南カリフォルニアにおける重力,高さ,およびストレスの変化の相関関係
まとめ
南カリフォルニアは1977年から1982年の間に地殻の大きな変形を経験しました. 重力,高さ,およびストレスのデータは,相関する変化を明らかにし,真の地質学的シフトを示しました.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- ジオデシ (Geodesy) とは
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
背景:
- 南カリフォルニアは地震活動が活発な地域で,地殻の変形が起こりやすい.
- 地殻の動きを理解することは,地震の危険性評価に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- カリフォルニア州南部における重力,高さ,ストレスの相関変化を調査する.
- 1977年から1982年にかけての地殻変形測定の妥当性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 準確な重力調査は半年ごとに実施される.
- 長いベースラインに沿った高さ調査を繰り返し行う.
- エリアストレスを測定するためのレーザーレンジング調査.
主要な成果:
- 観測された重力は6ヶ月以内に25マイクロガールまで変化します.
- 年間標高変動は,40~100kmのベースラインで100ミリメートルに達した.
- 南カリフォルニア全域で検出された1~2ppmの地域性菌株変化.
結論:
- 複数のジオデシック技術による相関測定は,地殻の真の変形を示唆しています.
- この調査結果は,調査期間中にカリフォルニア州南部で地質学的に重要な活動があった証拠を示しています.
- 精度に関する懸念にもかかわらず,システム間の合意は,観測された変化の現実性を支持しています.
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