简介:TheemergenceofZhangHeng’sseismoscopehasaprofoundhistoricalbackground.ThispaperintendstoexploretheformationandmaterialbasisofZhangHeng’sscientificthought.Itappearsthatthesimpleintentionof"observingvisionsanddistinguishinggoodfortuneormisfortune"washismotivationtodeveloptheseismoscope.Tracingitshistoricalbackground,theauthorsproposedinthispaperthatthedevelopmentofthisseismoscopestartedaround128A.D.,andbasedonperceptualknowledge,twoideasaboutearthquakescameintobeing,i.e.,earthquakelocationcouldbejudgedaccordingtotheinstrumentshakingdirection,andtheearthquakeandearthsplitwereessentiallydifferent.Intheinstrumentmanufacture,ZhangHengadvocatedaprincipleof"makingutensilstoimitatecosmos".Bythisprinciple,thefollowingthreeproblemswerereadilysolved:theseismoscopeimitatedtheresponseofthesuspensionsystemtoearthquakes(i.e.naturalseismoscope).Technically,thetriggermechanismofthelatchwasusedforreference,anditrecordedthephysicalevidenceofearthquakeoccurrencebyaningeniouswayofaballdroppingfromadragon’smouth.Thesolutionofthesethreekeyproblemsleadtotheemergenceoftheseismoscopein132A.D.andthesuccessfuldetectionofanearthquakein134A.D.Hisinventiondeepenedhumanity’sknowledgeofnaturallaws,andpromotedthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyinthattimeandlater.
简介:Monitoringandstudyofdynamiccharacteristicsofgroundwateraresignificantmethodsofearthquakemonitoringandforecasting.Forresearchongroundwaterdynamics,groundwaterdatingcanqualitativelyandquantitativelyprovidescientificanalysisonthecharacteristicsofgroundwaterrechargeandrunoffaswellasrenewalcapacity.Thisarticleillustratesthemethodsusedgloballyandsummarizesthemainadvancesandachievementsingroundwaterdating.Italsofocusesontherelationshipsbetweengroundwaterrenewalcapacityandseismicmonitoring,groundwatermovementandseismicactivity,shallowgroundwaterrechargeandabnormalinterferenceelimination.Thestudiesshowthatgroundwaterdatingplaysanimportantroleinwater-rockinteraction,andgeologicaltectonicandseismicactivityevaluation.Therefore,groundwaterdatingcanbewidelyusedtomonitorandanalyzetheprecursorinformationinseismicundergroundfluidobservationsinthenearfuture.
简介:Inthispaper,wefirstlyanalyzethe"3,400traveltimetable"usedforalongtimeinXinjiangSeismologicalNetworktoobtainthevelocitystructuremodelsinaccordwiththetablebyfitting.ThenwefitthevelocityofallseismicphasesrecordedinXinjiangregioninJanuary2009~December2013.Simulationanalysisisdoneonthereliabilityandstabilityofthevelocities,andaconceptisproposedforbuildingsubareacrustalvelocitymodelsaccordingtopartitioningofseismicclusterregions.ThecrustalvelocitymodelsuitablefortheYutianareaisfittedwiththedataofallphasesofseismiceventswithinaradiusof1°aroundthe2014YutianM_S7.3earthquakesinceJanuary2009,andthemodelisappliedtotherelocationoftheYutianM_S7.3earthquakeanddeterminationoffocaldepthsoftheearthquakesequence.
简介:ThispaperbrieflyintroducestheSeismotectonicMapofXinjianganditsneighborhoodinthescaleof1∶2500000.Themapisamended,supplementedandexpandedbasedofthenewlycompiledSeismotectonicMapofXinjianginscale1∶1000000.ThebasemapofthisseismotectonicmapisthegeologicmapofwesternChinaanditsneighborhoodcompiledbyLiTingdong.Theabundantnewmaterialsfromrelatedresearch,referentialliteraturesandtheanalysesonremotesensingdatawereusedinthecompilingwork.Adatabaseandrelevantdocumentsarebuiltfornearly300activefaultsand150activefolds.Thebasicinformationofthemajoractivefaults,especiallythoseneartheborderareasinthismapareintroducedinthispaper.
简介:Asaresultofsortingout,estimatingandcatalogingofhistoricalearthquakes,fromtheyearof2A.D.toAug.,1949,wefoundthattherewere2187earthquakeswithM≥3.0intheareaoftheYellowSeaanditsadjacentarea.Amongtheearthquakes,thenumberofearthquakeswithM≥5.0is209,andatleast43oftheearthquakescausedseriouslosses,20oftheearthquakescausedhumancausalities.Itisdemonstratedthattherewere3areasofhistoricalearthquakeconcentrationandtheearthquakeactivitywashigherinthe16thcenturyandthefirsthalfifthe20thcentury.
简介:Crossholeultrasonictomographyisreferredtoraytracingbygridingmethodandimagereconstructionbycombiningthesuccessivelylinearizediterationwithdampingleast-squaresQRdecomposition,withwhichtheresulthasbetterprecisionthanthatwithcrossholeseismictomographybyusingthesameinversionmethodinengineeringgeologicalinvestigation.Ithasbeenprovedinpracticethattheinvestigationwithcrossholeultrasonictomographycanclearlyshowthelocationandshapeoftheabnormalgeologicalunitwiththevolumemorethan60cmwhenthecrossholedistanceexceeds30m.Theresultofinvestigationhasbeenconfirmedbythedrilling.Thecrossholeultrasonictomographymethodwillbeextensivelyusedintheengineeringgeologicalinvestigation.
简介:Objectivesofthistaskaretoconductresearchonseismichazards,andtoproviderelevantinputontheexpectedlevelsofthesehazardstoothertasks.Othertasksrequiringthisinputincludethosedealingwithinventory,fragilitycurves,rehabilitationstrategiesanddemonstrationprojects.Thecorrespondinginputisprovidedinvariousformatsdependingontheintendeduse:aspeakgroundmotionparametersand/orresponsespectralvaluesforagivenmagnitude,epicentraldistanceandsiteconditions;orastimehistoriesforscenarioearthquakesthatareselectedbasedonthedisaggregatedseismichazardmappedbytheU.S.GeologicalSurveyandareincorporatedinbuildingcodes.Theusercommunityforthisresearchisbothacademicresearchersandpracticingengineerswhomayusetheseismicinputgeneratedbythesynthesistechniquesthataredevelopedunderthistaskforavarietyofapplications.Theseincludegroundmotionsforscenarioearthquakes,fordevelopingfragilitycurvesandinspecifyinggroundmotioninputforcriticalfacilities(suchashospitals)locatedintheeasternU.S.
简介:Thispaperselectstherecordsof7,412earthquakes,eachrecordedbymorethan10stationsinYunnanbetween2009and2014toacquirethetraveltimecurves.Meanwhile,forimprovingprecision,linearanalysis,reducedtraveltimecurveandintervalstabilityanalysisareconductedfocusingontherecordsof83earthquakeswithML≥3.0recordedeachby≥80%ofthestations,andbycombiningpredecessors??researchresults,theinitialcrustalvelocitymodelofthestudyareaisobtained.Byselecting200earthquakeswithM≥3.0occurringinYunnanbetween2010and2014,usingtheHyposatbatchlocationprocessingmethodtoiteratetheinitialvelocitymodel,andperformingfittingtoSwaveslayeredvelocitystructure,weobtainthecrustalvelocitymodelfortheYunnanregion,namely,the2015Yunnanmodel,with:vP1=6.01km/s,vP2=6.60km/s,vPn=7.89km/s,H1=20km,H2=21km,vS1=3.52km/s,vS2=3.86km/s,vSn=4.43km/s.AnalysisonearthquakerelocationsbasedonthenewmodelshowsthatmostearthquakesoccurringinYunnanareatadepthof10km-20kmoftheuppercrust.TheMarch10,2011MS5.8YingjiangandAugust3,2014MS6.5Ludianearthquakesarerelocated,andthefocaldepthsdeterminedwiththenewmodelarerespectivelyclosetotheprecisepositioningresultandhypocentraldistancetothestrongmotionstationsattheepicenters,indicatingthatthenewone-dimensionalvelocitymodelcanbetterreflecttheaveragevelocitystructureofthestudyarea.
简介: Thehistoricalearthquakedataisoneoftheimportantfoundationsforseismicmonitoring,earthquakefore-castandseismicsafetyevaluation.However,therecognitionofearthquakeislimitedbythescientificandtechno-logicallevel.Therefore,theearthquakecanonlybedescribedusingperfectearthquakecatalogueaftertheseismo-graphisinvented.Beforethistime,theearthquakeparametersweredeterminedaccordingtotheearthquakedisas-teronthesurfaceandthewrittenrecordsinhistory,andtheearthquakelevelwasmeasuredusingearthquakein-tensity. ……
简介:ThephysicalimplicationofcodaamplituderatioanditspossibleapplicationTIAN-ZHONGZHANG(张天中)YUN-SHENGMA(马支生)RONG-LIANGHUANG(黄蓉良)In...
简介:SpatialscanningisdonefortworegionsinChineseMainland,wheredisplayedadenseprecursorynetworkduring1994~1998.Thetworegionsarethemid-southernsegmentoftheNorth-southseismicbelt(20°~35°N,95°~110°E)andNorthChina(36°~42°N,110°~120°E).Wetook0.5°×0.5°asaspatialwindowwithastepof0.25°and4monthsasatemporalwindowwithastepof1month.Forthetworegions,theanomalydensityisscannedfrom1994and1995respectivelyinthetworegions.TheprecursoryanomaliesareallfromtheDivisionofSeismicTrendinChinaandtheDivisionofSeismicTrendintheCapitalArea,CenterforAnalysisandPrediction,ChinaSeismologicalBureau.Aseismogenictectonicmodelisintroducedtoexplainthescanningresults.Inthemodel,thefrictionalstrengthofthefocalsourcesisdistributedrandomly.Aftertheboundaryplatemotionrateandallothergeologicalparametersaregiven,thestressofthesourcesinthesystemchangesinhomogenouslyduetothevariationofthefrictionalstreng
简介:ResearchonnonlinearR/SmethodanditspplicationinearthquakepredictionBi-QuanWANG(王碧泉);Han-MingHUANG(黄汉明);Hong-ShunFAN(范洪顺);Chuen...
简介:ThecontrollingandinfluencingeffectsofthejointactionofplatessurroundingChinaonstrongearthquakesinChinesemainlandarediscussed,andthecharacteristicsofseismicactivitiesintheWestofChinaandneighboringregionsarefurtherstudied.TheresultsshowthattheseismicactivityintheWestofChinaandneighboringregionsnotonlyhasthecharacteristicsofhightideandlowtidealternationbutalsohasthecharacteristicsofrisinginoneregionwhilefallinginanother,andtheriseandfailofseismicityareinsomeproportion.TheabovecharacteristicsareusefulforthepredictionofmainbodyregionofstrongearthquakesinChinesemainland,especiallyforthejudgementoftheendingtimeofthehighfideperiod.
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简介:SynthesizedPoissonandrenewalmodelanditsapplicationinseismichazardanalysisHan-YaoCHEN(陈汉尧)andYu-XianHU(胡聿贤)(InstituteofGeophys...