简介:ApplicationofcertaintyfactorsofearthquakeprecursoryanomalyevidencesCF(E)ZHAO-BIZHENG(郑兆),JUNZHANG(张军)andMEIQING(庆梅)Seismolo...
简介:CertaintyfactorsofearthquakeprecursoryanomalyevidencesCF(E)Zhao-BiZHENG(郑兆)(SeismologicalBureauofAnhuiProvince,Hefei230031,Ch...
简介:DearContributors,ReadersandFriends:2011milestonesthetenthanniversaryoftheJournalofEarthquakeEngineeringandEngineeringVibration.wefirstwanttotakethisopportunitytoexpressourgratitudetothoseretiringmembersoftheEditorialBoardfortheirvaluablecontributionsinthepast,andtowelcomethosewhojoinedtheEditorialBoardthisyear.AswementionedinourmessagetoyouinDecember2010,effective20ll,thejournalisofficiallyco-sponsoredbytheHuixianEarthquake
简介:Therehavebeen12possiblelocationsoftheearthquakesoccurringintheSouthYellowSeasince1505.Inthispaper,thelocationoftheearthquakethatoccurredin1505hasbeendeterminedbythecollectionofmorehistoricaldataoftheinfluencedfield,referringtheisoseismaldataofearthquakeswiththeepicentralintensityⅨandcombininggeophysicalfielddatawithtectoniccondition,duetoitsgreatinfluenceonseismicsafetyassessmentofsomesignificantengineering.
简介:Intheestimationofseismictendency,usingGutenberg-Richter¢sb-valueandusingHurstexponentaretwocom-monlyusedmethods.Basedonthefractalgeometryofearthquaketimeseries,wepointoutthatthesetwomethodscorrelatetoeachother.IntheperspectiveoffractionalBrownianmotion(FBM),anearthquakesequencewithb>3/4andthatwithb<3/4havedifferentdynamicproperties.
简介:Inthispaper,accordingtotheresultsofthesatelliteimageryinterpretationandfieldinvestigation,westudytheactivefeaturesandthelatestactivetimesoftheChuxiong-Nanhuafault,theQuaternarybasinsformationmechanism,andtherelationshipbetweenthefaultandthe1680ChuxiongMs6%earthquake.SeveralQuaternaryprofilesatLvhe,NanhuarevealthatthefaulthasoffsetthelatePleistocenedepositsoftheT2andT3terracesofLongchuanriver,indicatingthatthefaultwasobviouslyactiveinlateQuaternary,TheChuxiong-NanhuafaulthasbeendominatedbydextralstrikeslipmotioninthelateQuaternary,withanaveragerateof1.6-2.Omm/a.SeveralpullapartQuaternarybasinsofChuxiong,Nanhua,andZiwuetc.havedevelopedalongthefault.The1680ChuxiongMs6%earthquakeandseveralmoderateearthquakeshaveoccurrednearthefault.TheChuxiong-Nanhuafaultaretheseismogenicstructureofthoseearthquakes,thelatestfaultmovementwasinthelate-Pleistocene,andeventheHolocene.Inlargearea,theChuxiong-NanhuafaultandtheeasternQujiangfaultandtheShipingfaultcomposedasetofNW-trendingobliqueorientationactivefaults,andthemotioncharacteristicsareallmainlydextralstrikeslip.Themotioncharacteristics,liketheredriverfaultoftheSichuan-YunnanRhombicBlocksouthwesternboundary,areconcernedwiththeescapingmovementoftheSichuan-YunnanRhombicBlock.
简介:Basedonisotropiclinearporoelastictheoryandundertheundrainedcondition,wesummarizethreeequationsconnectingtheSkempton’scoefficientBwiththegroundwaterlevel.Afteranalysis,weproposeamethodtocalculatetheSkempton’scoefficientBaccordingtotherelationshipbetweenwaterlevelandtidalstrain.WiththismethodwecangetthevalueofBwithouttheearthquakeoccurrence,whichcanprovidethehighfrequencywavesforresearch.Besides,wecanalsogetthein-suitSkempton’scoefficientBwithouttheexperimentofrockphysics.Inaddition,weanalyzetheobserveddataofChangpingstationrecordedingroundwatermonitoringnetwork(abv.,GMN)beforeandaftertheWenchuanMS8.0withthismethod,andfindoutthere’saslightchangeofthevalueofBaftertheseismicwavespassedby,whichimpliesthatthepropagationofseismicwavesmayhavebroughtsomevariationstotheporoelasticmediumofthewell.
简介:Inthisstudy,weadoptanimprovedBayesianapproachbasedonfree-knotB-splinebasestostudythespatialandtemporaldistributionoftheb-value.SynthetictestsshowthattheimprovedBayesianapproachhasasuperiorperformancecomparedtotheBayesianapproachaswellasthewidelyusedmaximumlikelihoodestimation(MLE)methodinfittingtherealvariationofb-values.WethenapplytheimprovedBayesianapproachtoNorthChinaandfindthattheb-valuehasaclearrelevancetoseismicity.Temporalchangesofb-valuesarealsoinvestigatedintwospecificareasofNorthChina.Weinterpretsharpdecreasesintheb-valuesasusefulmessagesinearthquakehazardanalysis.
简介:TheeffectsofmagnituderoundingandofthepresenceofnoiseintheroundedmagnitudesontheestimationoftheGutenberg–Richterb-valueareexplored,andthewaystocorrectfortheseeffectsareproposed.Fortypicalvalues,b=1androundingintervalDM=0.1,theroundingerrorisapproximately-10-3anditcanbecorrectedtoanegligibleapproximately-10-5.Forthesametypicalvalues,theeffectofnoisecanbelarger,dependingonthecharacteristicsofthenoisedistribution;fornormallydistributednoisewithstandarddeviationr=0.1,thecorrectb-valuemaybeunderestimatedbyafactor*0.97.
简介:AmodelofseismicitywithfractalstructuresandapreliminarydiscussionontherelatiobetweenDandbvalueHat-KunJIANG(蒋海昆)andShou-ZhongDI...
简介:CumulativefrequencybvaluewithoutupperboundmagnitudeanditsregressiondeterminationJian-WenSHEN(沈建文)(SeismologicalBureauofAnhuiP...
简介:BecauseofthesignificancetotheformationandevolutionoftheTibetanplateau,thedisplacementandsliprateoftheAltynTaghfaulthavebeentopicsfullofdisputation.ScientistswhoholddifferentopinionsontheevolutionofTibetinsistondifferentslipratesanddisplacementsofthefaultzone.Inthearticle,studyisfocusedonthelateQuaternarysliprateoftheAltynTaghfaultwestoftheCherchenRiver(between85°Eand85°45'E).OnthebasisofhighresolutionSPOTimagesoftheregion,threesites,namelyKoramlik,AqqanpastureandDalakuansay,werechosenforfieldinvestigation.Tocalculatethesliprateofthefault,displacementofterraceswasmeasuredonSPOTsatelliteimagesorinsituduringfieldworkandthermo-luminescence(TL)datingmethodwasused.Togettheagesofterraces,samplesofsandwerecollectedfromtheuppermostsandbedsthatliejustunderloess.Themethodforcalculatingsliprateoffaultistodividethedisplacementofterracerisersbytheageofitsneighboringlowerterrace.Thedisplacementofriversisnotconsideredinthisarticlebecauseofitsuncertainties.AtKoramlik,thesliprateoftheAltynTaghfaultis11.6±2.6mm/asince6.02±0.47kaB.Pand9.6±2.6mm/asince15.76±1.19kaB.P.AtAqqanpasture,about30kmwestofKoramlik,thesliprateis12.1±1.9mm/asince2.06±0.16kaB.P.AtDalakuansayi,thesliprateofthefaultis12.2±3.0mm/asince4.91±0.39kaB.P.Hence,wegettheaveragesliprateof11.4±2.5mm/aforthewesternpartoftheAltynTaghFaultsinceHolocene.ThisresultisclosetothelatestresultsfromGPSresearch.
简介:TheTanlu(Tancheng-Lujiang)faultisoneofthemajorstructuresineasternChina,whichcutsacrossdifferentblocksandcontrolsthetectonicactivity.UsingtheseismicdatafromtheChinaEarthquakeNetworksCenter,weinvestigatethespatialvariationsoftheb-valueintheDabie-Sulu(Jiangsu-Shandong)organicbeltbycalculatingtheb-valueofeachgrid(1°×1°)from1970to2010.Thestudyshowsthat:theb-valueissmallerintheTanlufaultanditsadjacentarea,whichmightsuggestthatthemajorearthquakerecurrenceperiodisrelativelylongduetothelowerfrequencyofsmallearthquakeactivity.InbothsidesofTanlufault,theb-valueishigherattheedgeofSulublockandtheeasternpartofDabieorogenicbelt.ThebvaluesarehigherinNorthChinacentralorogenicbelt,andsmallearthquakeactivitywhichoccurredalongthecentralorogenicbeltisfrequent.Additionally,combinedwithgeologicalandgeophysicalstudy,wefindthattheb-valuehasacertaincorrespondencerelationshipwiththelithologicdistribution,whichinformsusthatseismicactivityfeaturesarecloselyrelatedtotheinhomogeneousmediainthecrust.