Fault plane parameters of Sanhe-Pinggu M8 earthquake in 1679 determined using present-day small earthquakes

The great Sanhe-Pinggu M8 earthquake occurred in 1679 was the largest surface rupture event recorded in history in the northern part of North China plain. This study determines the fault geometry of this earthquake by inverting seismological data of present-day moderate-small earthquakes in the focal area. We relocated those earthquakes with the double-difference method. Based on the assumption that clustered small earthquakes often occur in the vicinity of fault plane of large earthquake, and referring to the morphology of the long axis of the isoseismal line obtained by the predecessors, we selected a strip-shaped zone from the relocated earthquake catalog in the period from 1980 to 2009 to invert fault plane parameters of this earthquake. The inversion results are as follows: the strike is 38.23°, the dip angle is 82.54°, the slip angle is -156.08°, the fault length is about 80 km, the lower-boundary depth is about 23 km and the buried depth of upper boundary is about 3 km. This shows that the seismogenic fault is a NNE-trending normal dip-slip fault, southeast wall downward and northwest wall uplift, with the right-lateral strike-slip component. Moreover, the surface rupture zone, intensity distribution of the earthquake and seismic-wave velocity profile in the focal area all verified our study result.     

Active tectonics around the junction of Southwest Japan and Ryukyu arcs: Control by subducting plate geometry and pre‐Quaternary geologic structure

The origin of active faults in the Inner zone of the western part of Southwest Japan was explained by a decrease of the minimum principal stress and reactivation of ancient geologic structures. Although the E–W maximum principal stress in Southwest Japan due to the collision of the Southwest and Northeast Japan arcs along the Itoigawa–Shizuoka Tectonic Line is assumed to decrease westward, the density of active strike‐slip faults increases in the western margin of the Southwest Japan Arc (western Chugoku and northern Kyushu) where the subducting Philippine Sea Plate dips steeply. The E–W maximum compressional stress is predominant throughout Southwest Japan, while the N–S minimum principal stress that is presumably caused by coupling between Southwest Japan arc and Philippine Sea Plate decreases due to the weak plate coupling as the plate inclination increases under the western margin of Southwest Japan. The increase of the fault density in the western margin of the arc is attributed to a decrease of the minimum principal stress and consequent increase of shear stress. Low slip rates of the active faults in this region support the view that the westward increase of fault density is not a response to increasing maximum stress. These faults of onshore and offshore lie in three distinct domains defined on the basis of fault strike. They are defined domains I, II, and III which are composed of active faults striking ENE–WSW, NW–SE, and NE–SW, respectively. Faulting in domains I, II, and III is related to Miocene rift basins, Eocene normal faults, and Mesozoic strike‐slip faults, respectively. Although these active faults are strike‐slip faults due to E–W maximum stress, it is unclear whether their fault planes are the same as those of pre‐Quaternary dip‐slip faults.     

Variations in stress and driving pore fluid pressure ratio using vein orientations along megasplay faults : Example from the Nobeoka Thrust,Southwest Japan

The Nobeoka Thrust of Southwest Japan is an on‐land example of an ancient megasplay fault that provides an excellent record of deformation and fluid flow at seismogenic depths. The present study reports: (i) temporal stress changes for the seismogenic period of the Nobeoka Thrust; and (ii) spatial heterogeneities in driving pressure ratios P* obtained from mineral veins around the Nobeoka Thrust fault zone. Many quartz veins that filled mode I cracks can be observed in the hanging wall and footwall of the thrust. Inversion for stress orientation suggests that normal faulting dominated in both the hanging wall and footwall, with similar stress axis orientations in both. The orientation of σ₃ for the estimated stress regime is parallel to the slip direction of the Nobeoka Thrust. The detected normal‐faulting‐type stress regimes likely resulted from post‐seismic stress buildup after megathrust earthquakes. The hanging wall of the Nobeoka Thrust has smaller P* values than the footwall. Two possible explanations are proposed for the observed spatial variations in the driving pore fluid pressure ratio, P*: spatial variations in pore fluid pressure P_f are directly responsible for P* variations, or P* variations are controlled by differences in mechanical properties between the hanging wall and footwall.     

基于多元参照光谱的SAM岩性划分方法

光谱角制图（SAM）是一种光谱匹配方法,通过量化目标地物光谱与已知参照光谱的相似程度来判断目标地物的类型,广泛应用于多光谱遥感岩性识别。目前,岩石单元训练区内像元的均值光谱,往往作为代表该岩石单元的参照光谱来进行光谱角制图,而使用均值光谱作为参照光谱库的方法,并未考虑岩石单元内部固有的光谱差异性,很大程度上影响了SAM分类效果。为了消除SAM岩性划分时岩石单元内部的光谱差异的影响,本文采用了一种多元参照光谱的SAM岩性划分方法。首先,依据研究区已有地质资料和Landsat-8影像特征,选定各类岩石单元训练区;接着进行各岩石单元训练区内部像元的光谱差异性分析,和各训练区之间的样本可分离性分析,分别使用均值参照光谱库的SAM方法和多元参照光谱库的SAM方法对研究区Landsat-8影像进行了岩性划分实验。研究结果表明,多元参照光谱库的SAM岩性分类方法很好地改善了岩石单元内部光谱差异性对均值参照光谱库的SAM岩性分类方法的影响,分类精度显著提高。     

鄂尔多斯盆地东部盒8段致密砂岩储层特征——以子洲气田清涧地区为例

清涧地区位于鄂尔多斯盆地东部,是子洲气田稳产的主力接替区块。研究区面积大,钻井数目少,地质认识程度低,尚处于开发评价阶段。以盒8段为研究对象,开展了沉积、储层等精细地质研究工作,并与苏里格致密砂岩气田进行综合对比,落实了有效砂体的厚度、规模、发育频率,总结了有效砂体在空间的分布规律,认识到区内有效砂体分布零星,连续性差,与心滩等优势相带对应关系较好,平面上主要集中在研究区的西砂带,垂向上在盒8上2、盒8下2小层相对发育。结合地质与试气资料,以“连续性有效厚度”为主要依据,将储层分成好、中、差、干层等4种类型,优选了富集区,按照开发级次将研究区划分为3类区,建议在一类区、二类区优选直井开发,不建议部署水平井开发。本研究为气田开发方案编制提供了地质依据,同时也可对类似气田的地质工作起到借鉴作用。     

辫状河致密砂岩储层构型单元定量表征方法

针对现有辫状河储层构型单元定量表征方法关键参数获取困难且可靠性存疑的问题,以储层构型理论为指导,基于现代辫状河沉积、钻井岩心、录井和测井等资料,提出了基于单一辫状河道宽度的构型单元定量表征方法。首先,根据单井构型单元解释结果,确定同期辫状河道平面分布;其次,根据连井对比剖面,确定连井剖面内单一辫状河道间的界线位置;再次,根据现代辫状河单一辫状河道宽度与构型单元关系定量模型,限定辫状水道宽度、复合心滩长度及宽度等4级构型单元规模;最后,在单一辫状河道内确定4级构型单元平面分布,进而在密集井网区对复合心滩进行解剖,确定单个心滩位置和几何形态。采用该方法对苏××提高采收率试验区盒₈^下_1-3单层辫状河致密砂岩气藏进行了分析,结果表明：该单层砂岩气藏发育5条单一辫状河道,其宽度为1 050~1 890 m;辫状水道宽度为234~435 m;复合心滩长度和宽度分别为1 931~3 569 m、685~1 242 m;单个心滩长度和宽度分别为660~1 880 m、310~1 030 m。     

渤中凹陷西斜坡BZ3-8区块东营组东二下高分辨率井震层序及地震沉积学

渤海海域凹陷由于资料的限制,其沉积相研究多为宏观的区域性研究,制约了储层的精细解释。基于最新采集的高精度地震三维资料,结合地震地层学、层序地层学、地震沉积学等理论方法,开展渤中凹陷西斜坡BZ3-8区块东营组重点目的层,东二下层序高分辨率井震层序分析及其地震沉积学研究。结果表明,研究区南北两侧具有不同的物源体系和沉积相模式。低水位体系域(LST)和高水位体系域(HST)时期,研究区北部物源均形成扇形、朵形的地震多属性及振幅切片异常,对应于扇三角洲沉积;南部物源均形成NE向展布的条带状地震多属性及振幅切片异常,对应于辫状河三角洲沉积。海进体系域(TST)时期,湖平面快速上升导致扇体不发育,仅在研究区北部局部发育小规模的扇三角洲沉积。东二下层序LST(富砂)-TST(富泥)-HST(富砂)的岩相演化规律,充分反映了经典层序地层学理论层序格架中的地层岩相组合分布规律,对储层和烃源岩的预测具有指示意义。     

昆仑山口西8.1级地震震后中国西部地壳水平位移场的变化特征

利用"中国地壳运动观测网络"基本站自1998年运行以来积累的观测资料,以2001年11月昆仑山口西8.1级地震前的所有资料计算的运动结果为基本参考,分别计算了2002年相对于2001年和以后几年相对于2002年的测站累计偏离位移变化结果,据此对昆仑山口西8.1级地震震时和震后中国西部水平运动场的变动进行了观察.结果表明:①以发震断裂为界,震时南侧的西藏地区发生了由北至东的偏离位移,数值超过10 mm,北侧的新疆地区发生了NW向的偏离位移,最大值也超过了10 mm;②震后(从2003年算起)左旋性质的偏离位移是断断续续的增加,截止到2005年,距震源最近的JB51(发震断裂南侧)和JB30(发震断裂北侧)站的地形变变化最大,相对达70 mm;③震后发震断裂以南的丙藏地区优势偏离位移向东,以北新疆地区的优势偏离位移向北北西,距震中越近偏离越大;④2006年,距震源最近的JB51和JB30站的偏离位移似乎有向反向移动的迹象,西藏地区基本上没有新的偏离,新疆地区的WNN向偏离位移似乎仍在进行.尽管地震发生距今已5年多了,但有关迹象表明,地壳水平形变场的有序调整可能尚未完全结束,也不排除震前西藏地区的运动由于孕震的缘故而略有所减慢的可能.     

汶川8.0级地震甘肃灾区震害特点及恢复重建对策

通过对2008年四川汶川8.0级特大地震对甘肃省破坏特点的综合分析, 阐述了本次地震震区环境背景情况,给出了汶川8.0级地震甘肃灾区地震烈度分布图,揭示了各烈度区的特征以及部分重灾县不同结构类型房屋的震害情况,较为全面地分析了本次地震的震害特点,归纳总结了汶川地震后甘肃灾区面临的形势,提出了震后防灾减灾恢复重建对策.     

Seismic design of space steel frames using advanced methods of analysis

A rational and efficient seismic design methodology for regular space steel frames using an advanced time domain finite element method of analysis that takes into account geometrical and material nonlinearities is presented. Seismic loads are applied in the form of Eurocode 8 spectrum compatible real accelerograms along the two horizontal directions of the frame. The iterative design procedure starts with assumed member sections, continues with the response checks for the damage, ultimate and service limit states and ends with the adjustment of member sizes so as all the response checks to be satisfied for all limit states. Thus, the proposed design method deals with nonlinearities and member interactions at the global level and consequently separate member capacity checks through the interaction equations of Eurocode 3 or the usage of the conservative and crude q-factor of Eurocode 8 are not required. Two numerical examples dealing with the design of (a) a space three storey steel frame with one bay in both horizontal directions and (b) a space seven storey steel frame with two and three bays along its two horizontal directions are presented to illustrate the method and demonstrate its advantages.