Rapid report of the 8 January 2022 ​MS 6.9 Menyuan earthquake,Qinghai, China

The M_S 6.9 Menyuan earthquake in Qinghai Province, west China is the largest earthquake by far in 2022. The earthquake occurs in a tectonically active region, with a background b-value of 0.87 within 100 ?km of the epicenter that we derived from the unified catalog produced by China Earthquake Networks Center since late 2008. Field surveys have revealed surface ruptures extending 22 ?km along strike, with a maximum ground displacement of 2.1 ?m. We construct a finite fault model with constraints from InSAR observations, which showed multiple fault segments during the Menyuan earthquake. The major slip asperity is confined within 10 ?km at depth, with the maximum slip of 3.5 ?m. Near real-time back-projection results of coseismic radiation indicate a northwest propagating rupture that lasted for ～10 ?s. Intensity estimates from the back-projection results show up to a Mercalli scale of IX near the ruptured area, consistent with instrumental measurements and the observations from the field surveys. Aftershock locations (up to January 21, 2022) exhibit two segments, extending to ～20 ?km in depth. The largest one reaches M_S 5.3, locating near the eastern end of the aftershock zone. Although the location and the approximate magnitude of the mainshock had been indicated by previous studies based on paleoearthquake records and seismic gap, as well as estimated stressing rate on faults, significant surface-breaching rupture leads to severe damage of the high-speed railway system, which poses a challenge in accurately assessing earthquake hazards and risks, and thus demands further investigations of the rupture behaviors for crustal earthquakes.     

沉积盆地走滑构造的力学机制和变形特征

走滑构造是地壳上最重要也是最复杂的构造之一,尽管经历了长期研究历史,但在其某些特征方面还存在着不确定认识。笔者等基于力学和脆性破裂理论以及安德森断层模式,分析了走滑构造的成因类型及相关构造的几何学特点。在总结走滑构造基本特征的基础上,说明了沉积盆地中大型走滑构造是基底先存断层或薄弱面复活形成,局部有新生型的,提出了准摩擦滑动的概念。明确了直扭、压扭和张扭的含义,并将亚简单剪切应用于分析断层活动。细化了各种构造的发育顺序,讨论了不同性质构造的形成条件,强调了构造几何关系与走滑带应力性质的关系。归纳了花状构造形成的构造部位,明确了走滑构造带结构及其主控因素,并用于地表和地下走滑构造的识别。     

大同盆地形成机制的构造研究

大同盆地为位于华北地块中部的新生代断陷盆地,自中新世晚期以来经历了持续的强烈伸展作用。基于边界断裂滑动的运动学及动力学分析,结合对本区新生界沉积地层与玄武岩资料的总结归纳以及对区域动力学背景的讨论,本文提出了大同盆地的形成机制:自10~8 Ma以来,鄂尔多斯地块东北缘形成NW向伸展的构造应力场,其中σ1垂直,σ2、σ3水平,σ2的方位角为60°,σ3方位角为150°,此构造应力场控制边界断裂的运动,形成NE向大同断陷盆地。盆地的形成对应岩石圈减薄深部过程,可能受到了印度——欧亚板块碰撞、太平洋——欧亚板块碰撞板缘动力作用的影响。本文将岩石圈浅部构造应力场与深部地幔活动结合起来综合分析大同盆地的形成机制,并提出了一些新的认识:控制大同盆地形成的正断型构造应力场不同于华北区域性走滑型构造应力场;首次测得了与地幔活动相关的大同火山群大峪口玄武岩K-Ar年龄为0.68±0.13Ma;大同盆地具有板内狭窄型裂谷的构造特征。本文为建立鄂尔多斯地块东缘山西地堑系的运动学和动力学模型提供新的依据。     

古构造应力场反演的理论与实践——基于断层滑动矢量分析

古构造应力场恢复是重建区域地质演化历史的重要手段之一。断层作为地壳浅表发育的脆性变形构造,为恢复古构造应力场提供了重要地质条件。关于利用断层滑动矢量反演古构造应力场,前人进行了长期探索。目前其相关理论基础、研究方法与实际应用均取得重要进展。在断层滑动矢量反演古构造应力场的理论方面,改进的安德森模式描述了在发育先存薄弱带的情况下断层形成与演化的规律,克服了安德森模式只适用于均匀变形域的理论局限性;在研究方法方面,突破了在沉积盆地内部变形相对单一的限制,在造山带前陆或者叠加褶皱区等复杂变形区有效地开展了相关研究,并通过断层相关褶皱与同褶皱变形的滑动矢量分析,厘定出同造山作用的古构造应力场。这一方法在大巴山造山带强变形区得到了有效应用,为探讨其构造演化提供了基础。     

2008年大柴旦M_w6.3级地震的InSAR同震形变观测及断层参数反演

2008年11月10日,青海省大柴旦地区发生了Mw6.3级地震。本文利用EnviSat卫星升降轨SAR数据和差分干涉测量技术提取了同震形变场,基于均匀位错模型反演确定了地震断层参数,然后利用格网迭代搜索法确定了较优断层倾角,同时基于非均匀位错模型获得了精细滑动分布。结果表明,地震使得上盘区域沿降轨、升轨视线向分别产生最大约8.5cm、10cm的抬升;较优断层倾角为47.9°;地震滑动未延伸至地表,主要发生在地下8.2~23.7km深度范围内,最大和平均滑动量为0.5m和0.19m,平均滑动角为104.9°。反演的地震矩为3.74×1018 N·m,矩震级为Mw6.35。     

小江断裂带地壳运动特征及地震危险性研究

利用1999~2013年间川滇地区的GPS速度场观测数据和块体模型研究小江断裂带地壳运动特征及地震危险性。结果表明:小江断裂带闭锁程度较高,应变量积累较大,在地表以下6km的闭锁程度约为0.94,滑动亏损速率约为(9.2±0.4)mm/a,整条断裂带左旋走滑速率约为(10.8~12.1)mm/a。结合小江断裂带上的历史地震数据估算,小江断裂带未来地震最大震级为7.3级,与近年来断裂带活动较为活跃相吻合。     

利用小波阈值消噪改进M-W组合周跳探测性能

受伪距噪声的影响,Turbo Eidt法中M-W组合难以探测所有周跳。分析了M-W组合观测量的误差特性,指出伪距误差导致周跳漏检、探测延迟的原因。采用小波阈值消噪方法对M-W组合观测值进行处理,阈值估计使用Visushrink方法可削弱伪距噪声、增加周跳的辨识度。消噪后,周跳会发生扩散,除当前历元外,前后多个历元均会超出阈值,便于探测。实测数据结果表明:经小波消噪后的M-W组合观测值能够准确定位小至1周的所有周跳,避免漏检现象,增强周跳探测的可靠性。     

对TurboEdit周跳探测及修复算法的改进

概述了Turbo Edit算法的基本原理,指出了伪距观测值精度较低造成的小周跳探测不准的问题,分析归纳了不敏感周跳组合。设计了基于移动平滑窗口的探测模型,分别改进了Melbourne-Wübbena组合和Geometry-Free组合的周跳探测阈值条件,有效降低了伪距观测值精度较低对于周跳探测的影响。实验采用GPS和北斗实测双频数据进行了验证,结果表明,该算法能够准确地探测和修复双频非差观测数据中所有模拟的周跳。     

地表探槽断裂岩岩石磁学揭示汶川地震断裂带不同滑移机制

岩石磁学能揭示岩石的磁性矿物组合,通过断裂岩不同的磁性矿物组合可揭示地震过程中磁性矿物变化、地震摩擦温度及地震滑移机制等基础地震地质问题。2008年Mw 7.9级汶川地震使两条断裂带同时发生地表破裂,包括映秀-北川和灌县-安县断裂地表破裂带,破裂带上地震断裂岩为岩石磁学提供了大量的研究对象。本研究主要以汶川地震地表破裂带上两个探槽内断裂岩为对象,包括映秀-北川地表破裂带上的八角庙探槽和灌县-安县地表破裂带上的九龙探槽,结合目前已发表的地表及WFSD-1孔的研究成果,从岩石磁学角度探讨汶川地震断裂带经历的地震滑移机制:1综合映秀-北川地震断裂带上八角庙探槽和其它位置的断裂岩岩石磁学研究,结果显示该地震断裂带附近断层泥的高磁化率源于新生的亚铁磁性矿物,如磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿等,故映秀-北川地震断裂曾经历高温快速热增压地震滑移机制;2灌县-安县地震断裂带上九龙探槽内断层泥略低的平均磁化率源于其铁的硫化物含量比断层角砾及侏罗纪砂岩多,铁的硫化物可能源于地震过程或断裂岩抬升到地表后的地表作用,如果断层泥中铁的硫化物多含量源于地震过程,则灌县-安县地震断裂带曾经历低温慢速机械润滑地震滑移机制;3两条断裂经历的不同地震滑移机制可能受控于断裂深部结构,如断层产状,映秀-北川地震断裂带的陡倾角易产生高温快速地震滑移,而灌县-安县地震断裂带的缓倾角更易产生低温慢速地震滑移。     

A range of fault slip styles on progressively misoriented planes during flexural-slip folding,Cape Fold Belt,South Africa

Flexural slip folds are distinctive of mixed continuous-discontinuous deformation in the upper crust, as folding is accommodated by continuous bending of layers and localized, discontinuous slip along layer interfaces. The mechanism of localized, layer-parallel slip and the stress and fluid pressure conditions at which flexural slip occurs are therefore distinctive of shear localization during distributed deformation. In the Prince Albert Formation mudstone sequence of the Karoo Basin, the foreland basin to the Cape Fold Belt, folds are well developed and associated with incrementally developed bedding-parallel quartz veins with slickenfibers oriented perpendicular to fold hinge lines, locally cross-cutting axial planar cleavage, and showing hanging wall motion toward the fold hinge. Bedding-parallel slickenfiber-coated veins dip at angles from 18° to 83°, implying that late increments of bedding-parallel shear occurred along unfavorably oriented planes. The local presence of tensile veins, in mutually cross-cutting relationship with bedding-parallel, slickenfiber-coated veins, indicate local fluid pressures in excess of the least compressive stress.Slickenfiber vein microstructures include a range of quartz morphologies, dominantly blocky to elongate-blocky, but in places euhedral to subhedral; the veins are commonly laminated, with layers of quartz separated by bedding-parallel slip surfaces characterized by a quartz-phyllosilicate cataclasite. Crack-seal bands imply incremental slickenfiber growth, in increments from tens of micrometers to a few millimeters, in some places, whereas other vein layers lack evidence for incremental growth and likely formed in single slip events. Single slip events, however, also involved quartz growth into open space, and are inferred to have formed by stick-slip faulting. Overall, therefore, flexural slip in this location involved bedding-parallel faulting, along progressively misoriented weak planes, with a range of slip increments.