1932年麻城6.0级强震的蕴育环境条件探讨

本文在活断层研究和地震宏观调查的基础上,从现代地壳运动特征及活动断层几何学,运动特征等方面研究了1932年麻城Ms6.0级地震的蕴育环境条件,为预测该区强震的地点和强度提供依据。     

冲绳海槽至马里亚纳海沟重力异常和地壳结构的初步研究

根据我们实测的水深、重力连续剖面资料,计算了自东海至北斐济盆地的地壳厚度。本文旨在对冲绳海槽至马里亚纳海沟的重力异常和地壳结构进行初步的研究。该地段位于太平洋板块俯冲带以西,构造活动十分复杂、剧烈,并含有多种类型的地壳结构。     

日冕磁场和重联的射电信号

总结了近期用射电频谱仪（高时间和高频谱分辨）和野边山射电日像仪（高空间分辨）以及国内外其它空间和地面设备分析日冕磁场和重联的系列工作。主要结论可归纳为：1）在Dulk等人（1982）的近似下自恰计算射电爆发源区磁场的平行和垂直分量，并首次得到该磁场在日面的两雏分布。2）为了考虑非热电子低能截止的影响，必须采用更严格的回旋同步辐射理论来计算。结果表明：低能截止和日冕磁场对计算有明显的影响，而其它参数（包括背景温度、密度、高能截止和辐射方向）的影响均可忽略。因此，对低能截止和日冕磁场必须联立求解。3）射电爆发中的精细结构可能反映了射电爆发源比较靠近粒子加速（磁场重联）的区域，利用高时间和高频率分辨的频谱仪和高空间分辨的日像仪联合分析，可以确定精细结构的源区位置，从而确定粒子加速（磁场重联）的准确时间和地点。     

滦县ML5.0地震前重力异常探讨

分析研究了2004年1月20日河北省滦县ML5．0地震孕育过程中首都圈重力场的异常变化和动态演化特征。结果表明,震前出现的重力上升-下降-上升变化是较明显的中短期异常反映;重力场动态图像较清晰地反映了研究区重力场的准均匀态-非均匀态一发震的演化过程;滦县地区重力场的异常变化形态支持了孕震体震前膨胀的理论。     

核幔成矿物质与地幔热柱多级演化成矿

研究认为金等成矿物质主要来自核-幔源区,以气态-气液混合态、含矿流体的形式,通过地幔热柱→地幔亚热柱→幔枝构造→有利构造扩容带,迁移到幔枝构造外围的韧脆性剪切带、侵入岩体的内、外接触带、各种脉岩与围岩的接触带等有利部位集聚成矿,并构成矿田→矿床→矿体(脉)的有序排列组合,表现出不同的矿床类型。因此,应侧重研究构造成矿控矿作用,以指导新一轮地质找矿和矿产资源评价。文中还举例分析了胶西北焦家断裂与三山岛断裂的交切关系及其控矿作用。     

现有孕震模式的研究及其修正

在国内外现行的主要孕震模式的基础上，得出了一个较为合理的详细阐述孕震过程的模式。该模式由（Ⅰ）弹性变形、（Ⅱ）扩容、（Ⅲ）前兆蠕动、（Ⅳ）地震、（Ⅴ）震后调整等阶段组成，主要强调液体（水）存在；发生大小地震的断层均由积累单元和调整单元组成，余震是大震后构造剪切应力重新调整以及主断层未破裂区和位于它两侧尺度小、长度短的断层未破裂区共同破裂的结果。最后，运用断裂力学理论对该模式的孕震过程进行了比较圆满的解释。     

Tripolar vortex in plasma flow

Strongly nonlinear processes in a two-component plasma with sheared flow, in the low-frequency limit, in comparison with the ion gyro frequency Ω_i, and for perturbations propagating perpendicularly to the ambient magnetic field are studied. In the linear domain such a system is prone to the development of instability of the Kelvin–Helmholtz type. In the nonlinear regime this instability can saturate into stationary travelling solutions of the form of vortex chains and tripolar vortices, which are found in this paper.     

Soft-sediment deformation structures in the Late Quaternary sediments of Ladakh: Evidence for multiple phases of seismic tremors in the North western Himalayan Region

The exposed Quaternary sections of Ladakh show evidence of seismicity during the late Quaternary. Multiple levels of soft-sediment deformation structures (seismites) are recorded from the Quaternary sediments of the Spituk-Leh, along Indus Suture Zone (ISZ) and the Khalsar palaeolakes, along Shyok Suture Zone (SSZ) and Karakoraum Fault (KF). The studied sections are a part of two major tectonically formed palaeolakes at 35,000 yr BP. Nine levels of seismites from Spituk-Leh and eight levels from Khalsar sections are recorded. The deformed sediments comprise of clay, silts and sand and are restricted to a single stratigraphic layers bounded by undeformed beds suggesting synsedimentary deformation. The various deformational structures identified are simple and complex convolutes, pinch and swell bedding, microfolds and microfaults, flame-like structures, pseudonodules, clay diapirs, ball and pillow structures, pillar structures, sedimentary dykes and mud lenses. The release of stress along the ISZ, SSZ and KF, may have been responsible for inducing seismicity in the area during the late Quaternary times which may have caused liquefaction as a direct consequence of permanent deformation of ground surface due to earthquakes of large magnitudes (>5 intensity). The chronological data suggests release of stresses along ISZ, SSZ and KF in the form of earthquakes between 35,000 yr BP to approximately the Last Glacial Maxima (LGM) as evident form the available chronology.     

Timings of early crustal activity in southern highlands of Mars:Periods of crustal stretching and shortening

Extensional and compressional structures are globally abundant on Mars. Distribution of these structures and their ages constrain the crustal stress state and tectonic evolution of the planet. Here in this paper, we report on our investigation over the distribution of the tectonic structures and timings of the associated stress fields from the Noachis-Sabaea region. Thereafter, we hypothesize possible origins in relation to the internal/external processes through detailed morphostructural mapping. In doing so, we have extracted the absolute model ages of these linear tectonic structures using crater size-frequency distribution measurements, buffered crater counting in particular. The estimated ages indicate that the tectonic structures are younger than the mega impacts events(especially Hellas) and instead they reveal two dominant phases of interior dynamics prevailing on the southern highlands, firstly the extensional phase terminating around3.8 Ga forming grabens and then compressional phase around 3.5-3.6 Ga producing wrinkle ridges and lobate scarps. These derived absolute model ages of the grabens exhibit the age ca. 100 Ma younger than the previously documented end of the global extensional phase. The following compressional activity corresponds to the peak of global contraction period in Early Hesperian. Therefore, we conclude that the planet wide heat loss mechanism, involving crustal stretching coupled with gravitationally driven relaxation(i.e.,lithospheric mobility) resulted in the extensional structures around Late Noachian(around 3.8 Ga). Lately cooling related global contraction generated compressional stress ensuing shortening of the upper crust of the southern highlands at the Early Hesperian period(around 3.5-3.6 Ga).     

Parameter identification for lined tunnels in a viscoplastic medium

This paper is dedicated to the identification of constitutive parameters of elasto‐viscoplastic constitutive law from measurements performed on deep underground cavities (typically tunnels). This inverse problem is solved by the minimization of a cost functional of least‐squares type. The exact gradient is computed by the direct differentiation method and the descent is done using the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm. The method is presented for lined or unlined structures and is applied for an elastoviscoplastic constitutive law of the Perzyna class. Several identification problems are presented in one and two dimensions for different tunnel geometries. The used measurements have been obtained by a preliminary numerical simulation and perturbed with a white noise. The identified responses match the measurements. We also discuss the usage of the sensitivity analysis of the system, provided by the direct differentiation method, for the optimization of in situ monitoring. The sensitivity distribution in space and time assess the location of the measurements points as well as the time of observation needed for reliable identification. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.