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地球的""是由大陆架上的海洋波驱动的
1Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA. scw@ldeo.columbia.edu
Nature
|February 16, 2007
概括
地球的地震声,以前归因于大气动荡,主要是由大陆架上相互作用的海洋波产生的. 这一发现澄清了在没有大地震的情况下持续地震能量的来源.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 地震学 地震学
背景情况:
- 地球的地震正常模式表现出一个恒定的背景激发水平,被称为"",即使没有重大地震事件.
- 这种地震的起源仍在争论中,大气动荡是被提出但日益质疑的来源.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查驱动地球地震的主要来源,频率接近10毫赫兹.
- 区分大气流和海洋来源作为主要的激发机制.
主要方法:
- 对地震正常模式激发水平的分析.
- 模拟海洋波和地震波之间的合机制.
- 地震数据与海洋波数据和大气流模型的比较.
主要成果:
- 动荡被确定为地震湿度的弱源.
- 在浅浅的大陆架上相互作用的海洋波被证明是主要的驱动力.
- 海洋波和地震模式之间的计算合机制准确地重现了观察到的地震频谱.
结论:
- 海洋波,而不是大气动荡,是地球地震气候的主要驱动因素.
- 相互作用通过海洋表面的二次非线性发生,将海洋波与地震波合起来.
- 时间相关性证实了海洋波活动和地震模式激发之间的因果关系.
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