サンアンドレアス断層の底深く,非火山地震が起こっています
Robert M Nadeau1, David Dolenc
1Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, 211 McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4760, USA. nadeau@seismo.berkeley.edu
まとめ
科学者たちは,カリフォルニアのサンアンドレアス断層の底深く,非火山の震動活動を発見しました. 地震発生ゾーン以下で発生するこの地震信号は,地元の地震パターンと相関する可能性があります.
科学分野:
- *地震学とテクトノフィジックス:地震現象とプレート境界ダイナミクスの調査.
背景:
- *サンアンドレアス断層は,カリフォルニア州の主要な変形プレート境界であり,1857年のフォート・テジョン地震のような重要な地震イベントに関連しています.
- *地震を含む地震活動は,主に地殻の地震発生地帯内から発生すると理解されています.
研究 の 目的:
- * サンアンドレアス断層沿いの非火山の震動活動を特定し,特徴づけること.
- * 地震の深さと,この地震の潜在的関係と,地元の地震性を決定する.
主な方法:
- * 明確なP波またはS波 (非火山性震動) が欠如した長期間の地震信号を検出するために地震データの分析.
- * 変形板の境界地帯内の震動活動を地理的に位置づけます.
主要な成果:
- * 20~40キロメートルの深さで非火山の震動活動の発見.
- * この震動は,典型的な地震発生地帯 (上 ~ 15 km) 以下の場所で発生します.
- *震動の活動率と地元の地震活動の変動との潜在的な相関が観察されました.
結論:
- * サンアンドレアス断層の奥深く,地震発生地帯の下には,非火山的震動が存在する.
- *この深い地震活動は,断層システムのより広範な地震行動に役割を果たす可能性があります.
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