TEMPORAL SPATIAL VARIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF CRUST DEFORMATION OF ACTIVE TECTONIC BLOCKS IN NORTH CHINA

1　IntroductionTomonitorthecurrentcrustalmotionandearthquakehazardsinNorthChinaarea,theFirstCrustalMonitoringandApplicationCenter (FC MAC)oftheChinaEarthquakeAdministration(CEA)hasestablishedaGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)monitoringnetworkinNorthChinaandtheCapital(Beijing)Circlearea .TheobservedstationsaremainlydistributedinthenorthernpartofNorthChinaandCapitalCirclearea (Fig .1 ) .Theregionisbetween 1 0 7°Eand 1 2 2°E (about 1 40 0km) ,andbetween 33°Nand 42°N (about 80 0km) .…

TEMPORAL SPATIAL VARIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF CRUST DEFORMATION OF ACTIVE TECTONIC BLOCKS IN NORTH CHINA

Global Positioning System (GPS) observations during four measurement campaigns from 1992 to 1999 are used in a study of the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of crustal deformation of active tectonic blocks in North China. The Euler vectors for these active blocks are determined on the basis of GPS velocities of a group relative stable points in 1992,1995,1996 and in 1996,1999 respectively. We have studied the relative motion between blocks at the boundaries and the intra block deformation field. We have also inverted the strain rate fields for these active blocks by bi cubic spline model based on the GPS velocity field. The results show that the intra block deformation rates are different from those in block boundary zones, and are also different in different periods; the deformational field is generally characterized by intra-block extension in North China.