庞奇碗断层的断裂表面能量,圣安德烈亚斯系统
Judith S Chester1, Frederick M Chester, Andreas K Kronenberg
1Center for Tectonophysics, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3115, USA. chesterj@geo.tamu.edu
Nature
|September 2, 2005
概括
地震断裂能量被地震数据大大低估了. 打孔碗断层的结构分析显示,断层表面的形成需要比以前想象的要多得多的能量,这表明了额外的滑动削弱过程.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 结构地质学 结构地质学
- 地震学 地震学
背景情况:
- 断裂能量是地震断裂动态的一个组成部分,人们对其大小以及断裂表面形成和滑动减弱的机制了解甚少.
- 基于地震和实验数据的现有估计并不能完全解释地震断裂的能量预算.
研究的目的:
- 量化在一个大排量挖掘断层中形成断裂表面所需的能量.
- 为了将这些量化能源需求与地震断裂能量地震学估计进行比较.
- 调查断裂表面生产对地震期间整体滑动减弱的贡献.
主要方法:
- 庞奇碗断层的结构分析,这是圣安德烈亚斯断层系统中的一个主要的挖掘断层.
- 根据观察到的断层结构,量化断层表面积和相关的能源需求.
主要成果:
- 创建Punchbowl断层断裂表面面积所需的能量大约是地震学估计的一次大地震的300倍.
- 将所有断裂能量仅归因于断裂表面产生的能量表明,不到1公里的地震位移可以解释观测到的表面面积.
结论:
- 对地震断裂能量的地震学估计可能大大低估了实际的能源预算.
- 断层表面的产生本身无法解释在大型地震中滑动减弱过程中消散的总能量.
- 除了表面破裂之外的其他物理过程可能会在地震破裂事件中对滑动减弱作出重大贡献.
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