On July 20, 1995 an M_L= 4.1 earthquake occurred in Huailai basin, northwest of Beijing, with epicenter coordinates 40.326°N, 115.448°E and focal depth 5.5 km. Following the main shock, microseismicity sharp...On July 20, 1995 an M_L= 4.1 earthquake occurred in Huailai basin, northwest of Beijing, with epicenter coordinates 40.326°N, 115.448°E and focal depth 5.5 km. Following the main shock, microseismicity sharply increased in the basin. This earthquake sequence was recorded by Sino-European Cooperative Huailai Digital Seismograph Network (HDSN) and the hypocenters were precisely located. Using 8 aftershocks as empirical Green(s function (EGF) we calculated the source time function (STF) of the ML=4.1 event respectively, and by superposing these results, we obtained the average time function which has better signal to noise ratio. The final result shows that the ML=4.1 earthquake consisted of two events, one of which was stronger, the other was weaker, STFs from each station demonstrate an obvious (seismic Doppler effect(. Through a trial-and-error method, the following results were drawn: for the 1st event, the rupture length is 0.44 km, rupture velocity is 4.0 km/s, while for the 2nd event those parameters are 0.25 km, 3.0 km/s, the two events ruptured in the direction of 140° and 90° respectively (measured from the strike of the fault, anticlockwise positive), the two events were separated by 0.57 km in space, and 0.09 s in time. Using single EGF, we also retrieved the source time function of other 13 events with ML(2.1 in the Huailai earthquake sequence. These results were reached: each of the 13 events consisted of single event, with the duration of the source time functions ranging between 0.05～0.16 s. Using far-field ground displacement measurement method, the scalar seismic moment, stress drop and rupture radii of 25 events with 0.95(ML(4.1 were obtained. The trend that scalar seismic moment and stress drop increase with magnitude was obvious. In the magnitude range 0.9(ML(2.4, the obtained radii show no correlativity with magnitude, we tend to believe, in such small magnitude range, precise measurement for radii of such small events is beyond the data used in this study.展开更多
An earthquake of Ms= 6, 9 occurred at the Gonghe, Qinghai Province, China on April 26, 1990. Three larger aftershocks took place at the same region, Ms= 5. 0 on May 7, 1990, Ms= 6. 0 on Jan. 3, 1994 and Ms= 5. 7on Feb...An earthquake of Ms= 6, 9 occurred at the Gonghe, Qinghai Province, China on April 26, 1990. Three larger aftershocks took place at the same region, Ms= 5. 0 on May 7, 1990, Ms= 6. 0 on Jan. 3, 1994 and Ms= 5. 7on Feb. 16, 1994. The long-period recordings of the main shock from China Digital Seismograph Network (CDSN) are deconvolved for the source time functions by the correspondent0 recordings of the three aftershocks asempirical Green's functions (EGFs). No matter which aftershock is taken as EGF, the relative source time functions (RSTFs) Obtained are nearly identical. The RSTFs suggest the Ms= 6. 9 event consists of at least two subevents with approximately equal size whose occurrence times are about 30 s apart, the first one has a duration of 12 s and a rise time of about 5 s, and the second one has a duration of 17 s and a rise time of about & s. COmParing the RSTFs obtained from P- and SH-phases respectively, we notice that those from SH-phases are a slightly more complex than those from p-phases, implying other finer subevents exist during the process of the main shock. It is interesting that the results from the EGF deconvolution of long-Period way form data are in good agreement with the results from the moment tensor inversion and from the EGF deconvolution of broadband waveform data. Additionally, the two larger aftershocks are deconvolved for their RSTFs. The deconvolution results show that the processes of the Ms= 6. 0 event on Jan. 3, 1994 and the Ms= 5. 7 event on Feb. 16,1994 are quite simple, both RSTFs are single impulses.The RSTFs of the Ms= 6. 9 main shock obtained from different stations are noticed to be azimuthally dependent, whose shapes are a slightly different with different stations. However, the RSTFs of the two smaller aftershocks are not azimuthally dependent. The integrations of RSTFs over the processes are quite close to each other, i. e., the scalar seismic moments estimated from different stations are in good agreement. Finally the scalar seismic moments of the three aft展开更多
In mining, reservoir impoundment and hydraulic fracturing exploitation, the induced microseismic clusters may present complex waveforms at receivers since the individual events generally arrive very close. And the rou...In mining, reservoir impoundment and hydraulic fracturing exploitation, the induced microseismic clusters may present complex waveforms at receivers since the individual events generally arrive very close. And the routine methods for arrival picking are insufficiently efficient due to these strong influences. Here, we modified the empirical green function method and applied it to extract the green functions and the radiation coefficients of microseismic events with the largest energy in clusters.Multiple-channel records were used to estimate an "average" source spectrum and then the "average" source wavelet was removed from the records by deconvolution. We applied this method to the real data,and the result indicated clear improvement in extracting the dominant event of the clusters.展开更多
The description of a seismic source in terms of seismic moment tensors is one of the most important advances in the physics of seismic sources. In this article, the fundamental concepts associated with seismic moment ...The description of a seismic source in terms of seismic moment tensors is one of the most important advances in the physics of seismic sources. In this article, the fundamental concepts associated with seismic moment tensors are introduced, with emphasis on application of the interpretation of broadband digital seismograms. The introduction includes the representation theorem, concepts of seismic moment tensors, geometry of seismic moment tensors, moment tensor inversion, source time function, empirical Green’s function, and the spatio-temporal slip function. The physical significance of the concept of a point source is also discussed from the perspective of broadband seismology.展开更多
The source mechanism of underground nuclear explosions is remarkably different from that of earthquakes in both spatial radiation pattern and source time-function (STF). Small underground nuclear explosions can be use...The source mechanism of underground nuclear explosions is remarkably different from that of earthquakes in both spatial radiation pattern and source time-function (STF). Small underground nuclear explosions can be used as empirical Green’s functions (EGF) to isolate the source-time spectrum of a large suspected earthquake occurred in a Nuclear Test Site (target area) by the spectral division method. As this study shows, with high-quality data, the quotient spectrum can be transformed to the time domain, yielding the apparent far-field source-time function of the large suspected event. The relative source time-function (RSTF) of a nuclear ex-plosion is usually a simple pulse with a duration of about 1 s., while an earthquake’s is more complicated with a series of pulses and a longer duration. The RSTF can be used as a nice dis-criminant to distinguish the nature earthquakes from underground nuclear explosions in target areas.展开更多
基金National Key Basic Research Project "Mechanism and Prediction of Continental Strong Earthquakes".
文摘On July 20, 1995 an M_L= 4.1 earthquake occurred in Huailai basin, northwest of Beijing, with epicenter coordinates 40.326°N, 115.448°E and focal depth 5.5 km. Following the main shock, microseismicity sharply increased in the basin. This earthquake sequence was recorded by Sino-European Cooperative Huailai Digital Seismograph Network (HDSN) and the hypocenters were precisely located. Using 8 aftershocks as empirical Green(s function (EGF) we calculated the source time function (STF) of the ML=4.1 event respectively, and by superposing these results, we obtained the average time function which has better signal to noise ratio. The final result shows that the ML=4.1 earthquake consisted of two events, one of which was stronger, the other was weaker, STFs from each station demonstrate an obvious (seismic Doppler effect(. Through a trial-and-error method, the following results were drawn: for the 1st event, the rupture length is 0.44 km, rupture velocity is 4.0 km/s, while for the 2nd event those parameters are 0.25 km, 3.0 km/s, the two events ruptured in the direction of 140° and 90° respectively (measured from the strike of the fault, anticlockwise positive), the two events were separated by 0.57 km in space, and 0.09 s in time. Using single EGF, we also retrieved the source time function of other 13 events with ML(2.1 in the Huailai earthquake sequence. These results were reached: each of the 13 events consisted of single event, with the duration of the source time functions ranging between 0.05～0.16 s. Using far-field ground displacement measurement method, the scalar seismic moment, stress drop and rupture radii of 25 events with 0.95(ML(4.1 were obtained. The trend that scalar seismic moment and stress drop increase with magnitude was obvious. In the magnitude range 0.9(ML(2.4, the obtained radii show no correlativity with magnitude, we tend to believe, in such small magnitude range, precise measurement for radii of such small events is beyond the data used in this study.
文摘An earthquake of Ms= 6, 9 occurred at the Gonghe, Qinghai Province, China on April 26, 1990. Three larger aftershocks took place at the same region, Ms= 5. 0 on May 7, 1990, Ms= 6. 0 on Jan. 3, 1994 and Ms= 5. 7on Feb. 16, 1994. The long-period recordings of the main shock from China Digital Seismograph Network (CDSN) are deconvolved for the source time functions by the correspondent0 recordings of the three aftershocks asempirical Green's functions (EGFs). No matter which aftershock is taken as EGF, the relative source time functions (RSTFs) Obtained are nearly identical. The RSTFs suggest the Ms= 6. 9 event consists of at least two subevents with approximately equal size whose occurrence times are about 30 s apart, the first one has a duration of 12 s and a rise time of about 5 s, and the second one has a duration of 17 s and a rise time of about & s. COmParing the RSTFs obtained from P- and SH-phases respectively, we notice that those from SH-phases are a slightly more complex than those from p-phases, implying other finer subevents exist during the process of the main shock. It is interesting that the results from the EGF deconvolution of long-Period way form data are in good agreement with the results from the moment tensor inversion and from the EGF deconvolution of broadband waveform data. Additionally, the two larger aftershocks are deconvolved for their RSTFs. The deconvolution results show that the processes of the Ms= 6. 0 event on Jan. 3, 1994 and the Ms= 5. 7 event on Feb. 16,1994 are quite simple, both RSTFs are single impulses.The RSTFs of the Ms= 6. 9 main shock obtained from different stations are noticed to be azimuthally dependent, whose shapes are a slightly different with different stations. However, the RSTFs of the two smaller aftershocks are not azimuthally dependent. The integrations of RSTFs over the processes are quite close to each other, i. e., the scalar seismic moments estimated from different stations are in good agreement. Finally the scalar seismic moments of the three aft
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant:41404038)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant:BK20130570)the National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFC0600302)
文摘In mining, reservoir impoundment and hydraulic fracturing exploitation, the induced microseismic clusters may present complex waveforms at receivers since the individual events generally arrive very close. And the routine methods for arrival picking are insufficiently efficient due to these strong influences. Here, we modified the empirical green function method and applied it to extract the green functions and the radiation coefficients of microseismic events with the largest energy in clusters.Multiple-channel records were used to estimate an "average" source spectrum and then the "average" source wavelet was removed from the records by deconvolution. We applied this method to the real data,and the result indicated clear improvement in extracting the dominant event of the clusters.
文摘The description of a seismic source in terms of seismic moment tensors is one of the most important advances in the physics of seismic sources. In this article, the fundamental concepts associated with seismic moment tensors are introduced, with emphasis on application of the interpretation of broadband digital seismograms. The introduction includes the representation theorem, concepts of seismic moment tensors, geometry of seismic moment tensors, moment tensor inversion, source time function, empirical Green’s function, and the spatio-temporal slip function. The physical significance of the concept of a point source is also discussed from the perspective of broadband seismology.
基金This work was partially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40134010).
文摘The source mechanism of underground nuclear explosions is remarkably different from that of earthquakes in both spatial radiation pattern and source time-function (STF). Small underground nuclear explosions can be used as empirical Green’s functions (EGF) to isolate the source-time spectrum of a large suspected earthquake occurred in a Nuclear Test Site (target area) by the spectral division method. As this study shows, with high-quality data, the quotient spectrum can be transformed to the time domain, yielding the apparent far-field source-time function of the large suspected event. The relative source time-function (RSTF) of a nuclear ex-plosion is usually a simple pulse with a duration of about 1 s., while an earthquake’s is more complicated with a series of pulses and a longer duration. The RSTF can be used as a nice dis-criminant to distinguish the nature earthquakes from underground nuclear explosions in target areas.
