地震学:板块内部的构造压力?
E Calais1, G Mattioli, C DeMets
1Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. ecalais@purdue.edu
Nature
|December 16, 2005
概括
了解构造板的变形及其与地震的联系仍然是一个挑战. 新的研究对美国中部地区存在重大变形的说法提出了挑战,表明目前只能估计大型地震强度和复发间隔的上限.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
- 地震学 地震学
背景情况:
- 在构造板内部驱动变形的机制尚未完全理解.
- 大规模的,不频繁的地震与这种板内变形有关.
- 之前的研究表明,美国中部地区的表面变形显著.
研究的目的:
- 调查美国中部地区可能出现重大表面变形的可能性.
- 评估有关与板边界可比的变形速率的声明的有效性.
- 改进对地板内部地区地震潜力的理解.
主要方法:
- 地测数据的独立统计分析.
- 在之前的变形研究中使用的数据集的重新评估.
- 变形速率的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 在三个独立分析中没有检测到统计学上显著的表面变形.
- 数据不支持与美国中部板边界相比较的变形速率的说法.
- 这项研究挑战了以前关于板内变形的研究结果.
结论:
- 目前的数据不证实美国中部地区的重大变形.
- 只有大地震的强度和复发间隔的上限可以推断出来.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解板内地震过程.
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