Temporal and spacial analysis of regional composite nodal plane solutions for small earthquakes

A method is proposed in this paper for the analysis of temporal and spatial characteristics of composite nodal plane solutions for small earthquakes. With this method, the interested region is devided into small areas according to the geological features of the region. As an example, 107 composite nodal plane solutions are calculated for the adjoining region of Shaxi, Hebei and Neimenggu. The temporal and spatial characteristics of the variations of the solution parameters before and after the great Tangshan main earthquake in 1976 have been analysed and some interesting results are obtained. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismlogica Sinica,13, 9–20, 1991.