Fault tectonic analysis of Kii peninsula,Southwest Japan: Preliminary approach to Neogene paleostress sequence near the Nankai subduction zone

The southern part of the Outer Zone of Southwest Japan including the Kii peninsula belongs to the tectonic ‘shadow zone’, where fewer conspicuous active faults and less Quaternary sediments develop than in the Nankai subduction zone and Inner Zone of Southwest Japan. In order to study the paleostress sequence of the Kii peninsula, we analyzed fault‐slip data and tension gashes at pilot sites of Early–Middle Miocene forearc sediments and Late Cretaceous accretionary complex. According to the results, six faulting events are reconstructed in sequence: (i) east–west extension (normal faulting); (ii) east–west compression and north–south extension (strike‐slip faulting); (iii) NNW–SSE compression and ENE–WSW extension (strike‐slip faulting); (iv) northeast–southwest compression and northwest–southeast extension (strike‐slip faulting); (v) WNW–ESE compression (strike‐slip or reverse faulting); and (vi) NNE–SSW extension. The north–south to NNW–SSE trending dyke swarm of Middle Miocene age in the Kii peninsula is thought to be related to Event 3, implying that Event 3 was active at least during the Middle Miocene. Because Event 6 is recognized solely at a site, the overall latest faulting event seems to be Event 5. Assuming that the compression results from the motion of the crust or plate, the compression direction of Event 5 is in good accordance with the present‐day WNW crustal velocity vectors of the Kii peninsula. The stress trajectory map of Southeast Korea and Southwest Japan reveals that the current compression directions of the Kii peninsula correspond to the combinatory stress fields of the Himalayan and Philippine Sea tectonic domains.     

Performance of an artificial neural network on forecasting the daily occurrence and annual depth of rainfall at a tropical site

Performance of a feed‐forward back‐propagation artificial neural network on forecasting the daily occurrence and annual depth of rainfall at a single meteorological station is presented. Both short‐term and long‐term forecasting was attempted, with ground level data collected by the meteorological station in Colombo, Sri Lanka (79° 52′E, 6° 54′N) during two time periods, 1994–2003 and 1869–2003. Two neural network models were developed; a one‐day‐ahead model for predicting the rainfall occurrence of the next day, which was able to make predictions with a 74·3% accuracy, and one‐year‐ahead model for yearly rainfall depth predictions with an 80·0% accuracy within a ± 5% error bound. Each of these models was extended to make predictions several time steps into the future, where accuracies were found to decrease rapidly with the number of time steps. The success rates and rainfall variability within the north‐east and south‐west monsoon seasons are also discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Long-term changes in distribution and chemistry of middle Miocene to Quaternary volcanism in the Chokai-Kurikoma area across the Northeast Japan Arc

Abstract To understand the characteristics of long‐term spatial and temporal variation in volcanism within a volcanic arc undergoing constant subduction since the cessation of back‐arc opening, a detailed investigation of middle Miocene to Quaternary volcanism was carried out within the Chokai‐Kurikoma area of the Northeast Japan Arc. This study involved a survey of available literature, with new K–Ar and fission track dating, and chemical analyses. Since 14 Ma, volcanism has occurred within the Chokai‐Kurikoma area in specific areas with a ‘branch‐like’ pattern, showing an east–west trend. This is in marked contrast to the widespread distribution of volcanism with a north–south trend in the 20–14 Ma period. The east–west‐ trending ‘branches’ are characterized by regular intervals (50–100 km) of magmatism along the arc. These branches since 14 Ma are remarkably discrepant to the general northwest–southeast or north‐northeast–south‐southwest direction of the crustal structures that have controlled Neogene to Quaternary tectonic movements in northeast Japan. In addition, evidence indicating clustering and focusing of volcanism into smaller regions since 14 Ma was verified. Comparison of the distribution and chemistry of volcanic rocks for three principal volcanic stages (11–8, 6–3 and 2–0 Ma) revealed that widely but sparsely distributed volcanic rocks had almost the same level of alkali and incompatible element concentrations throughout the area (with the exception of Zr) in the 11–8 Ma stage. However, through the 6–3 Ma stage to the 2–0 Ma stage, the concentration level in the back‐arc cluster increased, while that in the volcanic front cluster remained almost constant. Therefore, the degree of partial melting has decreased, most likely with a simultaneous increase in the depth of magma segregation within the back‐arc zone, whereas within the volcanic front zone, the conditions of magma generation have changed little over the three stages. In conclusion, the evolution of the thermal structure within the mantle wedge across the arc since 14 Ma has reduced the extent of ascending mantle diapirs into smaller fields. This has resulted in the tendency for the distribution of volcanism to become localized and concentrated into more specific areas in the form of clusters from the late Miocene to Quaternary.     

西藏高原南部雅鲁藏布江缝合带地区地壳电性结构研究

为了探测西藏高原南部雅鲁藏布江缝合带地区地壳浅部和深部构造沿东西和南北方向的变化特征,在雅鲁藏布江缝合带地区布设了三条南北向剖面(错那—墨竹工卡、亚东—雪古拉、吉隆—措勤),采用超宽频带大地电磁测深方法进行了地壳、上地幔电性结构探测研究,发现该区主要电性结构特征为：1. 雅鲁藏布江缝合带附近表层发育大规模的高阻体,岩体延伸最深达30km以上,是冈底斯花岗岩体的反映. 2. 雅鲁藏布江缝合带的南部有小规模的良导体,在其下方和北侧发育有大规模良导体. 3. 沿剖面从南往北壳内普遍发育良导体,各良导体主体间是不连续的,规模逐渐增大,总体北倾,在缝合带附近产状较陡. 4. 在雅鲁藏布江缝合带附近良导体由西往东规模逐渐增大,导电性逐渐变好,相对雅鲁藏布江在剖面上的位置逐渐南移. 这些重要的电性特征可能是印度板块向北俯冲所形成的,深部大规模的良导体特征沿东西向的差异可能是板块碰撞引起物质沿东西向运移作用的结果.     

Cenozoic deformation history of the Tancheng–Lujiang Fault Zone, north China, and dynamic implications

Abstract Based on a field analysis of slip vectors from Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks and coupled with rift basin analysis in north China, the Cenozoic deformation history of the Tancheng–Lujiang (Tan–Lu) Fault Zone can be divided into three main phases: early Tertiary normal faulting and northwest–southeast extension; Miocene normal faulting and northeast–southwest to north‐northeast–south‐southwest extension; and Quaternary dextral strike–slip faulting and east‐northeast transpression. The early Tertiary extension, which was responsible for rift basin formation in north China, originated from back‐roll mantle convection induced by westward subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Asia continent. The Miocene extension occurred possibly in association with the process of the Japan Sea opening. The Quaternary dextral slip was mainly localized along the middle part of the Tan–Lu Fault Zone and resulted from the far‐field effect of the late‐stage India–Eurasia convergence.     

帕米尔东北缘及塔里木盆地西北部弧形构造的扩展特征

归纳了帕米尔东北缘弧形构造的基本特征 ,分析了塔里木盆地西北部EW向逆断裂背斜带与NNW向隐伏走滑断裂之间的关系。通过塔里木盆地与西南天山和帕米尔东北缘变形特征的对比 ,认为塔里木盆地西北部的变形样式与帕米尔东北缘的弧形构造类似 ,弧形构造具有由帕米尔东北缘向塔里木盆地扩展的特征 ,这种构造是帕米尔向北挤入运动所特有的变形样式     

新疆精河M_W6.3地震产生的静态应力变化研究

利用精河M_W6.3地震有限断层破裂模型,计算了精河地震产生的位移场、应力场、周围主要断层上的静态库仑应力变化以及主震对余震的触发作用。结果表明:(1)精河地震产生的地表隆升最大值约为6.6cm,沉降最大值约为1.8cm;水平位移方向呈现震中南北侧向震中汇聚、震中东西侧向外"流出"的特点。(2)精河地震产生的水平面应力场展布南北侧物质主要受到指向震中的拉张力作用,东西两侧物质主要受到因震中过剩物质东西向排出而导致的东西向挤压力作用。(3)震中西侧距震中约20km的库松木契克山前断裂中段和震中东北部距震中约50km的四棵树-古尔图南断裂西段的库仑应力加载均大于0.01MPa,即2处为地震危险区。(4)在震源深度为8~12km的余震事件中,约有85.5%处于库仑应力加载区,即受到主震的的触发作用;在深度为4~8km的余震事件中,约有87%受到主震的应力触发作用。     

鄂尔多斯地块周围的现代地壳应力场

根据近十年来区域台网的P波初动方向观测资料,得到了鄂尔多斯地块周围13个分区的综合地震节面解;结合已有的结果进行分析,地块周围确实存在有别于华北地区地壳应力场基本情况的小区域应力场:地块西南边缘的六盘山褶皱带处于北东东向的水平挤压应力状态;地块边缘的断陷盆地处于北西向的水平拉张应力状态,尤其是渭河盆地到临汾盆地的主压应力轴已近于直立;地块西北角和东北角处于北西向的水平拉张与北东向的水平挤压共同作用的应力状态;在地块的西面与北面,从北到南和由西往东,主压应力轴的走向由北北东向逐渐转变为近东西向。 此外,还对本文结果在板内动力学中的意义进行了简要的讨论。     

Basement structural architecture and hydrocarbon conduit potential of polygonal faults in the Cooper‐Eromanga Basin,Australia

A thorough and complete understanding of the structural geology and evolution of the Cooper‐Eromanga Basin has been hampered by low‐resolution seismic data that becomes particularly difficult to interpret below the thick Permian coal measures. As a result, researchers are tentative to interpret the basement fault architecture within the basin, which is largely undefined. To provide a better understanding of the basement fault geometry, all available two‐dimensional seismic lines together with 12 three‐dimensional seismic surveys were structurally interpreted with assistance from seismic attribute analysis. The Upper Cretaceous Cadna‐owie Formation and top Permian reflectors were analysed using a common seismic attribute technique (incoherency) that was used to infer the presence of faults that may have otherwise been overlooked. Detailed basement fault maps for each seismic survey were constructed and used in conjunction with two‐dimensional seismic data interpretation to produce a regional basement fault map. Large north‐northeast–south‐southwest‐striking sinistral strike–slip faults were identified within the Patchawarra Trough appearing to splay from the main northeast–southwest‐striking ridge. These sinistral north‐northeast–south‐southwest‐striking faults, together with field‐scale southeast–northwest‐striking dextral strike–slip faults, are optimally oriented to have potentially developed as a conjugated fault set under a south‐southeast–north‐northwest‐oriented strike–slip stress regime. Geomechanical modelling for a regionally extensive system of Cretaceous polygonal faults was performed to calculate the Leakage Factor and Dilation Tendency of individual faults. Faults that extend into Lower Cretaceous oil‐rich reservoirs with strikes of between 060°N and 140°N and a high to near‐vertical dip angle were identified to most likely be acting as conduits for the tertiary migration of hydrocarbons from known Lower Cretaceous hydrocarbon reservoirs into shallow Cretaceous sediments. This research provides valuable information on the regional basement fault architecture and a more detailed exploration target for the Cooper‐Eromanga Basin, which were previously not available in literature.     

Geological Structure and Quaternary Activity of the Zhangjiakou Fault, Northern China

Based on detailed field investigations,this paper describes the geometrical characteristics and tectonic activities of the Zhangjiakou fault at the northwest of Beijing. This fault strikes mainly northwest to west,short parts of which strike near east to west,dipping north,and extends over a length of 70km. It is a major geological and geomorphological margin,controlling the neotectonic movement in this region. On the south side of the Zhangjiakou fault are the Late Quaternary unconsolidated deposits,forming basins; while on the other side are Mesozoic volcano debris and Pre-Mesozoic metamorphic rocks, forming lower mountains and hills. The Zhangjiakou fault consists mainly of high-angle inverse strike-slip fault and partially of normal strike-slip fault. Among these,the north-dipping NW-NWW-trending secondary faults,constituting the main fracture of the fault,have inverse characteristics; those near the EW-trending secondary faults are links of the former faults,with a smaller length and normal faulting characteristics. Thus,the Zhangjiakou fault is a north-dipping inverse and partially south-dipping normal strike-slip fault. The Zhangjiakou fault has been continuously active since the Quaternary. With the exception of the western end extension,which has been active since the late Pleistocene, the main part of the fault has been active since the Holocene. The central main segment of the Zhangjiakou fault is more active. Since the mid-late period of the late Pleistocene,the average vertical slip rate of a single fault has been over 0. 07mm /a ～ 0. 30mm /a. The Zhangjiakou fault has multi-slip surfaces,and the total vertical slip rate reaches 1. 33mm /a,estimated from the Qingshuihe river terraces and the relevant drilling data.     

青藏高原东北缘岩石圈变形及其机理

为了解青藏高原东北缘岩石圈变形特征,进一步研究该地区地壳运动的壳-幔耦合机理,本文通过处理分析该地区1999～2007年多期GPS观测数据、1972~2000年水准测量数据和1992年及2007年相对重力测量资料,获得了该区域地壳水平运动速度场、较长时间段的垂直形变场和相对重力变化场.分析发现青藏高原东北缘东西部的变化特征存在明显差异：西部以北东向地壳缩短运动为主,而东部以顺时针旋转为主;东部以地壳隆升为主,速率在2.1 mm/a左右,而西部隆升的速率小于1 mm/a;相对重力变化则表现为在整体增大的背景下东部升高速率较大,平均为9.0×10^-8 m·s^-2·a^-1,而西部较小,平均值为3.1×10^-8 m·s^-2·a^-1.我们还发现,地壳不同变形形式的转换不是渐变的,而是发生在较窄的一个转换带内.这个转换带的整体走向为NEE,北部位于金昌与武威之间,中部在祁连山东部、门源以西,南部位于德令哈以东青海湖以西.最后结合前寒武纪构造格架、重力均衡异常资料和地震SKS分裂结果对形成这种运动态势的机理进行了探讨,我们认为岩石圈物质侧向流动、岩石圈结构及壳-幔耦合方式差异可能是导致东部与西部岩石圈变形差异主要动因.     

Earth hummocks (thúfur): new insights to their thermal characteristics and development in eastern Lesotho,southern Africa

The aspect‐controlled variations in soil freezing within earth hummocks of eastern Lesotho (southern Africa) are analysed. Ground thermal data were measured for an earth hummock from late autumn to early spring in 1995 and 1996, using Tinytalk? data loggers. During 1995, ground temperatures were recorded at 15 and 20 cm depth on the hummock north, east, south and west aspects, whilst in 1996 temperatures were recorded at 1 cm, 5 cm and 10 cm on the north and south aspects. The data from 1995 indicate that soil freezing commences on the hummock southern aspects and gradually progresses towards the western and northern aspects, whilst the eastern aspect remained unfrozen throughout winter. The data from 1996 indicate that a thick snow cover almost nullifies the temperature differences between the hummock northern and southern aspects. However, given the relative absence of snow during contemporary winters, freeze intensity and duration is longest on the hummock southern and western aspects, which helps explain earth hummock deformation (elongation and coalescence) in a southwesterly direction on slope gradients ≤3°. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

敖汉旗地区震群精定位及其空间分布特征

以敖汉旗地区震群作为研究对象,选取内蒙古测震台网2018—2019年的震相观测报告,分别利用单纯型定位法、Hypo2000定位法和双差定位法对其进行重定位和对比分析。结果显示,双差方法的定位精度最高。根据双差方法定位结果,敖汉旗的震群在赤峰?开源断裂的南北两侧均有1个集中分布区,2个区域的震源深度范围均为4～12km;其中,73%的地震位于断裂北侧,震中位置沿NW?SE向呈条带状展布,延伸长度约6.8km,震源深度由西向东逐渐变深、由南向北逐渐变深再变浅;而断裂南侧的地震其震中位置聚集呈簇状,SN向最大扩展长度约0.98km,震源深度无明显沿EW或SN方向的变化特点。敖汉旗震群的精定位结果与对该序列地震空间分布特点的认识,可为该地区发震构造的研究与三维精细速度结构的建立提供更为精确的震源参数与参考依据。     

Asymmetry of weathering‐limited hillslopes: the importance of diurnal covariation in solar insolation and temperature

Hillslope asymmetry, i.e. variation in hillslope form as a function of slope aspect and/or mean solar insolation, has been documented in many climates and geologic contexts. Such patterns have the potential to help us better understand the hydrologic, ecologic, and geomorphologic processes and feedbacks operating on hillslopes. Here we document asymmetry in the fraction of hillslope relief accommodated by cliffs in weathering‐limited hillslopes of drainage basins incised into the East Kaibab Monocline (northern Arizona) and Raplee Ridge Monocline (southern Utah) of the southern Colorado Plateau. We document that south‐ and west‐facing hillslopes have a larger proportion of hillslope relief accommodated by cliffs compared with north‐ and east‐facing hillslopes. Cliff abundance correlates positively with mean solar insolation and, by inference, negatively with soil/rock moisture. Solar insolation control of hillslope asymmetry is an incomplete explanation, however, because it cannot account for the fact that the greatest asymmetry occurs between southwest‐ and northeast‐facing hillslopes rather than between south‐ and north‐facing hillslopes in the study sites. Modeling results suggest that southwest‐facing hillslopes are more cliff‐dominated than southeast‐facing hillslopes of the same mean solar insolation in part because potential evapotranspiration rates, which control the soil/rock moisture that drives weathering, are controlled by the product of solar insolation and a nonlinear function of surface temperature, together with the fact that southwest‐facing hillslopes receive peak solar insolation during warmer times of day compared with southeast‐facing hillslopes. The dependence of water availability on both solar insolation and surface temperature highlights the importance of the diurnal cycle in controlling water availability, and it provides a general explanation for the fact that vegetation cover tends to exhibit the greatest difference between northeast‐ and southwest‐facing hillslopes in the Northern Hemisphere and between southeast‐ and northwest‐facing hillslopes in the Southern Hemisphere. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

5.12汶川地震后龙门山断裂带东北段现今地应力测量结果分析

5.12汶川大地震发生后,在龙门山断裂带东北段,开展了6个钻孔的原地应力测量工作.测量钻孔分别位于龙门山中央断裂带上下两盘的平武、北川、江油和广元等地.钻孔孔深在200~500 m之间,共取得了72个测试段的地应力测量数据,以及其中33个测段的印模定向试验数据,由此获得了每个测点处地应力的赋存状态,包括地应力量值随孔深的变化以及地应力作用方向.根据库仑准则,结合Byerlee定律对各测点实测数据进行分析,可以看出,龙门山断裂带上盘现今地应力的作用强度高于下盘.其上、下两盘现今地应力赋存状态特征及其差异性显示出该区域处于不均衡的应力环境,容易导致断裂失稳而产生新的活动;印模定向试验数据表明,龙门山断裂带东北段的北川、江油、平武的最大水平主应力优势方向为NEE向;广元附近为NWW或近东西方向.结合已有的研究成果,初步得到龙门山断裂带现今地应力作用方向的分段性特征,即大致以北川为界,龙门山断裂带东北段应力方向显示了与西南段不同的特征.其西南段现今地应力的优势作用方向为北西方向,而龙门山断裂带东北段,自江油、北川、平武一带至广元、青川附近,其现今地应力的最大水平主压应力的优势作用方向呈现了NEE→NWW的赋存状态和变化趋势.本文获得的研究结果对于认识5.12汶川特大地震的动力学机制具有一定的借鉴和启示作用.     

THE STATIC STRESS TRIGGERING INFLUENCES OF THE 2015 MW6.4 PISHAN,XINJIANG EARTHQUAKE ON THE NEIGHBORING AREAS

Based on the rupture models of the 2015 Pishan M_W6.4 earthquake and half space homogeneous elastic model, the Coulomb stress changes generated by the earthquake are calculated on the active faults near the earthquake region. The horizontal stress changes and the displacement field are estimated on the area around the epicenter. Results show that:(1)The Coulomb stress is decreased in the west of the western Kunlun frontal thrust fault(9.5×10³Pa), and increased in the east of the western Kunlun frontal thrust fault and the middle of the Kangxiwa faults. More attention should be taken to the seismic rick of the east of the western Kunlun frontal thrust fault; (2)Based on the analysis on the location of the aftershocks, it is found that most of the aftershocks are triggered by the earthquake. In the region of increased Coulomb attraction, the aftershock distribution is more intensive, and in the area of the Coulomb stress reduction, the distribution of aftershocks is relatively sparse; (3)The horizontal area stress increases in the north and south of the earthquake(most part of the Qaidam Basin and the northwest of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau), and decreases in the east and west of the earthquake(northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and eastern part of the Pamir Mountains). In the epicenter area, the principal compressive stress presents nearly NS direction and the principal extensional stress presents nearly EW direction. The principal compressive stress shows an outward radiation pattern centered on the epicenter with the principal extensional stress along the direction of concentric circles. The principal compressive stress presents NW direction to the west of the epicenter, and NE to the east of the epicenter. With the increase of radius, the stress level gradually decays with 10⁷Pa in the epicenter and hundreds Pa in the Maidan Fault which is in the north of the Qaidam Basin.     

洞庭盆地的第四纪构造活动

依据第四系分统等厚度图,分析了洞庭盆地第四纪构造活动的演变。早更新世及晚更新世表现为盆地东西两侧对边掀斜,沉积中心呈近南北向伸延;中更新世及全新世,迎丰桥-北景港断裂两侧断块反向扭动掀斜,以致盆地西北角和东南角掀升,并形成与此主掀升部位相应的俯伏部位,其伸延方向与主掀升部位的掀斜方向垂直     

Assessing homogeneous regions relative to drought class transitions using an ANOVA-like inference. Application to Alentejo, Portugal

In the present study, an ANOVA-like inference technique is used aiming at to assess if Alentejo, southern Portugal, could be considered a homogeneous region for drought management purposes. First, Alentejo was divided into four sub-regions according to latitude (north and south), and longitude (west and east). Inside each sub-region, 10 weather stations were considered. The time series of the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) were obtained for these stations using precipitation data for the period 1932–1999 (67 years). Contingency tables for the transitions between SPI drought classes were obtained for these time series. Loglinear models were fitted to these contingency tables to estimate the probabilities for drought class transitions. An ANOVA-like inference was applied considering the four sub-regions like treatments of a two way layout with two factors, latitude and longitude, each one with two levels, north and south, and west and east respectively. The weather stations of each sub-region were treated as replicates. Significant differences between west and east were found, that allowed to consider that Alentejo could be composed by two sub-regions.     

宁波台动水位与垂直摆对印尼8.9和日本9.0级地震的同震响应

分析认为宁波台ZK03井动水位与VS垂直摆倾斜仪出现的异常可能是印尼8.9和日本9.0级地震的同震响应.印尼8.9级地震后,动水位表现为地震波引起的脉冲和阶跃变化并抬高水位.垂直摆表现为形变波引起的脉冲和阶跃变化,EW向最大幅度约为408.328×10-3"的脉冲式向E振荡波,并向W出现阶跃变化;NS向最大幅度约为29...     

喜马拉雅地区S波分裂研究

利用最小特征值法,分析了喜马拉雅地区56个台站的地震记录,其中有39个台站能观察到S波分裂,其平均分裂时间在08 s左右.沿台站GAIG-T0040 连线的东西两侧各向异性参数呈现明显的差别：其以西地区,约有一半的台站没有观测到S波分裂,快波方向主要为NW和NWW方向;以东地区台站的快波方向在MBT（主边界断裂）以南为NNE向,平均分裂时间为1.05 s;低喜马拉雅地区为NE和NEE向,平均分裂时间为0.72 s;而在特提斯喜马拉雅地区为N-S和NE向,平均分裂时间为0.68 s.综合其他研究结果,认为东西向各向异性参数的差异是由于印度块体向北推进时的横向不均匀性造成的,而南北向的变化与该地区构造单元的分布一致.