基于重复地震研究川滇地区主要断裂带的深部变形

发生在同一断层部位上0.5~4.0级的重复地震（也称重复微震）是研究断裂带深部变形的天然（有力）工具.本文系统汇集了川滇地区主要断裂带识别出的76组重复地震研究结果,构建了川滇地区重复地震的时空分布图像和断裂带深部变形时空演化特征,结果表明：丽江-宁蒗断裂带在脆韧转换带约23 km深处的滑动速率为4.3~5.4 mm·a^-1,小江断裂带3.0~12.3 km深处的滑动速率为1.6~10.1 mm·a^-1,红河断裂带北段在6.0~13.4 km深处的滑动速率为2.3~10.0 mm·a^-1,鲜水河断裂带南段3.0~18.7 km深处的滑动速率为3.0~10.2 mm·a^-1,龙门山断裂带在4.0~17.3 km的汶川8.0级地震孕育深处的滑动速率为3.5~9.6 mm·a^-1,龙门山断裂带南端3.6~18.7 km处滑动速率为5.8~10.2 mm·a^-1.综合分析认为：川滇地区主要边界断裂带的深部滑动速率较为一致,揭示了川滇地块和巴颜喀拉地块整体协同变形的特征.由重复微震与深部滑动速率变化构建了孕震深处的变形模式,即重复微震与断裂带局部闭锁段在空间位置上存在密切的关联性,强震前孕震闭锁区存在明显的深浅部构造形变差异,震前存在的深部加速变形过程可能是断层亚失稳阶段的具体表征.

     

Analysis of microtremors within the Provadia region near a salt leaching mine

By analysis of microtremors recorded with digital seismological monitoring equipment near the Provadia salt diapir (Bulgaria), two groups of events showing different characteristics have been detected in the vicinity of the salt production area. The first group of events has low magnitudes and is located at a distance of about 1 km from the top of the salt diapir. These events show low stress drops. The second group of tremors is located outside the salt diapir. The corresponding magnitudes and stress drops are larger. The first class of events seems to be related to processes at the contour of the salt leaching caverns, whereas the origin of the second group seems to be connected with stress redistribution processes around the salt body. Based on this analysis, the tectonic model of the Provadia salt diapir has been modified.     

Scaling of peak ground motions from digital recordings of small earthquakes at Campi Flegrei,southern Italy

The dependence of peak ground acceleration and velocity on seismic moment is studied for a set of small earthquakes (0.7<M _L<3.2) recorded digitally at distances of a few km in the Campi Flegrei volcanic area near Naples, Italy, during the ground uplift episode of 1982–1984. Numerical simulations, using the -square spectral model with constant stress drop and ane ^–kf high frequency decay, fit well both the velocity and acceleration data for an averagek=0.015. The observed ground motions in the 1–24 Hz frequency band appear to consist of radiation from simple sources modified only slightly by attenuation effects. Moreover, the scaling of peak values agrees closely with those determined in nonvolcanic areas, once the difference in stress drop is taken into account.     

The Catalogue of the Vogtland/Western Bohemia Earthquakes and Vocatus as an Auxiliary Code

The catalogue of earthquakes from the Vogtland/Western Bohemia region joins data which have been observed with local seismic stations since 1962. Up to now, data on more than 17.000 earthquakes were compiled to the catalogue. A special code VOCATUS supports its use and explains the collected data. Both, catalogue and code VOCATUS are described. From the catalogue, there follows a recurrence of the earthquake occurrence which is discussed in detail.     

Microseismicity and focal mechanisms at the western termination of the North Anatolian Fault and their implications for continental tectonics

For seven weeks, a temporary network of 68 seismological stations was operated in Central Greece, in the region of Thessaly and Evia, located at the western termination of the North Anatolian Fault system. We recorded 510 earthquakes and computed 80 focal mechanisms. Seismic activity is associated with the NE–SW dextral North Aegean Fault, or with very young E–W-striking normal faults that are located around the Gulf of Volos and the Gulf of Lamia. The important NW–SE-striking faults bounding the Pilion, or the basins of Larissa and Karditsa, are not seismically active, suggesting that it is easier to break continental crust, creating new faults perpendicular to the principal stresses, than to reactivate faults that strike obliquely to the principal stress axes