地震余震的触发是由动态应力引起的
1Center for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA.
Nature
|December 16, 2000
概括
暂时的地震波或动态应力可以通过改变断层特性触发附近的地震. 这与静态应力变化形成鲜明对比,静态应力变化对地震触发模式的影响不那么直接.
科学领域:
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
- 地震学 地震学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 地震触发通常归因于断层移位引起的静态应力变化.
- 之前的研究集中在静态应力变化及其对附近断层活动的影响上.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较静态和动态应力变化对地震余震模式的影响.
- 为了调查地震波传播在地震触发中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在7.3级 (Mw) 兰德斯地震发生后,对余震模式的分析.
- 观察到的余震分布与计算的静态和动态应力变化进行比较.
主要成果:
- 受破裂传播影响的动态应力模式显示出与余震分布相似的不对称性.
- 静态应力变化与余震模式没有相同的不对称性.
- 有证据表明,动态压力可以在近距离和偏远地区引发地震.
结论:
- 动态压力,而不仅仅是静态压力,在触发地震方面发挥着重要作用,即使在近距离.
- 这些发现强调了在地震预测和危险评估中考虑地震波效应的重要性.
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