The focal mechanism solution of the M s 6.5 Wuding earthquake in Yunnan Province of October 24, 1995

The focal mechanism of Wuding earthquake with magnitude M=6.5 on October 24, 1995 is estimated by the method of inversion of seismic tensor in this paper. The two principal axes are nearly horizontal, the principal compressive axis is about N30°E, the nodal plane which strikes about N105°E (N75°W) is probably consistent with the actual rupture plane.     

High-latitude HF Doppler observations of ULF waves. 1. Waves with large spatial scale sizes

A quantitative study of observations of the ionospheric signatures of magnetospheric ultra low frequency (ULF) waves by a high-latitude (geographic: 69.6°N 19.2°E) high-frequency Doppler sounder has been undertaken. The signatures, which are clearly correlated with pulsations in ground magnetometer data, exhibit periods in the range 100–400 s and have azimuthal wave numbers in the range 3–8. They are interpreted here as local field line resonances. Phase information provided by O- and X-mode Doppler data support the view that these are associated with field line resonances having large azimuthal scale sizes. The relative phases and amplitudes of the signatures in the Doppler and ground magnetometer data are compared with a model for the generation of Doppler signatures from incident ULF waves. The outcome suggests that the dominant mechanism involved in producing the Doppler signature is the vertical component of an E × B bulk motion of the local plasma caused by the electric field perturbation of the ULF wave.     

Study of the magnetic turbulence in a corotating interaction region in the interplanetary medium

We study the geometry of magnetic fluctuations in a CIR observed by Pioneer 10 at 5 AU between days 292 and 295 in 1973. We apply the methodology proposed by Bieber et al. to make a comparison of the relative importance of two geometric arrays of vector propagation of the magnetic field fluctuations: slab and two-dimensional (2D). We found that inside the studied CIR this model is not applicable due to the restrictions imposed on it. Our results are consistent with Alfvenic fluctuations propagating close to the radial direction, confirming Mavromichalaki et al.’s findings. A mixture of isotropic and magnetoacoustic waves in the region before the front shock would be consistent with our results, and a mixture of slab/2D and magnetoacoustic waves in a region after the reverse shock. We base the latter conclusions on the theoretical analysis made by Kunstmann. We discuss the reasons why the composite model can not be applied in the CIR studied although the fluctuations inside it are two dimensional.     

Non-magnetic aspect sensitive auroral echoes from the lower E region observed at 50 MHz

Backscatter from E-region irregularities was observed at aspect angles close to 90° (almost parallel to the direction of the magnetic field) using the ALOMAR SOUSY radar at Andoya/Norway. Strong electric fields and increased E-region electron temperatures simultaneously measured with the incoherent scatter facility EISCAT proved that the Farley-Buneman plasma instability was excited. In addition, strong particle precipitation was present as inferred from EISCAT electron densities indicating that the gradient drift instability may have been active, too. Backscatter at such large aspect angles was not expected and has not been observed before. The characteristics of the observed echoes, however, are in many aspects completely different from usual auroral radar results: the Doppler velocities are only of the order of 10 m/s, the half-width of the spectra is around 5 m/s, the echoes originate at altitudes well below 100 km, and they seem to be not aspect-sensitive with respect to the magnetic field direction. We, therefore, conclude that the corresponding irregularities are not caused by the mentioned instabilities and that other mechanism have to be invoked.     

ULF wave occurrence statistics in a high-latitude HF Doppler sounder

Ultra low frequency (ULF) wave activity in the high-latitude ionosphere has been observed by a high frequency (HF) Doppler sounder located at Tromsø, Norway (69.71°N, 19.2°E geographic coordinates). A statistical study of the occurrence of these waves has been undertaken from data collected between 1979 and 1984. The diurnal, seasonal, solar cycle and geomagnetic activity variations in occurrence have been investigated. The findings demonstrate that the ability of the sounder to detect ULF wave signatures maximises at the equinoxes and that there is a peak in occurrence in the morning sector. The occurrence rate is fairly insensitive to changes associated with the solar cycle but increases with the level of geomagnetic activity. As a result, it has been possible to characterise the way in which prevailing ionospheric and magnetospheric conditions affect such observations of ULF waves.     

Sausage mode instability of thin current sheets as a cause of magnetospheric substorms

Observations have shown that, prior to substorm explosions, thin current sheets are formed in the plasma sheet of the Earth’s magnetotail. This provokes the question, to what extent current-sheet thinning and substorm onsets are physically, maybe even causally, related. To answer this question, one has to understand the plasma stability of thin current sheets. Kinetic effects must be taken into account since particle scales are reached in the course of tail current-sheet thinning. We present the results of theoretical investigations of the stability of thin current sheets and about the most unstable mode of their decay. Our conclusions are based upon a non-local linear dispersion analysis of a cross-magnetic field instability of Harris-type current sheets. We found that a sausage-mode bulk current instability starts after a sheet has thinned down to the ion inertial length. We also present the results of three-dimensional electromagnetic PIC-code simulations carried out for mass ratios up to M_i/m_e = 64. They verify the linearly predicted properties of the sausage mode decay of thin current sheets in the parameter range of interest.     

南海北部雾状层分布和特征的地震海洋学研究

利用地震海洋学方法在南海北部陆架和上陆坡区域发现了15个雾状层.这些雾状层的延伸长度从几千米到几十千米,厚度十几米到一百米,其顶界所处水深在135 m至715.5 m范围之间.雾状层在地震海洋学剖面上表现为强反射特征.不同于其他传统声学或光学方法,地震海洋学方法分辨率高,且能在短时间内对整个水体进行成像,可以记录到雾状层的时空变化特征,实现对雾状层的"四维"观测.南海北部上陆坡区域是内孤立波浅化、能量耗散集中的区域,在此过程中内孤立波会导致较大的波致流速,侵蚀海底使得表面沉积物再悬浮,进入水体,形成和维持雾状层的存在.     

中海油多分量地震处理技术的发展与应用实例

20世纪末中海油在南海油气勘探中成功试验了二维多分量地震技术.其后十多年,中海油进一步在不同近海油气盆地采集了三维多分量OBC地震资料.但由于针对三维转换波的处理未能形成有效的关键技术,除双检叠加利用了水压分量和陆检垂直分量外,大量水平分量数据未被使用.鉴于此,中海油在十二五期间开展三维多分量地震数据处理的关键技术攻关：针对弹性波场的矢量特征、转换波射线路径不对称以及双程旅行时多时间尺度等问题,成功研发了矢量化的信号处理技术、弹性波速度建模以及叠前时间偏移成像等技术;集成了相对完善的三维弹性波成像EWI软件系统;完成了多个试验区的三维四分量OBC地震转换波的处理,取得了好于以往技术的效果;建立了海上多分量OBC地震资料处理流程.但相对于成熟的纵波处理技术,海洋多分量地震处理技术仍需要不断完善与发展.

     

基于槽波的TVSP超前探测方法:可行性研究

针对隧道工程中TVSP（Tunnel Vertical Seismic Profiling）方法不适合于煤矿巷道超前探测的问题,介绍了煤矿巷道中的槽波TVSP超前探测方法原理和实现过程.通过理论和数值模拟证明：（1）当采用垂向集中力源（z方向）激发地震波时,地震波场z分量受到巷道影响较小,且主要为Rayleigh型槽波,较为适合槽波超前探测;（2）采用传播相对稳定且易于识别的槽波埃里相峰值时间代替传统TVSP方法中体波的初至走时时间,能够较准确地确定断层在掌子面前方位置和断层角度;（3）当断层与巷道掘进方向夹角较大时,断层交点位置（断层线与巷道掘进方向的交点）具有很好的定位精度,但角度误差则会较大;当实际断层交点位置距离迎头较远时,断层交点位置定位精度会下降,但角度误差则影响较小;（4）基于槽波的TVSP方法对观测系统要求不高,数据处理过程简单,计算量小.