巨大 地震 が 平ら な 巨大 地震 を 破壊 する
Quentin Bletery1, Amanda M Thomas2, Alan W Rempel2
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. qbletery@uoregon.edu.
まとめ
メガ地震は 急速な収束や若い石層を必要としません 代わりに,メガ地震の断裂は,広範囲に広がる断裂のための均質な切断力を促進する,平らな,低曲率の潜水地帯と関連しています.
科学分野:
- 地理学
- 地震学
- 構造学
背景:
- 2004年のスマトラ・アンダマン地震と2011年の東北・オキ地震は,巨大地震の動態に関する理解が不完全であることを明らかにした.
- 以前は巨大地震は 急速な収束と若い浮遊力のある石層と 関連づけられていたが 今や問題となっている.
研究 の 目的:
- メガ地震の破裂を制御する 幾何学的要因を調査する
- サブドクションゾーンの幾何学とメガ地震の発生の関係を特定する.
主な方法:
- グローバル潜水地帯に沿ったインターフェースの曲率の計算.
- 切断強度の異質性を評価するための簡素化された分析モデルの開発.
主要な成果:
- メガ地震は,平らな (低曲率) 潜水界面で好ましく発生します.
- インターフェースの曲線は,切断強度の異質性の増加と相関する.
- フラットメガストは,より均質な切断強度を示し,より大きな領域で同時破裂を容易にします.
結論:
- サブドクションゾーンの幾何学,特にインターフェースの曲線は,メガ地震の破裂の重要な要因です.
- 低曲率のインターフェースは,メガ地震の特徴である,大きな面積の同時切断ストレスの解放に必要な条件を促進します.
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