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地下水のポンプ効果が取り除かれた後,ロサンゼルス全域で構造的収縮が起こりました
G W Bawden1, W Thatcher, R S Stein
1United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. gbawden@usgs.gov
Nature
|August 24, 2001
まとめ
ブラインド・スラスト・フォールは,ロサンゼルスにとって重大な脅威となっている. 新しい研究は,GPSとInSARのデータを組み合わせて,構造的収縮を明らかにし,地下水のポンプ効果と区別する.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
- ジオデシ (Geodesy) とは
背景:
- 1987年と1994年の地震は,ロサンゼルスの盲目推力断層によって引き起こされる地震のリスクを強調しました.
- 断層の移動を監視するために,グローバル・ポジショニング・システム (GPS) ステーションの密集したネットワークが確立されました.
研究 の 目的:
- 地下水の汲み上げなどの非テクトニック信号からテクトニック変形を区別するために.
- ロサンゼルス流域の盲目推力断層の滑りとストレスの蓄積を正確に評価するために.
主な方法:
- インターフェロメトリック合成開口レーダー (InSAR) 画像で連続したGPSデータを増強する.
- 非構造的変形 (地下水,石油抽出,ストライクスリップ断層) を除去するために信号処理技術を適用します.
主要な成果:
- ロサンゼルス盆地全域で,北緯36°Eの方向で,年間4.4mmの単軸収縮が確認されました.
- 地下水の引き上げが,サンタアナ盆地で顕著な沈下 (12 mm/年) と季節的な振動を引き起こすことが実証されました.
- 非テクトニック信号は,盲目推力断層によるテクトニック変形を遮ったり,真似したりできることを示した.
結論:
- 収縮は主にスラスト・フォールトによって対応され,この地域のストライク・スライド・フォールトによって対応されない.
- ブラインド・スラスト・フォールト・アクティビティの正確な評価には,人為的な信号を注意深く除去する必要があります.
- これらの信号を理解することは,ロサンゼルス大都市における地震リスクの評価に不可欠です.
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