简介：High-frequencyruptureprocessoftheOct23,2011Van-Merkezearthquakeisimagedbyback-projectionmethodusinghigh-qualityteleseismicPwavedatafromtheUSArray,andprestackKirchhoffmigrationusingPwavedatafromasubarrayofglobalseismicnetworks.Therupturemodelwithtwoasperitiesisconfirmedbyprevioustwomethods.Inlow-frequencyimaging,alargeasperityderivedfromthemigrationmethodcorrespondstothesecondonefromthehigh-frequencyPwaves.Theconsistencyofthelocationsofasperitiesfromdatasetswithdifferentfrequencybandsindicatesthatthereispossibleinsignificanceofthefrequency-dependentfeaturefortheearthquake.Theresultantimagesillustratethespatialandtemporalevolutionoftherupture,whichmainlypropagatedWSWoveralengthof33kmduringthefirst18s,accompanyingwithburstsoftwoasperitiesat3and11–13s.TherupturedirectionisconfirmedbytheSwavecornerfrequencyvariationsofstronggroundaccelerations.Therupturefrontsaremainlylocatedattheupdipofthecausativefault.BasedonpolaritiesofthePwaveformsandfocalmechanismsofthemainshockandaftershocks,thefailureofthesetwoasperitiesisdeterminedtohaveoccurredonareversefaultwithadipangleof47°.Hence,therupturepatternofthe2011Van-Merkezearthquakewasdominatedbyaunilateralrupturetowardthewestsouthwestdirection.