断层外损伤控制了软沉积物的近地表面破裂行为
Nicola De Paola1, Rachael J Bullock2, Robert E Holdsworth2
1Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK. nicola.de-paola@durham.ac.uk.
Nature communications
|December 13, 2025
概括
断层外的能量消耗显著减缓或停止浅层地震断裂. 这项研究显示,近表面损伤高达85%的总断裂能量,解释了缓慢的断裂速度.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震科学 地震科学 地震科学
- 故障机械学 故障机械学
背景情况:
- 表面破裂断层构成严重的地震危险.
- 接近表面的破裂行为和能量消耗的理解很少.
- 关于破裂尖端周围的断层外能量消散的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究断层外能量消耗在浅层地震断层行为中的作用.
- 量化表面附近断层区域的断层外损伤所消耗的能量.
- 解释在浅地地震中观察到的缓慢破裂速度和低辐射效率.
主要方法:
- 实验结果与死海地震断层的现场测量结果的整合.
- 断层外损伤能量的估计,作为总断裂能量的百分比.
- 分析建模以评估断裂能量对断裂传播的影响.
主要成果:
- 在Mw ≈ 6个事件中,断层外损伤占整个断层能量的高达85%.
- 断层外损伤增加的断裂能量显著减缓或停止了表面附近的断裂传播.
- 为浅层,软沉积物破裂中缓慢的破裂速度和低辐射效率提供了合理的解释.
结论:
- 断层外损伤是控制近地地震破裂动态的关键因素.
- 了解故障之外的能量消耗对于评估地震危险至关重要.
- 这些发现有助于解释在浅层地震事件中观察到的现象.
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