初始震源深度对双差定位结果的影响分析

选取芦山M7.0地震余震中初始震源深度在10~15 km范围内的地震,通过将震源深度减小5 km、增加5 km和直接固定震源深度的方法,获得不同的震源深度值来作为初始震源深度,采用双差定位法分别对不同初始震源深度地震进行重新定位,并对定位结果的震源位置进行对比分析。通过计算,认为初始震源深度误差对双差定位结果的震中位置影响比较小,但对震源深度结果却存在一定的影响。     

双差地震定位法在北天山地区地震精确定位中的初步应用

对双差地震定位法的原理进行了阐述,并将双差地震定位法应用于北天山地区(42.5°—45°N,82°—89°E)地震的精确定位。利用新疆32个地震台站记录到的1336次MS≥2.0地震的22704条P波和S波震相读数资料,经重新定位后得到其中1133次地震的基本参数。重新定位结果显示了比较精细的震中分布图像和有所收敛的震源深度剖面图像,震源深度优势分布在6—35km,平均深度为20km,部分震中位置与震源深度变化较大的地震向断裂带靠近。     

吉林前郭震群b值的深度变化特征分析

对2013年前郭地区发生的5.8级震群,联合使用固定台和流动台台站资料,整理了2013年10月31日至2015年2月28日期间发生在前郭震群地区的地震序列目录,严格筛选出404次地震事件的P波和S波到时数据,应用基于MATLAB的Z-MAP软件分析了地震目录最小完整性震级1.4,选取震级大于1.4的地震系统地分析了b值随深度的变化,发现研究区b值随深度变化有减小的趋势,具体表现在:地壳的浅部(0~4km)b值较大,在4~8 km范围内b值逐渐减小,且在8 km深度b值最小,8~10 km深度处b值进一步升高。b值随深度的这种复杂变化,表明本区域的地壳结构相对较复杂,结构分层比较明显,这种现象的物理机制可以从介质的应力状态及介质性质得到较好的解释,地震较易发生在地壳介质相对均匀,围岩压力较高的深度处,推测研究区域中强震多发生在4 km以下。     

云南地区地震的重新定位及b值研究

通过联合使用固定台站和流动台站资料,对2010年5月~2011年7月发生在云南地区的7127个地震进行重新定位。考虑到速度模型对定位结果的影响,用VELEST方法获得云南地区走时残差均方根最小的一维P波速度模型,基于反演模型用双差法对地震进行重新定位,得到5836个地震的定位结果。结果表明,云南地区发震层主要位于中上地壳,且滇西地区震源深度相对较深。用精定位后的地震目录计算云南地区b值,从b值空间分布特征可以看出,b值随深度逐渐减少,且在9~10km深度时,b值变化最为明显,可能表明云南地区中强震孕震层主要位于9km以下;同时,盈江5.8级地震序列b值的三维空间分布显示,主震发生在高低b值的过渡带。     

江苏及邻区地震重新定位和构造特征分析

本文将双差定位和遗传算法定位两种方法相结合,对江苏及邻区1980～2005年的地震进行重新定位研究.重新定位后大大改善了原地震定位的精度,地震在空间上更加集中分布在某些区域,地震震源深度分布结果更加合理.江苏及邻区地震主要发生在上地壳和中地壳;研究区不同构造单元的震源深度统计分析表明,下扬子断块江苏段、冀鲁断块和豫皖断块的地震震源深度特点相似,在10～11 km、15～17 km深处存在二个明显的地震优势分布,推测分别在上地壳底面和中地壳;在25 km深处也存在一小的地震优势分布面,但地震频次较低.大别山地区地震的震源深度与下扬子断块、冀鲁断块和豫皖断块内的地震震源深度存在明显的差异,主要差异为大别山地区10 km以上的浅源地震十分发育,在6～7 km的深处有一地震优势分布,该深度附近地震波速度可能较高,而在10 km以下差异不大.     

双差地震定位法在邯郸-邢台地区地震精确定位中的初步应用

采用双差地震定位方法,利用2001-2006年间邯郸数字台网记录到的413次M1≥1.0地震的P波和S波震相到时资料,对邯郸一邢台地区(35.0°～38.0°N,113.0°～116.0°E)的地震进行了重新精确定位.经重新定位后得到其中295次地震的基本参数.重新定位结果显示了比较精细的震中分布图像和有所收敛的震源深度剖面图像,震源深度的优势分布为12～18 km,平均深度为14.9 km,部分震中位置与震源深度变化较大的地震向断裂带靠近.     

京西北地区地震重定位及构造特征

采用双差定位法对京西北地区（39.5°—41.5° N,113°—117° E）2013年1月1日至2017年12月31日6 223次有效地震进行精确定位,得到该区震源分布的精细图像和震源深度剖面图。结果显示,重新定位后地震的水平分布更集中,沿断裂带分布特征更加明显,震中在断裂带呈更明显的条带状、簇状分布,地震与线状的深浅断裂构造的关系密切;大部分地震发生在中上地壳,震源分布为典型震源密集区的空间形态,呈纵深约15 km、直径20—40 km的近圆形“厚饼状”。     

京西北地区地震重定位及构造特征

采用双差定位法对京西北地区(39.5°—41.5°N,113°—117°E)2013年1月1日至2017年12月31日6223次有效地震进行精确定位,得到该区震源分布的精细图像和震源深度剖面图.结果显示,重新定位后地震的水平分布更集中,沿断裂带分布特征更加明显,震中在断裂带呈更明显的条带状、簇状分布,地震与线状的深浅断裂构造的关系密切;大部分地震发生在中上地壳,震源分布为典型震源密集区的空间形态,呈纵深约15 km、直径20—40 km的近圆形"厚饼状".     

2009年青海大柴旦6.4级地震序列的双差法重新定位研究

采用双差地震定位算法对2009年青海大柴旦6.4级地震和3个及以上台站记录到的余震进行了重新定位,获得了873次地震的重新定位结果。主震的震中位置为37.56°N,95.90°E,震源深度6.5 km,发震在大柴旦宗务隆山断裂带。精确定位结果与原始数据进行比较,定位残差明显减小,定位后的地震分布更加集中,主要分布在大柴旦宗务隆山断裂带周围,震源深度优势分布在2～11 km,与主震震中位置和震源深度相符。     

2005年新疆克孜尔震群的重新定位

用双差地震定位法对2005年9月23日克孜尔震群进行重新定位。 从平面上, 重新定位地震集中分布在一个长约14.5 km, 宽约 9.0 km的长方形内, 其长轴为N30°W向, 与克孜尔断裂近乎垂直。 从震源深度来看, 重新定位地震的震源深度全部分布在21 km以内, 集中分布在10~19 km, 平均深度为13.6 km; 震群中绝大部分小震发生在沉积层内, 而震级较大地震基本发生在结晶地壳的上地壳内。 其剖面图显示, 这次震群是从结晶地壳开始沿着N30°W方向向上破裂至沉积层。 根据震区附近断裂性质和该区历史小震震中分布分析认为, 克孜尔水库库区附近可能存在两条共轭断裂, 右翼断裂可能是这次震群的发震构造。     

我国华北等地区板内地震的深度分布及其物理背景

本文利用近年来地震及地壳结构资料,研究了震源深度分布。震源主要分布在4—20公里的深度范围内,称为地震活跃层,大多数地震又都集中于厚度为10—15公里的层内,称为地震密集层,密集层的深度因地而异,震源大多位于花岗岩质层。地震活跃层的分布由粘滑机制及脆性剪切破裂可能存在的范围决定,它的上界主要由稳定滑动—粘滑过渡区决定,下界由脆性—延性形变过渡区决定。地震活跃层及密集层的深度由地壳中的温度、压力及岩石条件决定。震源有成层分布的现象,可能与地壳中各界面的层间粘滑有关     

京津唐地区震源深度分布初探

在对唐山—张家口一线地震进行定位时,采用台偶时差法测定震中,不同震相之间到时差求震源深度的方法,提高了定位的精度.本地区的震源分布在5—22km的深度范围,这和估算的地壳岩石强度随深度的分布相吻合.从而推断,这里的地壳具有上部脆性、下部塑性的特性,其过渡带的深度约20km.      

紫坪铺水库地区震源位置和速度结构的联合反演

利用紫坪铺水库7个库区地震台站和10个区域地震台站记录的2004年8月至2008年5月的地震震相观测报告,通过震源位置和速度结构联合反演的方法,采用Simulps14软件对紫坪铺水库地区进行了小震精定位及速度结构反演。通过计算得到了紫坪铺水库地区记录到的几乎所有地震的精定位结果,以及0km、3km、6km和10km几个层面上较好的P波速度和波速比分布情况。精定位结果显示,紫坪铺水库地区的地震活动主要集中在虹口、玉堂镇和水磨3个地区。层析成像和波速比结果则较好地反映了紫坪铺地区受到水库渗水的影响范围及紫坪铺水库对汶川地震的影响。整体上来讲,紫坪铺水库的西南端水库渗水作用最大深度≤8km,汶川主震深度上没有明显的P波低速异常,也没有明显的波速比高值异常,说明水的渗透作用并没有达到汶川主震位置深度,即水对汶川地震的发生没有直接作用。     

THE THREE DIMENSIONAL DENSITY STRUCTURE OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE IN THE CENTRAL-SOUTHERN PART OF LONGMENSHAN

In recent years, strong earthquakes of M_S8.0 Wenchuan and M_S7.0 Lushan occurred in the central-southern part of Longmenshan fault zone. The distance between the two earthquakes is less than 80 kilometers. So if we can obtain the inner structure of the crust and upper mantle, it will benefit us to understand the mechanism of the two earthquakes. Based on the high resolution dataset of Bouguer gravity anomaly data and the initial model constrained by three-dimensional tomography results of P-wave velocity in Sichuan-Yunnan region, with the help of the preconditioned conjugate gradient(PCG)inversion method, we established the three dimensional density structure model of the crust and upper mantle of the central-southern segment of Longmenshan, the spatial interval of which is 10 kilometers along the horizontal direction and 5 kilometers along the depth which is limited to 0~65km, respectively. This model also provides a new geophysical model for studying the crustal structure of western Sichuan plateau and Sichuan Basin. The results show obvious differences in the crustal density structure on both sides(Songpan-Ganzê block and Sichuan Basin)of Longmenshan fault zone which is a boundary fault and controls the inner crustal structure. In Sichuan Basin, the sedimentary layer is represented as low density structure which is about 10km thick. In contrast, the upper crust of Songpan-Ganzê block shows a thinner sedimentary layer and higher density structure where bedrock is exposed. Furthermore, there is a wide scale low density layer in the middle crust of the Songpan-Ganzê block. Based on this, we inferred that the medium intensity of the Songpan-Ganzê block is significantly lower than that of Sichuan Basin. As a result, the eastward movement of material of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, blocked by the Sichuan Basin, is inevitably impacted, resulting in compressional deformation and uplift, forming the Longmenshan thrust-nappe tectonic belt at the same time. The result also presents that the crustal structure has a distinct segmental feature along the Longmenshan fault zone, which is characterized by obviously discontinuous changes in crustal density. Moreover, a lot of high- and low-density structures appear around the epicenters of Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes. Combining with the projection of the precise locating earthquake results, it is found that Longmenshan fault zone in the upper crust shows obvious segmentation, both Wenchuan and Lushan earthquake occurred in the high density side of the density gradient zone. Wenchuan earthquake and its aftershocks are mainly distributed in the west of central Longmenshan fault zone. In the south of Maoxian-Beichuan, its aftershocks occurred in high density area and the majority of them are thrust earthquake. In the north of Maoxian-Beichuan, its aftershocks occurred in the low density area and the majority of them are strike-slip earthquake. The Lushan earthquake and its aftershocks are concentrated near the gradient zone of crustal density and tend to the side of the high density zone. The aftershocks of Lushan earthquake ended at the edge of low-density zone which is in EW direction in the north Baoxing. The leading edge of Sichuan Basin, which has high density in the lower crust, expands toward the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with the increase of depth, and is close to the west of the Longmenshan fault zone at the top of upper mantle. Our results show that there are a lot of low density bodies in the middle and lower crust of Songpan-Ganzê Block. With the increase of the depth, the low density bodies are moving to the south and its direction changed. This phenomenon shows that the depth and surface structure of Songpan-Ganzê Block are not consistent, suggesting that the crust and upper mantle are decoupled. Although a certain scale of low-density bodies are distributed in the middle and lower crust of Songpan-Ganzê, their connectivity is poor. There are some low-density anomalies in the floor plan. It is hard to give clear evidence to prove whether the lower crust flow exists.     

POISSON'S RATIO VARIATIONS OF CRUSTAL MEDIA BEFORE AND AFTER XINYUAN-HEJING MS6.6 EARTHQUAKE IN 2012

We analyzed the variation characteristics of Poisson's ratio in crustal media from January 2009 to December 2012 at 11 fixed seismic stations(for station SCH, it is from January 2006 to December 2012)within an epicenter distance of 200km of the Xinyuan-Hejing M_S6.6 earthquake in Xinjiang on June 30, 2012 using the methods of P wave receiver functions, H-κ stacking of receiver functions, and time sliding window, and obtained the following conclusions: (1)The crustal media's Poisson ratio of five stations in an epicenter distance less than 130km showed a significant and long-lasting decline about 2~3 years before Xinyuan-Hejing M_S6.6 earthquake. Taking the crustal Poisson ratio mean value as reference, the decrease ranges between 0.003 and 0.014, the decrease in 4 stations are more than twice the mean error. The variations of the Poisson's ratio in crust are characterized by "V" shape or "double V" shape. Earthquakes occur at the end of the formation of "V" shape. After the occurrence of earthquakes, the Poisson's ratio continues to rise. The earliest initial fall appeared in July 2009 at WUS station which has the minimum epicentral distance(77km). The Poisson ratio of the crustal media of 6 stations with epicentral distance more than 150km fluctuated up and down around the mean value, and there is no significant decline or persistent low value. (2)We analyzed the arrival-time variations of the quasi-repetitive receiver functions Ps converted wave(t_Ps)of the 3 stations WUS, SCH and XNY and found that the travel times of Ps converted waves became smaller in the crust before the earthquake and increased after the earthquake. (3)Through the comprehensive analysis on the descending process, decline ranges, variations process, duration of Poisson' ratio, the Ps converted waves arrival time variations, the original time of earthquake, and the number of stations, it is inferred that the cause for Poisson's ratio anomalous variations is the change of physical properties of crustal media in the process of earthquake preparation and occurrence. Since the variation characteristics of crustal media may be related to the earthquake magnitude, the size of seismogenic area, the medium properties under stations, and the focal distance, whether the medium variation characteristics exist before and after Xinyuan-Hejing M_S6.6 earthquake will need more earthquake cases analyses. (4)The H-κ stacking of receiver functions is used to calculate the velocity ratio. Because P-wave velocity is given, this method can only be applied when the Ps converted wave velocity of Moho surface of receiver functions changes before an earthquake. With the application of receiver functions to the analysis of more earthquake cases, we can gain more insights into the variation of crustal medium parameters during the seismogenic process. This observation indicates that the receiver function method may become a new approach to detect the Poisson's ratio change of the crustal media before strong earthquake under the condition of high seismic network density.     

京西北地区地震重定位分析

利用双差地震定位方法,针对京西北地区(39.5°—41.5°N,113.5°—116.5°E)2008—2016年记录的地震进行重新定位,最终得到1819次地震精定位结果。分析表明:地震密集区域多集中分布在NE和NW向断裂交汇区域,成条带的地震走向更加清晰,成簇性地震分布更加收敛,体现了断裂对震中分布具有较强的控制作用;震源深度优势分布主要集中在4—14 km范围,表明京西北地区地震主要发生在的中上地壳;震源深度剖面显示,在不同的地震密集区,孕震深度有一定差别,揭示了断裂的深部展布特征,反映了一些地区深部发震构造的复杂性。     

USGS地震目录中4～5级震源深度异常地震可靠性初步研究:以南北地震带若干地震为例

在南北地震带地区,USGS全球地震目录中存在一些震源深度大于30km的地震.这些地震的震源深度是否可靠,对于研究这一地区的孕震机制、岩石圈强度和构造演化等科学问题具有重要意义.本文以南北地震带2012年发生的5个4~5级地震为例,利用区域地震台网的波形数据,基于sPL深度震相、短周期瑞利面波以及CAP等独立方法测定了其震源深度.结果表明:sPL深度震相和CAP方法给出的震源深度比较一致,差别小于2~3km,能够得到比较可靠的震源深度;短周期瑞利面波及其与P波振幅比也确定了地震震源深度较浅的特征.本文研究结果显示:宁夏会宁4.7级、云南富民4.8级和四川会东4.7级地震的震源深度约为8~12km左右,仍为发生于上地壳的地震,USGS地震目录给出的30km甚至更深的震源深度存在明显偏差;对于四川隆昌4.6和4.9级地震,本文给出的震源深度为1~2km,属于极浅源地震,USGS地震目录给出的10km和35km的震源深度结果尚需进一步改进.     

Crustal seismic structure and depth distribution of earthquakes in the Archean Kuusamo region,Fennoscandian Shield

Two-dimensional crustal velocity models are derived from passive seismic observations for the Archean Karelian bedrock of north-eastern Finland. In addition, an updated Moho depth map is constructed by integrating the results of this study with previous data sets. The structural models image a typical three-layer Archean crust, with thickness varying between 40 and 52 km. P wave velocities within the 12–20 km thick upper crust range from 6.1 to 6.4 km/s. The relatively high velocities are related to layered mafic intrusive and volcanic rocks. The middle crust is a fairly homogeneous layer associated with velocities of 6.5–6.8 km/s. The boundary between middle and lower crust is located at depths between 28 and 38 km. The thickness of the lower crust increases from 5–15 km in the Archean part to 15–22 km in the Archean–Proterozoic transition zone. In the lower crust and uppermost mantle, P wave velocities vary between 6.9–7.3 km/s and 7.9–8.2 km/s. The average V_p/V_s ratio increases from 1.71 in the upper crust to 1.76 in the lower crust.The crust attains its maximum thickness in the south-east, where the Archean crust is both over- and underthrust by the Proterozoic crust. A crustal depression bulging out from that zone to the N–NE towards Kuusamo is linked to a collision between major Archean blocks. Further north, crustal thickening under the Salla and Kittilä greenstone belts is tentatively associated with a NW–SE-oriented collision zone or major shear zone. Elevated Moho beneath the Pudasjärvi block is primarily explained with rift-related extension and crustal thinning at ∼2.4–2.1 Ga.The new crustal velocity models and synthetic waveform modelling are used to outline the thickness of the seismogenic layer beneath the temporary Kuusamo seismic network. Lack of seismic activity within the mafic high-velocity body in the uppermost 8 km of crust and relative abundance of mid-crustal, i.e., 14–30 km deep earthquakes are characteristic features of the Kuusamo seismicity. The upper limit of seismicity is attributed to the excess of strong mafic material in the uppermost crust. Comparison with the rheological profiles of the lithosphere, calculated at nearby locations, indicates that the base of the seismogenic layer correlates best with the onset of brittle to ductile transition at about 30 km depth.We found no evidence on microearthquake activity in the lower crust beneath the Archean Karelian craton. However, a data set of relatively well-constrained events extracted from the regional earthquake catalogue implies a deeper cut-off depth for earthquakes in the Norrbotten tectonic province of northern Sweden.