滑坡危险级联可以引发地震
Zhen Zhang1, Min Liu2, Yen Joe Tan3
1Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China. zhenzhang@cuhk.edu.hk.
Nature communications
|April 8, 2024
概括
像山体滑坡这样的表面危害可以引发地震. 西藏高原的山体滑坡堵塞的湖泊与增加的地震活动相关,这表明双向触发对于危险评估至关重要.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 天然危害 天然危害
- 地震学 地震学
背景情况:
- 众所周知,地震引发了表面危险,但相反的情况不太了解.
- 滑坡可能会产生滑坡堵塞的湖泊,导致洪水爆发.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查表面危险,特别是山体滑坡堵塞的湖泊,是否会引发地震活动.
- 为了分析山体滑坡造成的湖泊和地震发生之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 机器学习和交叉关联方法来构建地震目录.
- 库伦压力建模用于评估故障上的压力变化.
- 分析地震活动与山体滑坡造成的湖泊水位的关系.
主要成果:
- 随着山体滑坡造成的湖泊水位接近峰值,地震活动的统计显著增加 (局部强度≤2.6) 被观察到.
- ~90%的地震发生在由于直接负荷和孔隙压力扩散而导致库伦应力增加的地区.
- 在山体滑坡水破裂后,地震活动恢复到背景水平.
结论:
- 地震活动是由山体滑坡危险级联引发的,这表明地表危险和地震之间的双向触发.
- 由山体滑坡堵塞的湖泊引发的地震可能是一个广泛的现象,需要在地质危险评估中纳入.
- 了解双向触发对于管理山区的地质风险至关重要.
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