Richter magnitudes and site corrections using vertical component seismograms

The definition of the Richter Ml magnitude scale is in terms of seismic wave horizontal components recorded on Wood‐Anderson seismographs. However, at many seismograph sites only the vertical component is available, and at sedimentary sites horizontal components are usually significantly amplified, causing complications in the assignment of a magnitude to an earthquake. Because each earthquake can be recorded at a different subset of sites, each subset having a different combination of site amplifications, the assignment of a magnitude is dependent upon the seismograph site combination that records a particular earthquake. Although there is some amplification of the vertical component at sedimentary foundation sites, it is shown that a reduced spread of values of Ml magnitude, consistent with low amplification (bedrock) site magnitudes, can be achieved using the vertical component to compute the magnitude and adding 0.2 to adjust to the Ml magnitude scale (defined in terms of the horizontal components). This presupposes that the sites used by Richter were on bedrock; however, even if this is incorrect, it appears to be a necessary precondition for the world‐wide unification of the Richter scale along with defining the true gain of Wood‐Anderson seismographs rather than accepting the design gain of 2800. Site corrections would be smaller than those established using the horizontal components. Taking into account the use of only the vertical component in the calculation of Ml and including the 0.2 adjustment to the equivalent horizontal component derived magnitude, the expression for the calculation of magnitudes in the Victoria region becomes:

Ml = logA_z ‐ logS_z + 0.9 + logR + 0.0056Re^‐0.0013R

where A_z is the equivalent Wood‐Anderson seismograph displacement amplitude, S_z is the site amplification (vertical component) and R is the hypocentral distance.     

Joint states of information from different probabilistic geo-profile reconstruction methods

Development of technologies for site characterization has grown at a faster pace compared to the development of decision-making methods required for the assimilation of inferences they generate. In the case of geophysical surveying, such dephase adds to the dependency on the use of expert's judgment in the interpretation of geophysical mappings. A systematic assimilation of this type of geo-surveying evidence is required, in particular for the integration of spatial geomorphological information (i.e., stratigraphy), characterized from different geophysical methods. This paper presents a methodology to address this challenge by the use of a probabilistic approach. A set of synthetic geophysical mappings are used to illustrate the applicability of the proposed methodology and its potential extrapolation to other scientific imaging disciplines.     

鞍山垃圾与渣土受纳场边坡锚索支护治理设计与施工

介绍了鞍山市千山区建筑垃圾与渣土受纳场边坡锚索支护治理工程锚索的设计与计算,以及施工工艺及监测等情况。     

枞阳县陶家巷工区找矿潜力分析

本文对枞阳县陶家巷工区成矿地质特征,物化探特征,地球化学特征,矿化蚀变特征等进行分析,研究显示区内成矿元素Cu、Pb、Zn等含量高于地壳背景值,断裂构造发育,断裂带内铜矿化、硅化等明显。断层发育,NE向断层发育,多以硅化带形式出现。裂隙发育,具不同程度的硅化高岭土化,局部充填有褐铁矿化脉。陶家巷一高庙山低缓异常带、方家湾地存在重磁同高异常。与已知矿化舍铜破碎带重合。结果表明,陶家巷大刨山铜矿深部及外围、城山岩体与围岩接触带、夏家井、方家湾、五印庵一团山小学和高庙山具有较好的找矿潜力。     

Quartz OSL and TL dating of pottery,burnt clay,and sediment from Beicun archaeological site,China

This study focuses on characterizing the thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of quartz in burnt clay, pottery, and the sediments unearthed from a Neolithic site, the Beicun site of the Liangzhu culture. It shows that the initial OSL signals (within 0.8 s) of most burnt clay and pottery sherds are not dominated by the fast component. Results of a heating simulation experiment of sediment quartz show that annealing at temperatures exceeding 600–800 °C decreased the proportion of the fast component in the initial signal slightly. In addition, the proportion of the medium component in the later signal (0.8–5 s) increased significantly, resulting in a decrease in the Fast Ratio value. Therefore, high annealing temperature may be an important reason for the slow decay rate of OSL signals of the burnt clay and pottery samples. The D_e(t) plot shows that most of the samples have thermally stable OSL component signals, which have no significant effect on the final OSL ages. The single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol was used to determine the OSL and TL ages for chunk burnt clay and pottery sherds. The high-precision age of the last archaeological heating event, such as sacrifice, burning, or domestic firing, can be obtained by determining the TL and OSL ages of a homogeneous chunk of burnt clay. The OSL results are consistent with the ¹⁴C age of carbon chips extracted from burnt clay. The age of the Beicun site is finally determined to be approximately 5000–5300 BP (BP represents before 2020), belonging to the early period of the Liangzhu culture.     

Analysis and interpretation of the October 21, 1766 earthquake in the Southeastern Caribbean

The October 21, 1766 earthquake is the most widely felt event in the seismic history of Trinidad and Venezuela. Previous works diverged on the interpretation of the historical data available for this event. They associated the earthquake either with the Lesser Antilles subduction zone, with strike-slip motion along El Pilar fault, or with intraplate deformation at the edge of Guyana shield. Isoseismal areas are proposed after a new search and analysis of primary and secondary sources of historical information. Two of the largest earthquakes of the twentieth century which occurred in the region, the 1968 (M _S 6.4, h = 103 km), and the 1997 (M _W 6.9, h = 25 km) events, for which both intensity data and instrumentally determined source parameters are available, are used to calibrate the isoseismal areas and to interpret them in terms of source depth and magnitude. It is concluded that the large extent of intensity values higher than V is diagnostic of the depth (85 ± 20 km) of the 1766 source, and of local amplifications of ground motion due to soft soil conditions and to strong contrasts of impedance at the edge of Guyana shield. It is proposed that the event occurred either in slab, or close to the bottom lithospheric interface between the Caribbean and South American plates (∼11°N; ∼62.5°W). The value of the magnitude is estimated at 6.5 < M _S < 7.5 depending on the source depth and on the decay of ground motion as a function of distance. Deep and intermediate depth earthquakes can induce important casualties in Trinidad, Venezuela, and Guyana, possibly more damaging than those induced by shallower earthquakes along the strike of El Pilar Fault.     

超高排土场的粒径分级及其边坡稳定性分析研究

明显的粒径分级是超高排土场区别于土质边坡的最重要特征。针对西源岭413台阶排土场,结合开发的HHC-CA模型和现场散体粒径分布情况的调查,建立了考虑超高排土场粒径分级特征的边坡模型。在此模型的基础上,借助FLAC3D软件分析了现状边坡和各种堆排模式下的边坡稳定性。结果表明:西源岭413台阶排土场现状边坡上部位移矢量表现为下沉,其下沉方向与坡面保持同向,中部位移矢量表现为剪切,下部位移矢量略有反抬升的趋势。其边坡破坏模式为顶部平台拉裂,中部以圆弧形剪出;此排土场的现状边坡处于暂时性稳定阶段。而采用全覆盖式多台阶排土的边坡上部位移矢量表现为下沉,在排土场底部过渡到水平方向;破坏模式为顶部平台拉裂,下部以圆弧形剪出。仅考虑堆积散体的材料强度对排土场稳定性影响时,超高排土场的粒径分级有利于排土场边坡的稳定。     

陕北地区动物骨骼的脂肪酸单体碳同位素分析

基于动物油脂的脂肪酸单体碳同位素模型开展古代样品的脂肪酸单体碳同位素分析可细化脂肪来源,有助于探究动物资源的加工利用、相关载体的使用功能及先民饮食策略,从而为古代人类的生活方式和古代社会的经济形态提供重要信息.目前该模型已得到国外诸多地区现代动物样品的验证,但其在中国的适用性尚不明晰.文章对陕北地区石峁遗址和高家洼遗址...     

浙江庆元古银坑硐群遗迹特征及价值评价

通过对庆元古银坑硐群遗迹的详细调查,查明了该硐群特征。遗迹区共有古矿硐群7处,其中4个规模较大的矿硐长度均在百米以上,最大矿硐共分3层进行开采,垂直落差百米以上。遗迹区内各种规格探采硐保存完整,探矿遗迹数量多,矿业遗迹类型丰富。通过对该遗迹区的价值评价,该矿硐群遗迹可达到国家级矿业遗迹标准。     

陕北贾大峁遗址出土动物遗骸的锶同位素比值分析

史前时期动物驯养技术的跨大陆交流与传播是令人瞩目的 前沿课题.陕北地区位于欧亚草原早期青铜文化和中原地区古代文化交汇碰撞的前沿地带.贾大峁遗址位于陕西省横山县,年代为距今约4500～4300年的龙山早期.作为陕北地区目前发现的最早出现牛和羊的考古遗址之一,牛和羊是当地驯养抑或外来的,是值得我们探讨的问题.本文通过热电离...