カリフォルニア州中部の地下水の枯渇によって引き起こされる上昇と地震性
Colin B Amos1, Pascal Audet2, William C Hammond3
1Geology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225-9080, USA.
Nature
|May 16, 2014
まとめ
カリフォルニア州の地下水の枯渇.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 水文学 水文学とは
- テクトニクス (地質学) とは
背景:
- カリフォルニアのサン・ホアキン・バレーは地下水の枯渇に直面し,土地の沈殿を引き起こしている.
- 広範囲にわたる地下水の損失は,石層質量を大幅に減らし,地殻の変形と地震性に影響を与えます.
- 以前の研究は,地下水の枯渇による地震と変形の影響を十分に調査していなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- サン・ホアキン・バレーにおける地下水の枯渇と地殻の変形との関係を調査する.
- 地域地震性に対する地下水の損失による上昇の影響を分析する.
- シエラネバダ山脈における観測された上昇に対する地下水の枯渇の寄与を評価する.
主な方法:
- 縦のグローバルポジショニングシステム (GPS) 測定を使用して,岩石の上昇を検出しました.
- 水貯蔵の損失率と上昇を相関させるための弾性モデルを使用した.
- 山脈の高さの季節的変動と断層ストレスとの関連を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 南部のサン・ホアキン・バレー周辺の岩石の上昇は年間1~3mmまで観測されています.
- 上昇は地下水の枯渇と相関しており,弾性モデルの予測と一致しています.
- 隣接する山脈の季節的な上昇は,サンアンドレアス断層のストレスに影響を与えます.
結論:
- 地下水の枯渇は,サン・ホアキン・バレーの地殻変形の重要な要因である.
- 地下水の損失による屈曲的上昇は,近くの断層の地震率を調節することができます.
- 南部のシエラネバダで観測された上昇は,部分的に人間による地下水の枯渇に起因する.
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