1897年のアサムの大地震で高原が"ポップアップ"した
1CIRES & Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0399, USA. bilham@stripe.colorado.edu
Nature
|April 12, 2001
まとめ
1897年のアサムの地震は,ヒマラヤの断層ではなく,シロン高原の下にある急激な逆断層の破裂によって引き起こされました. このイベントは,地域的な地震リスクに影響を与える,重要な上昇と高地の加速を引き起こしました.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地震学 地震学とは
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
背景:
- 1897年のアッサム地震は,インド北東部で大規模な破壊を引き起こした.
- 以前の理論では,北に沈むヒマラヤの推力断層に地震が起ったと考えられていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 1897年のアサムの地震の因果的な故障メカニズムを調査するために.
- シャロン高原の上昇による変形と地震の影響を分析する.
主な方法:
- 断層の破裂と上昇に関する地質学的証拠の分析.
- 地震破裂のダイナミクスと地震波の伝播のモデリング.
主要な成果:
- 北部のシロング高原は,少なくとも11mの激しい上昇を経験しました.
- 埋もれた,急に沈む逆断層,約110kmの長さで,原因として特定されました.
- 地震は,垂直的に1gを超える加速と3m/sを超える表面速度を生成しました.
結論:
- アッサムの地震は,地殻の"ポップアップ"構造を境界する断層の破裂の結果でした.
- このイベントは,地元のストレスフィールドを大幅に変化させ,ブータンでは地震リスクが減ったが,バングラデシュ北部では増加した.
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