Seismic events with non-shear component: I. Shallow earthquakes with a possible tensile source component

The concept of seismicity of fast tensile fracturing is introduced and supported by the results of shear and of combined shear and tensile displacements along a loaded stress concentrator. The seismicity of tensile fracturing is demonstrated by means of acoustic (elastic) signals obtained during tensile fracturing in physical models under load; the basic physical relations between the parameters characterizing the loaded medium, load conditions, shear and tensile displacements, and release of acoustic energy are presented. For determining the tensile-source component in earthquakes a procedure based on the construction of radiation patterns is suggested and submitted for discussion. The criteria for selecting earthquakes with possible shear-tensile source mechanisms are listed and discussed. The existence of such a combined seismic source is sought in two shallow earthquakes which occurred in southern Iran in March 1977. In general, the paper should be regarded as a proposal to utilize the radiation characteristics of a seismic source—with all their insufficiencies—as a quick and simple tool for seeking combined shear and tensile mechanisms of seismic energy release.     

The effect of the magnetic field on the accuracy of measurements with Worden and Sharpe gravity meters

Summary The effect of an additional homogeneous magnetic field with an intensity of 0–4.5 Oe on the Worden quartz gravity meter No. 961 and on Sharpe quartz gravity meters Nos 173 and 174 was tested. Whereas no effect was observed with the Worden gravity meter, the magnetic field had a measurable effect on both the Sharpe gravity meters. The largest deviation of the reading beam is caused by the horizontal component of the magnetic field which acts in the plane of oscillation of the gravity-meter arm. The Sharpe gravity meter No. 173 is considerably sensitive; a field of 0.2 Oe intensity, corresponding to the magnitude of the horizontal component of the geomagnetic field in mid-latitudes, causes an error in the measurement of gravity of as much as 0.08 mGal. With a view to the different behaviours of the individual quartz gravity meters of the same type in a magnetic field, it should prove expedient to carry out check measurements with all gravity meters and, with regard to the sensitivity of the gravity meter to the magnetic field and the required accuracy of the gravity determination, take into account this perturbing factor in field measurements, as well as laboratory tests of gravity meters.     

The first satellite laser ranging at ondřejov observatory

Summary The first laser ranging of the satellites Geos A and B performed at Station 1148 Ondejov in 1972–1975 are evaluated. The least-squares method was used to estimate their internal accuracy. Polynomials of the 6th to 8th degree were found to be necessary for the best fit of a typical satellite pass. The root mean square error is always smaller than 20 ns (3 m), which is consistent with the expected accuracy of the laser ranging system.Dedicated to Prof. RNDr. Emil Buchar, DrSc., Corresponding Member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, on the Occasion of His 75^th Birthday     

A comment on Honkasalo's correction

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Paper presented at the IUGG XVII Plenary Meeting, Canberra, Dec. 1979.     

On some properties of Venedikov's method of tidal analysis

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Distribution of some chemical compositions in atmospheric precipitations over Czechoslovakia

Summary Since the beginning of the I.G.Y. collections of precipitation for chemical analysis have been made at 22 sample stations distributed all over the territory of Czechoslovakia at different heights above sea level. Analyses are carried out in the laboratories of the Geophysical Institute, Department of Physics of the Air, Hradec Králové. This preliminary report deals with the results of analyses during which the content of chloride ions was determined independently by the polarographic and the microtitration technique, while the content of nitrate ions was established polarographically. Distribution of concentrations of chlorides over the territory of Czechoslovakia represents a roughly homogeneous distribution of concentrations varying in a half year average from 0.6 mg/l to 6.6 mg/l. Generally higher concentrations can befound in mountain stations in the neighbourhood of industrial centres. In the winter months the values are higher than in the summer months in most of the stations. This is commonly due to a higher content of chlorides in solid precipitation as can be seen from the enclosed chart. A correlation between the concentration of chlorides and the intensity of the precipitation is not always clearly visible. Distribution of nitrates does not correspond with the character of the iso-lines of chlorides. Average concentrations range from 0.2 mg/l to 1.5 mg/l. The highest values were not found in the precipitations collected in the mountain stations. This would suggest a different distribution of chemical components of chlorides and nitrates in the lower levels of the troposphere which is clearly illustrated by the established concentrations in the region of High Tatra where the precipitations are collected in two neighbouring stations the height difference of which reaches nearly 2,000 m.     

A hypothetical estimated mass of the muon neutrino and the mass of the tau neutrino

Using the see-saw mechanism and estimation of the hypothetical mass of the electron neutrinom _e we find the hypothetical mass of muon neutrinom _µ and hypothetical mass of the tau neutrinom .     

Chaotic behaviour of trajectories for the asteroidal resonances

A systematic study of the main asteroidal resonances of the third and fourth order is performed using mapping techniques. For each resonance one-parameter family of surfaces of section is presented together with a simple energy graph which helps to understand and predict the changes in the surfaces of section within the family. As the truncated Hamiltonian for the planar, elliptic, restricted three-body problem is used for the mapping, the method is expected to fail for high eccentricities. We compared, therefore, the surfaces of section with trajectories calculated by symplectic integrators of the fourth and six order employing the full Hamiltonian. We found a good agreement for small eccentricities but differences for the higher eccentricities (e 0.3).     

VLF quarter-gyrofrequency plasmaspheric emissions as observed by intercosmos 24 and magion 2 satellites

Summary Quarter-gyrofrequency plasmaspheric emissions with spectral properties differing from those of discrete plasmaspheric emissions, usual in active intervals, have been observed by low-altitude Intercosmos 24 and Magion 2 satellites during periods in which geomagnetic activity decreases. Their occurrence in satellite records shows very good correlation with simultaneously observed subauroral electron temperature enhancements and increase of electron temperature anisotropyT _e being larger than T _e . An analysis of the observed wave characteristics is given. Propagation of the emissions within the plasmasphere is discussed. It is shown that the region where they are observed at low altitudes can be closely connected along geomagnetic field lines with the equatorial region of their origin.     

Prograde and retrograde metamorphic fabrics – a key for understanding burial and exhumation in orogens (Bohemian Massif)

In the Orlica–?nie?nik Dome (NE Bohemian massif), alternating belts of orthogneiss with high‐pressure rocks and belts of mid‐crustal metasedimentary–metavolcanic rocks commonly display a dominant subvertical fabric deformed into a subhorizontal foliation. The first macroscopic foliation is subvertical, strikes NE–SW and is heterogeneously folded by open to isoclinal folds with subhorizontal axial planes parallel to the heterogeneously developed flat‐lying foliation. The metamorphic evolution of the mid‐crustal metasedimentary rocks involved successive crystallization of chlorite–muscovite–ilmenite–plagioclase–garnet, followed by staurolite‐bearing and then kyanite‐bearing assemblages in the subvertical fabric. This was followed by garnet retrogression, with syntectonic crystallization of sillimanite and andalusite parallel to the shallow‐dipping foliation. Elsewhere, andalusite and cordierite statically overgrew the flat‐lying fabric. With reference to a P–T pseudosection for a representative sample, the prograde succession of mineral assemblages and the garnet zoning pattern with decreasing grossular, spessartine and X_Fe are compatible with a P–T path from 3.5–5 kbar/490–520 °C to peak conditions of 6–7 kbar/～630 °C suggesting burial from 12 to 25 km with increasing temperature. Using the same pseudosection, the retrograde succession of minerals shows decompression to sillimanite stability at ～4 kbar/～630 °C and to andalusite–cordierite stability at 2–3 kbar indicating exhumation from 25 km to around 9–12 km. Subsequent exhumation to ～6 km occurred without apparent formation of a deformation fabric. The structure and petrology together with the spatial distribution of the metasedimentary–metavolcanic rocks, and gneissic and high‐pressure belts are compatible with a model of burial of limited parts of the upper and middle crust in narrow cusp‐like synclines, synchronous with the exhumation of orogenic lower crust represented by the gneissic and high‐pressure rocks in lobe‐shaped and volumetrically more important anticlines. Converging P–T–D paths for the metasedimentary rocks and the adjacent high‐pressure rocks are due to vertical exchanges between cold and hot vertically moving masses. Finally, the retrograde shallow‐dipping fabric affects both the metasedimentary–metavolcanic rocks and the gneissic and high‐pressure rocks, and indicates that the ～15‐km exhumation was mostly accommodated by heterogeneous ductile thinning associated with unroofing of a buoyant crustal root.