A simplified method for simulation of strong ground motion using finite rupture model of the earthquake source

We present a simplified method to simulate strong ground motion for a realistic representation of a finite earthquake source burried in a layered earth. This method is based on the stochastic simulation method of Boore (Boore, D. M., 1983, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 73, 1865–1894) and the Empirical Greens Function (EFG) method of Irikura (Irikura, K., 1986, Proceedings of the 7th Japan Earthquake symposium, pp. 151–156). The rupture responsible for an earthquake is represented by several subfaults. The geometry of subfaults and their number is decided by the similarity relationships. For simulation of ground motion using the stochastic simulation technique we used the shapping window based on the kinetic source model of the rupture plane. The shaping window deepens on the geometry of the earthquake source and the propagation characteristics of the energy released by various subfaults. The division of large fault into small subfaults and the method for accounting their contribution at the surface is identical to the EGF. The shapping window has been modified to take into account the effect of the transmission of energy released form the finite fault at various boundaries of the layered earth model above the source. In the present method we have applied the correction factor to adjust slip time function of small and large earthquakes. The correction factor is used to simulate strong motion records having basic spectral shape of ² source model in broad frequency range. To test this method we have used the strong motion data of the Geiyo earthquake of 24th March 2001, Japan recorded by KiK network. The source of this earthquake is modelled by a simple rectangular rupture of size 24 × 15 km, burried at a depth of 31 km in a multilayered earth model. This rupture plane is divided into 16 rectangular subfaults of size 6.0 × 3.75 km each. Strong motion records at eight selected near-field stations were simulated and compared with the observed records in terms of the acceleration and velocity records and their response spectrum. The comparison confirms the suitability of proposed rupture model responsible for this earthquake and the efficacy of the approach in predicting the strong motion scenario of earthquakes in the subduction zone. Using the same rupture model of the Geiyo earthquake, we compared the simulated records from our and the EGF techniques at one near-field station. The comparison shows that this technique gives records which matches in a wide frequency range and that too from simple and easily accessible parameters of burried rupture.     

次生断层对飞雁滩地区馆陶组石油运移和聚集影响的模拟实验研究

在胜利油田飞雁滩地区馆陶组油气成藏地质综合研究的基础上,利用二维模型模拟了断层开启条件下,主断层充注量的大小与次生断层对馆陶组石油运移和聚集的影响。研究结果表明,次生断层对馆上段油气的聚集作用与对主断层的石油充注量密切相关。分3种情况：①当主断层充注量足够大时,相邻的次生断层两侧砂层中油的充注强度最大,最有利于次生断层两侧砂层中油的聚集;②当主断层充注量一般时,与主断层相邻,且有砂层与主断层相连的次生断层砂层中有油的聚集;③当主断层充注量较小时,相邻的次生断层两侧的砂层中基本不含油,不利于砂层中油的聚集。这对解释飞雁滩地区馆陶组与次生断层有关的油气成藏具有十分重要的意义。