Macroseismic Surveys in Theory and Practice

Macroseismology is the part of seismology that collects and evaluates non-instrumental data on earthquakes, i.e., effects on people, objects, buildings and nature. The methods that seismologists use for collecting and evaluating the macroseismic data are often based on long (trial-and-error) experience more than on some formal procedure. Until very recently manuals or guidelines on how to do a macroseismic survey were rare and often superficial. After an earthquake is felt in some region, the data are usually collected by means of questionnaires. Field survey is an obligatory tool that complements the questionnaires in the case of a damaging earthquake. An overview of the approaches to deriving the earthquake parameters (epicentre and barycentre, epicentral intensity, magnitude, depth, source parametres) from macroseismic data, as well as a review of some existing practices is given.     

西藏文部一姆错丙尼地区早二叠世拉嘎组——兼述杂砾岩形成环境与成因

通过1∶250000邦多区幅和措麦区幅区域地质调查,对西藏文部—姆错丙尼地区的早二叠世拉嘎组进行了地层古生物及杂砾岩特征的研究,发现赋存于滑塌块体中的生物化石反映的地质时期为早二叠世Sakmarian—Artinskian期,而滑塌块体的“基质”地层时代应稍晚于早二叠世Sakmarian—Artinskian期;沉积特征表明杂砾岩成因具冰海相和水下块体重力流的复合(双重)性质。