在2007年地震序列期间,苏门答腊巨型岩石的锁定部分部分破裂
A Ozgun Konca1, Jean-Philippe Avouac, Anthony Sladen
1Tectonics Observatory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Nature
|December 5, 2008
概括
2007年门塔威地震表明,潜伏区可以以不同的模式破裂. 这表明该地区大型巨型冲击事件的潜力仍然很大.
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:
- 2004年苏门答腊-安达曼地震强调了潜水带的危险性.
- 桑达大震区有着大型地震的历史,包括在门塔瓦伊地区 (1797年,1833年).
研究的目的:
- 分析2007年曼塔威地震 (M(w) 8.4和7.9及其破裂特征.
- 了解巨大冲击破裂模式的变化及其对未来地震事件的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析2007年曼塔威地震的地震数据.
- 与历史事件 (1797年,1833年) 的断裂区域和地震时刻的比较.
- 评估压力状态和障碍在巨型冲击破裂中的作用.
主要成果:
- 2007年的地震只破裂了1833年受影响的区域的一小部分.
- 这涉及巨型冲击的锁定区域内的明显的度.
- 释放的地震时刻明显小于历史事件和累积的应力赤字.
结论:
- 巨型冲击破裂模式可以根据度行为 (孤立与合作) 不同.
- 非永久性障碍物影响破裂的可变性.
- 门塔瓦伊地区仍然具有未来大型巨型冲击地震的巨大潜力.
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