamination is most likely of varve origin. Both Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales were deposited in intracontinental basins in the paleo‐Asian continent. Tectonic processes and basin evolution basically controlled the deposition of these oil shales. In addition, enhanced precipitation under humid climate during the early Aptian and the Callovian–Oxfordian was another key factor inducing the widespread oil shale deposition in Mongolia.     

THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF THE INFILTRATION PROBLEM

ABSTRACT

The one-dimensional transient downward entry of water in unsaturated soils is investigated theoretically. The mathematical equation describing the infiltration process is derived by combining Darcy's dynamic equation of motion with the continuity and thermodynamic state equations adjusted for the unsaturated flow conditions. The resulting equation together with the corresponding initial and boundary conditions constitues a mathematical initial boundary value problem requiring the solution of a nonlinear partial differential equation of the parabolic type. The volumetric water content is taken as the dependent variable and the time and the position along the vertical direction are taken as the independent variables. The governing equation is of such nature that a solution exists for t > 0 and is uniquely determined if two relationships are defined, together with the specified state of the system, at the initial time t = 0 and at the two boundaries. The two required relations are those of pressure versus permeability and pressure versus volumetric water content.

Since the partial differential equation has strong non-linear terms, a discrete solution is obtained by approximating the derivatives with finite-differences at discrete mesh points in the solution domain and integrated for the corresponding initial and boundary conditions. The use of an implicit difference scheme is employed in order to generate a system of simultaneous non-linear equations that has to be solved for each time increment. For n mesh points the two boundary conditions provide two equations and the repetition of the recurrence formula provides n—2 equations, the total being n equations for each time increment. The solution of the system is obtained by matrix inversion and particularly with a back-substitution technique. The FORTRAN statements used for obtaining the solution with an electronic digital computer (IBM 704) are presented together with the input data.

Analysis of the errors involved in the numerical solution is made and the stability and convergence of the solution of the approximate difference equation to that of the differential equation is investigated. The method applied is that of making a Fourier series expansion of a whole line of errors and then following the progress of the general term of the series expansion and also the behavior of each constituent harmonic. The errors (forming a continuous function of points in an abstract Banach space) are represented by vectors with the Fourier coefficients constituting a second Banach space. The amplification factor of the difference equation is shown to be always less than unity which guarantees the stability of the employed implicit recurrence scheme.

Experiments conducted on a vertical column packed uniformly with very fine sand, show a satisfactory agreement between the theoretically and experimentally obtained values. Many experimental results are shown in an attempt to explain the infiltration phenomenon with emphasis on the shape and movement of the wet front, and the effects of the degree of compaction, initial water content and deaired water on the infiltration rate.     

Late Permian post‐ophiolitic trondhjemites from Central Iran: a mark of subduction role in growth of Paleozoic continental crust

Late Permian trondhjemites in the Anarak area occur as stocks and dykes, which cross cut the Anarak ophiolite and its overlying metasedimentary rocks, and are exposed along the northern Anarak east–west main faults. These leucocratic intrusive bodies have enclaves of all ophiolitic units and metamorphic rocks. They are composed of amphibole, plagioclase (oligoclase), quartz, zircon and muscovite. Secondary minerals are chlorite (pycnochlorite), epidote, albite, magnetite and calcite. Whole‐rock major‐ and trace‐element analyses reveal that they are characterized by high SiO ₂ (67.8–71.0 wt%), Al ₂ O ₃ (14.9–17.1 wt%) and Na ₂ O (5.3–8.6 wt%), low K ₂ O (0.1–1.5 wt%; average: 0.8 wt%), low Rb/Sr ratio (0.01–0.40; average: 0.09), low Y (3–6 ppm), negative Ti, Nb and Ta anomalies, slightly negative or positive Eu anomaly, LREE enrichment and fractionated HREE. These rocks present 2 to 40 times enrichment in inclined chondrite‐normalized REE patterns. Geochemical characteristics of the Anarak trondhjemites all reflect melting of a mafic protolith at more than 10 kbar. The field evidence and whole‐rock chemistry reveal that these rocks have been crystallized from magmas derived from melting of subducted Anarak oceanic crust. This study reveals that melting of garnet amphibolite was an important element of continent formation in the study area.