简介：Significantpostseismicdeformationofthe2008MW7.9WenchuanearthquakehasbeenobservedfromGPSdataofthefirst14daysaftertheearthquake.Thepossiblemechanismsfortherapidpostseismicdeformationareassumedtobeafterslipontheearthquakeruptureplaneandviscoelasticrelaxationofcoseismicllystresschangeinthelowercrustoruppermantle.WefirstlyusetheconstrainedleastsquaresmethodtofindanafterslipmodelwhichcanfittheGPSdatabest.Theafterslipmodelcanexplainnear-fielddataverywellbutshowsconsiderablediscrepanciesinfittingfar-fielddata.Toestimatetheeffectduetotheviscoelasticrelaxationinthelowercrust,wethenignorethecontributionfromtheafterslipandattempttoinverttheviscositystructurebeneaththeLongmenshanfaultwheretheWenchuanearthquakeoccurredfromthepostseismicdeformationdata.Forthispurpose,weuseaviscoelasticmodelwitha2DgeometrybasedonthegeologicalandseismologicalobservationsandthecoseismicslipdistributionderivedfromthecoseismicGPSandInSARdata.Bymeansofagridsearchwefindthattheoptimumviscosityis9×1018Pa·sforthemiddle-lowercrustintheChengduBasin,4×1017Pa·sforthemiddle-lowercrustintheChuanxiPlateauand7×1017Pa·sforthelowvelocityzoneintheChuanxiplateau.Theviscoelasticmodelexplainsthepostseismicdeformationobservedinthefar-fieldsatisfactorily,butitisconsiderablyworsethantheafterslipmodelinfittingthenear-faultdata.Itsuggeststhereforeahybridmodelincludingbothafterslipandrelaxationeffects.Sincetheviscoelasticmodelproducesmainlythefar-fieldsurfacedeformationandhasfewerdegreeoffreedoms(threeviscosityparameters)thantheafterslipmodelwithahugenumberofsourceparameters,wefixtheviscositiystructureasobtainedbeforebutredeterminetheafterslipdistributionusingtheresidualdatafromtheviscoelasticmodeling.Theredeterminedafterslipdistributionbecomesphysicallymorereas

简介：Basedontheelasticdislocationtheory,multilayeredcrustalmodel,andrupturemodelobtainedbyseismicwaveforminversion,wecalculatedthecoandpost-seismicsurfacedeformationandgravitychangescausedbytheYushuMW6.9earthquakeoccurredonApril14,2010.TheobservedGPSvelocityfieldandgravityfieldinYushuareasaredisturbedbythecoandpost-seismiceffectsinducedbyYushuearthquake,thusthetheoreticalcoandpost-seismicdeformationandgravitychangeswillprovideimportantmodificationforthebackgroundtectonicmovementofYushuandsurroundingregions.ThetimerelaxationresultsshowthattheinfluencesofYushuearthquakeonYushuandsurroundingareaswilllastaslongas30to50years.Themaximumhorizontaldisplacement,verticalupliftandsettlementareabout1.96,0.27and0.16m,respectively,themaximalpositiveandnegativevalueofgravitychangesare8.892×10-7m·s-2and-4.861×10-7m·s-2,respectively.Significantspatialvariationscanbefoundonthecoandpost-seismiceffects:Theco-seismiceffectmainlyconcentratesintheregionneartherupturefault,whileviscoelasticrelaxationmostlyactsonthefarfield.Therefore,whenusingthegeodeticdatatoresearchtectonicmotion,weshouldnotonlyconsidertheeffectofco-seismiccausedbyearthquake,butalsopayattentiontotheeffectofviscoelasticrelaxation.

简介：The2009MW7.8Fiordland(NewZealand)earthquakeisthelargesttohaveoccurredinNewZealandsincethe1931MW7.8Hawke'sBayearthquake,1000kmtothenorthwest.InthispapertwotracksofALOSPALSARinterferograms(oneascendingandonedescending)areusedtodeterminefaultgeometryandslipdistributionofthislargeearthquake.Modelingtheeventasdislocationinanelastichalf-spacesuggeststhattheearthquakeresultedfromsliponaSSW-NNEorientatedthrustfaultthatisassociatedwiththesubductionbetweenthePacificandAustralianPlates,withobliquedisplacementofupto6.3m.ThisfindingisconsistentwiththepreliminarystudiesundertakenbytheUSGSusingseismicdata.

简介：Near-fieldstronggroundmotionsareusefulforengineeringseismologystudiesandseismicdesign,butdenseobservationnetworksofdamagingearthquakesarestillrare.Inthisstudy,basedonthestrong-motiondatafromtheMw6.6Lushanearthquake,thegroundmotionparametersindifferentspatialregionsaresystematicallyanalyzed,andthecontributionsfromdifferenteffects,likethehanging-walleffect,directivityeffect,andattenuationeffectareseparatedtotheextentpossible.DifferentengineeringparametersfromtheobservedgroundmotionsarecomparedwiththelocaldesignresponsespectraandanewattenuationrelationofWesternChina.Generalresultsindicatethatthehighfrequencygroundmotion,likethepeakgroundacceleration,ontwosidesofthefaultplaneissensitivetothehanging-walleffect,whereasthelowfrequencygroundmotion,likethelongperiodspectralacceleration,intherupturepropagationdirectionisaffectedbythedirectivityeffect.Moreover,althoughtheMw6.6Lushanearthquakeisnotalargemagnitudeevent,thespatialdifferenceofgroundmotionisstillobvious;thus,forathrustfaultingearthquake,inadditiontothehangingeffect,thedirectivityeffectshouldalsobeconsidered.

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简介：TemporalchangesinsiteeffectsareobtainedusingtheHVSR(horizontal-to-verticalspectralratio)methodandstrongmotionrecordsaftertheMw7.6Chi-Chiearthquake,Taiwan.Seismicdatarecordedbetween1995and2010areused,comprising3,708datafrom15stationsadjacenttotheChelungpufault.Temporalfluctuationsaredeterminedbyanalyzingthesiteeffectvariationusingatime–frequencyvariation(TFV)diagrambasedontheseseismicdata.Stationsadjacenttothefaultshowsignificantdisturbancesintheresonancefrequencyat16–26Hz.StationTCU129showsa40%dropinfundamentalfrequencyafterthemainshock,andagradualreturntotheoriginalstateovernineyears.Forstationslocatedfartherfromthefaultzone,suddenchangesintectonicstressplayadominantroleintemporalchangestotheHVSR.Animpactanalysisofthedirectionalfactorconfirmsourfindingthattheproximityofthefaulttoseismicstationshasthemostinfluenceondata.