高孔流体压力可能导致南开沟的沉默滑动
Shuichi Kodaira1, Takashi Iidaka, Aitaro Kato
1Institute for Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Showa-machi 3175-25 Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0001, Japan.
概括
科学家使用地震成像识别了潜伏区静音滑动事件的原因. 研究人员发现,沉积的海洋地中的高孔液压产生了这些缓慢的地震.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震学 地震学
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
背景情况:
- 沉默的滑动事件,也称为缓慢的地震,发生在俯冲区,但它们的潜在原因仍然不太清楚.
- 之前的研究已经在全球范围内发现了这些事件,突出了我们对地震动态的理解的重大差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查沉默滑动事件背后的因果机制.
- 为了确定负责东海静音滑落事件的特定地质结构和条件.
主要方法:
- 利用先进的地震成像技术可视化地下结构.
- 分析了地震数据,以确定海洋地中异常物理性质的区域.
主要成果:
- 在东海沉默滑坡期间,在沉降的海洋地内检测到一个明显的高孔流体压力区域.
- 这一高压区位于海底海的下坡,这表明结构控制.
结论:
- 确定的高孔流体压力区域有效地扩大了条件稳定的滑动区域.
- 这些条件被提出为在这个潜伏区产生无声滑动事件的主要机制.
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