简介:Intheestimationofseismictendency,usingGutenberg-Richter¢sb-valueandusingHurstexponentaretwocom-monlyusedmethods.Basedonthefractalgeometryofearthquaketimeseries,wepointoutthatthesetwomethodscorrelatetoeachother.IntheperspectiveoffractionalBrownianmotion(FBM),anearthquakesequencewithb>3/4andthatwithb<3/4havedifferentdynamicproperties.
简介:TwomethodsformeasuringtheattenuationQvalue,frequency-amplituderatiomethodandwaveforminversionmethod,wereanalyzed.Thesizeandshapeofmostrocksamplesinthelaboratorycanhardlyfulfilltherigorousrequirementsoftheabovemethods.AnewtestmethodofusingthewaveenergytocalculatetheQvaluewasproposed.Theprinciple,calculationformulaeandsomepointsforattentionwereexpounded;therelationshipbetweenQ_PandQ_Ewasdiscussed;andmanysamplesweremeasuredbythismethod.Theresultwascomparedwiththosebyothermethods,anditwasconsideredthattheQvaluebythismethodliesbetweenQ_PandQ_E·
简介:Inthisstudy,weadoptanimprovedBayesianapproachbasedonfree-knotB-splinebasestostudythespatialandtemporaldistributionoftheb-value.SynthetictestsshowthattheimprovedBayesianapproachhasasuperiorperformancecomparedtotheBayesianapproachaswellasthewidelyusedmaximumlikelihoodestimation(MLE)methodinfittingtherealvariationofb-values.WethenapplytheimprovedBayesianapproachtoNorthChinaandfindthattheb-valuehasaclearrelevancetoseismicity.Temporalchangesofb-valuesarealsoinvestigatedintwospecificareasofNorthChina.Weinterpretsharpdecreasesintheb-valuesasusefulmessagesinearthquakehazardanalysis.
简介:Characteristicperiodisanimportantparameteroftheseismicdesignresponsespectrum.Thereisimportanttheoreticalsignificanceandengineeringapplicationvaluetothestudyofthecharacteristicperiodofseismicdesignresponsespectrumofultrahighvoltage(UHV)electricalequipment.Inthispaper,1448horizontalearthquakerecordswithintheworldscopeincludingtheUnitedStatesandJapanforSiteClassⅢwereanalyzed.Resultsshowthatbothmagnitudeandepicentraldistancehavegreatinfluenceonthecharacteristicperiod.About80%ofcharacteristicperiodsofstrongearthquakerecordsareabout0.9s.Statisticalanalysiswasconductedontheseismichazardassessmentresultsof312projectsofChinainrecentyears,anditisfoundthatabout70%ofcharacteristicperiodsareabout0.9s.Combinedwiththerelatedcodecomparisonandanalysis,itissuggestedthatthecharacteristicperiodoftheseismicdesignresponsespectrumofUHVelectricalequipmentshouldselect0.9sinordertoeffectivelyguaranteetheseismicsafetyofUHVelectricalequipment.
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: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.
简介:SeismicityoftheEarth(MC4.5)wascompiledfromNEIC,IRISandISCcataloguesandusedtocomputeb-valuebasedonvarioustimewindows.Itisfoundthatcontinuouscyclicb-variationsoccuronbothlongandshorttimescales,thelatterbeingofmuchhighervalueandsometimesinexcessof0.7oftheabsoluteb-value.Thesevariationsoccurnotonlyyearlyormonthly,butalsodaily.Beforetheoccurrenceoflargeearthquakes,b-valuesstartincreasingwithvariablegradientsthatareaffectedbyforeshocks.Insomecases,thegradientisreducedtozeroortoanegativevalueafewdaysbeforetheearthquakeoccurrence.Ingeneral,calculatedb-valuesattainmaxima1daybeforelargeearthquakesandminimasoonaftertheiroccurrence.Bothlinearregressionandmaximumlikelihoodmethodsgivecorrelatable,butvariableresults.Itisfoundthatanexpandingtimewindowtechniquefromafixedstartingpointismoreeffectiveinthestudyofb-variations.Thecalculatedb-variationsforthewholeEarth,itshemispheres,quadrantsandtheepicentralregionsofsomelargeearthquakesareofbothlocalandregionalcharacter,whichmayindicatethatinsuchcases,thegeodynamicprocessesactingwithinacertainregionhaveamuchregionaleffectwithintheEarth.Theb-variationshavelongbeenknowntovarywithanumberoflocalandregionalfactorsincludingtectonicstresses.Theresultsreportedhereindicatethatgeotectonicstressremainsthemostsignificantfactorthatcontrolsb-variations.ItisfoundthatforearthquakeswithMwC7,anincreaseofabout0.20intheb-valueimpliesastressincreasethatwillresultinanearthquakewithamagnitudeoneunithigher.
简介:Basedon49digitalseismogramsrecordedby73seismicstationsintheJiangsuTelemeteredSeismicNetwork,thepaperusesAtkinson'smethodtocalculatetheinelasticattenuationcoefficientoftheJiangsuarea.Wefindthatthefrequency-dependentQintheJiangsuregionisQ(f)=272.1·f~(0.5575).WealsouseMoya'smethodtoinvertthe63stations'siteresponses.Theresultsshowthatthesiteresponsesofthe25stationsinJiangsuareapproximately1atarangebetween1Hzand20Hz,whichisconsistentwiththeirbasementsonrocks.Theresponsecurvesofthesiteresponsesofthe14undergroundstationsaresimilartoeachother.Theirsiteresponsesshowanamplificationatlowfrequenciesandminimizationathighfrequencies.ThecalculationoftheBrunemodelonthewaveformdataofM_L≥2.5earthquakesfromJiangsuDigitalSeismicNetworkbetweenOctober2010andMay2015intermsofseismicsourceparametersof58seismicwavesshowsthattherearegoodcorrelationsbetweenseismicmagnitudeandothersourceparameterssuchasseismicmoment,sourceradiusandcornerfrequency,whilethecorrelationsbetweenseismicmagnitudeandstressdrop,andstressdropandsourceradiusarenotsogood.
简介:Inthispaper,basedonGansuDigitalSeismicNetworkdatasince1990,wecalculatedb-valueand⊿b-valueoftheneighborhoodareabeforethe2013Minxian-ZhangxianM_S6.6,earthquake.Theresultsshowthattheearthquakeoccurredatthemarginofthesignificantlylowerb-valueareainsoutheastofGansuandbeforetheearthquaketheneighborhoodareahadanobviouslyabnormal⊿b-value.Fromtheearthquakeandthespatialdistributionoflowb-value,theregionstillhasthepossibilityofgeneratingdangerousstrongearthquakes.
简介:AnalysisoffutureseismicityofJing-Jin-Tangregionandsevenmajorseismiczones withtheextreme-valuetheoryRanZHOU(周冉)andBang-HutLIN(...
简介:Micro-aftershockswithmagnituderangeof1.5-4aroundtheWenchuanearthquakeepicenter,thesouthernpartoftheLongmenshanfaultzone,exhibitgoodfrequency-magnitudelinearrelationships,thusenablingb-valueanalysis.Theaverageb-valueformicro-aftershocksofM1.5-4fromJulytoDecemberof2008inourlocalstudyregionisabout0.88,similartotheb-valueforallaftershocksofM3.0-5.5fromMay,2008toMay,2009alongthewholeLongmenshanfaultzone.Thesimilaritybetweenthelocalandregionalb-valuespossiblyindicatesthatthesouthernpartoftheLongmenshanfaultzonehassimilarseismogenicenvironmenttothewholeLongmenshanfaultzone.Alternatively,itmayalsoimplythatb-valuesderivedfromalleventswithoutconsiderationofstructuralvariationcannotdiscriminatelocal-scaletectonicinformation.Thepresentstudyshowsthattheb-valuefortheWenchuanearthquakemicro-aftershocksvarieswithdifferentregions.Theb-valueinsouthwestoftheYingxiutownishigherthanthatinthenortheastoftheYingxiutown.Thehighb-valueinthesouthwestpartwheretheWenchuanearthquakemainshockhypocenterlocatedindicatesthatthecurrentstressaroundthehypocenterregionismuchlowerthanitssurroundingarea.Theb-valuesarealsodependentondepth.Atshallowdepthsof<5km,theb-valuesareverysmall(~0.4),possiblybeingrelatedtostrongwaveattenuationorstrongheterogeneityinshallowlayerswithhighcontentofporosityandfractures.Atdepthsof~5-11km,wheremostaftershocksconcentrated,theb-valuesbecomeashighas~0.9-1.0.Atthedepthbelow~11km,theb-valuesdecreasewiththedepthincreasing,beingconsistentwithincreasingtectonichomogeneityandincreasingstresswithdepth.