2007年7月20日新疆特克斯5.9级地震及震前部分地震学前兆异常

文中介绍了2007年7月20日新疆特克斯5.9级地震的基本参数、震源机制解、地震序列特征、震源参数、发震构造和局部构造应力场;分析了震前周围台站数字地震波参数的变化和部分地震学前兆异常特征.新疆特克斯5.9级地震的发震时刻为2007年7月20日18时06分51.7秒.     

2007年11-12月全球M≥5．0地震动态

据中国地震局地球物理研究所中国数字地震台网数据管理中心（CDSN DMC）从美国地震学联合研究会数据管理中心（IRIS DMC）得到的最新资料统计。     

台阵地震学方法及在中国IMS台阵的应用研究

中国的地震台阵建设与发展比国外晚了几十年.目前国内地震台阵正在不断地建设,而缺少的就是台阵技术,如能够把已有的台阵技术应用到我国的台阵中,就可以让台阵发挥它们应有的价值.作者根据国外的参考文献主要讨论了台阵地震学的主要技术方法并把这些方法应用到中国的IMS台阵,并给出了应用实例.结果表明,地震台阵使我们对地下结构的研究更加精细,使我们对微弱信号的识别更加轻松.如果我国现有台阵都能应用台阵地震学技术将对我国地震学和地球物理学的发展起到很大的推动作用.     

质疑“短期临震预报是世界性难题”的论点——致美国地震学家露西尔·琼斯的公开信（中译文）

尊敬的露西尔·琼斯（Dr．Lucile Jones）您好!首先让我们为四川汶川大地震的遇难者致哀。读到新华社驻华盛顿记者张忠霞采访你的报导,谈到“地震很难精确临震预报”。感到你的观点是陈旧的、保守的。这种观点严重地阻碍了科学发展,我不得不向你质疑!     

An Overview of the Study on Stress Magnitude

Crustal stress field holds an important position in geodynamics research, such as in plate motion simulations, uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau and earthquake preparation and occurrence. However, most of the crustal stress studies emphasize particularly on the determination of stress direction, with little study being done on stress magnitude at present. After reviewing ideas on a stress magnitude study from geological, geophysical and various other aspects, a method to estimate the stress magnitude in the source region according to the deflection of stress direction before and after large earthquakes and the stress drop tensor of earthquake rupture has been developed. The proposed method can also be supplemented by the average apparent stress before and after large earthquakes. The stress direction deflection before and after large earthquakes can be inverted by massive focal mechanisms of foreshocks and aftershocks and the stress drop field generated by the seismic source can be calculated by the detailed distribution of the earthquakes rupture. The mathematical relationship can then be constructed between the stress drop field, where its magnitude and direction are known and the stress tensor before and after large earthquakes, where its direction is known but magnitude is unknown, thereby obtaining the stress magnitude. The average apparent stress before and after large earthquakes can be obtained by using the catalog of broadband radiated energy and seismic moment tensor of foreshocks and aftershocks and the different responses to stress drops. This relationship leads to another estimation of stress magnitude before a large earthquake. The stress magnitude and its error are constrained by combining the two methods, which provide new constraints for the geodynamics study.     

An Introduction to the Latest-generation Spatial Database of Active Tectonics of China

Based on ArcGIS and MapInfo software, we digitized the active tectonics map (1:4,000,000) of China, which was compiled and revised by academician Deng Qidong, and built the spatial database of active tectonics of China. The database integrates rich active tectonic data, such as a catalogue of earthquakes with magnitude above 6.0, active faults, Quaternary basins, active folds and their associated attribute parameters, and implements scientific and effective management to this data. At the same time, the spatial database joins the spatial map data and the associated attribute data together, which implements the data query between spatial properties and attribute parameters and also makes it possible to perform spatial analysis with different data layers. These provide much convenience for earthquake study and allows engineering construction institutions to use this data in practical applications.     

法理地震学与全面禁止核试验条约

法理地震学的用途之一就是帮助核查“全面禁止核试验条约”的执行情况。法理地震学家面临的一个重要挑战是将每年发生的成千上万次天然地震与可能违反条约的地下爆破区别开来。识别方法主要有4种：（a）体波与面波的震级比,（b）高频P波与S波能量比,（c）基于模型的方法,（d）震源深度。方法（a）和（b）有经验基础。方法（a）～（c）的不足是对全球地质学介质范围内激发的地下爆破缺少一个等效的弹性震源。可靠的常规震源深度的确定已被证明非常困难。然而,过去的十几年获得的在识别可疑震源方面的经验说明,尽管没有单一的方法能够长期奏效,但巧妙地独创性地应用各种互补方法通常能够解决可疑震源识别问题。     

利用背景噪声进行地震成像

利用长时序列背景地震噪声进行地震成像是最近的一项创新成果,它摆脱了传统方法须依赖地震获取地壳上地幔高分辨率信息的限制。新方法被称为背景噪声层析成像（ANT）,主要用于地震面波。随着背景噪声层析成像技术在最新部署的地震台阵（如美国台阵地球透镜项目）资料解释中的应用,更高分辨率的地壳上地幔地震模型已赫然显现。