远程触发了2002年加地震中的深度地震
Rigobert Tibi1, Douglas A Wiens, Hiroshi Inoue
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA. tibi@seismo.wustl.edu
Nature
|August 22, 2003
概括
深度地震可以由静态和动态应力变化引发,类似于浅层地震. 这项研究为深度地震中这种现象提供了第一个证据,扩大了我们对地震触发机制的理解.
科学领域:
- 地震学 地震学
- 地震科学 地震科学 地震科学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 对于浅层地的地震,地震触发已被充分记录.
- 机制包括静态应力变化 (附近) 和动态应力 (附近和远程).
- 触发深度地震的原因在很大程度上仍未得到证实.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析2002年8月19日加的深度地震序列.
- 为深度地震提供静态和动态触发的证据.
- 在无地震地区调查地震核形成.
主要方法:
- 详细分析了来自加地震序列的地震数据.
- 从电源冲击发生的静态应力变化的建模.
- 触发事件位置和起源时间与地震波到达时间的比较.
主要成果:
- 7.7级地震发生在7.6级地震发生7分钟后,发生在598公里深处.
- 附近的余震位于静态应力增强的地区.
- 第二次主震和其他触发事件发生在遥远的距离,这表明动态触发.
- 触发事件发生在以前无地震地区,与地震波到达时间无关.
结论:
- 深度地震可以由静态和动态应力变化引发.
- 动态触发可能在深度地震序列中发挥重要作用.
- 触发的深度地震可能发生在临界点附近的区域,需要外部影响来核化.
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