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郯庐断裂带是中国东部活动性最强的断裂带，郯庐断裂带江苏段主要由5条分支断层组成，并于更新世强烈活动，其中安丘-莒县断裂持续活动至全新世，是1668年郯城■级特大地震的发震断裂。文中采用古地震探槽方法研究安丘-莒县断裂江苏段全新世以来的古地震事件，并采用14C测年方法确定古地震的时间。结合前人通过探槽揭露的古地震时间进行综合分析，认为安丘-莒县断裂江苏段全新世以来共有3次古地震事件，时间分别为距今3 000a以来、距今约6 000a和11 000a,垂直同震位移均约1m。1668年郯城8.5级地震在安丘-莒县断裂新沂段山前出露区存在地表破裂的迹象，在隐伏区表现为大量喷砂冒水现象，在探槽揭露的晚全新世地层中有密集的裂缝和砂脉。 相似文献
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《地震地质》2015,(4)
安丘-莒县断裂是郯庐断裂带内活动时代最新、地表形迹最明显,地震危险性最大的断裂。因缺少可信的地质证据,前人对于该断裂江苏段的全新世活动情况存在较大争议。文中根据对郯庐断裂带安丘-莒县断裂江苏段开展的野外调查工作成果,结合在宿迁市地区开展的断层活动性鉴定工作成果,对该断裂的晚第四纪活动特征进行了探讨。本次发现的多个断裂剖面及宿迁地区的断层活动性鉴定成果都表明安丘-莒县断裂的南马陵山—宿迁段在全新世中期发生过1次古地震事件;而后陈村探槽表明该断裂重岗山段无全新世活动迹象。安丘-莒县断裂江苏段晚第四纪活动总体以右旋走滑兼挤压逆冲为特征,局部地区则以走滑正断为主。安丘-莒县断裂江苏段自晚更新世以来经历了多次活动,在全新世也有明显活动,其地震活动具强度大、频度低的特点,其活动性总体自北向南逐渐减弱。 相似文献
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《地震地质》2017,(4)
安丘-莒县断裂(F_5)为郯庐断裂带中段东地堑内最新活动断裂。近年来,F_5江苏段研究成果丰硕,发现不同地段普遍存在全新世活动性,运动方式以右旋走滑兼挤压逆冲为主。以往研究未讨论过F_5在淮河以南安徽境内的延伸情况以及进一步的活动性问题。文中选取与F_5江苏段线性影像特征延伸一致的淮河南岸郯庐紫阳山段作为突破口,通过遥感影像解译、地质地貌调查和探槽开挖,初步得到以下认识:1)紫阳山段线性构造地貌特征清晰,断层发育于浮山至紫阳山一线的中生代红色砂岩隆起边缘缓坡,为安丘-莒县断裂(F_5)过淮河后的南延部分;2)朱刘探槽开挖揭示,该段错断了晚更新世晚期黏土层,晚更新世晚期—全新世早期黑色黏土层受断层活动影响沿断面灌入、填充,形成黑色断层条带及黑土充填楔,表明断层最新活动时代达全新世早期;3)朱刘探槽开挖揭示,该段第四纪以来存在至少3次古地震事件,第1次古地震事件推测年代为第四纪早、中期,第2次古地震事件年代为20.10~13.46ka BP,第3次古地震事件年代为(10.15±0.05)~(8.16±0.05)ka BP。上述研究成果弥补了对郯庐断裂带安徽段晚第四纪活动性认识的不足,为安徽省的地震监测和震害防御工作提供了基础数据。 相似文献
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安丘-莒县断裂是郯庐断裂带内活动时代最新、地表形迹最明显、地震危险性最大的断裂,也是1668年郯城M8 1/2地震的发震断层。前人对郯城地震的地表破裂向S终止的位置存在多种观点,对该断裂江苏段的全新世活动情况也存在较大争议。文中通过在重岗山西侧和宿迁合欢路北侧开展的探槽开挖工作,发现了该断裂全新世活动的新证据,并对其最新活动时间进行了探讨。重岗山西侧后陈村探槽和宿迁合欢路北侧探槽都表明安丘-莒县断裂江苏段在全新世有过明显活动,推测最新一次古地震事件的发生时间为(4. 853±0. 012)～(2. 92±0. 3) ka BP。最新活动性质以走滑逆冲为主,剖面上获得的最大断错量为1m。未发现1668年郯城M81/2地震的地表破裂带到达江苏段的明确证据。 相似文献
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郯庐断裂带中段全新世活断层的特征滑动行为与特征地震 总被引：16，自引：0，他引：16
郯庐断裂带中段全新世活断层由３个独立的破裂段组成。从各破裂段的运动性质、位移分布看，断层的运动属特征地震型滑动。地震活动以强震活动为主，强震具有周期性原地重复发生的特点，且其强度基本相同；中强地震缺失或很少发生；ｂ值在高震级范围内具低ｂ值的非线性关系。这些特点正是特征地震的典型表现．根据郯庐断裂带中段活断层全新世以来的活动特点看，未来该区仍然以特征地震方式活动．按郯庐带的强震复发间隔和各段的最新一次活动时代推算，未来一段时期内新沂－宿迁段复发大震的可能性较大，安丘段次之，莒县－郯城段复发大震的可能性则很小。 相似文献
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郯庐断裂带是中国东部最大的一个活动构造带,其内部结构非常复杂,不同区段表现出不同特征的构造样式.本文采用浅层地震反射波成像技术对郯庐断裂带宿迁段的近地表结构进行了高分辨率成像,利用该区已有的深地震反射剖面数据,采用初至波层析成像方法获得了郯庐断裂带的浅层P波速度结构.结果表明,郯庐断裂带宿迁段是一个由多条断裂以及凹陷和隆起构成的复杂构造带,且新生代地层厚度和地震波速分布明显受到断裂的影响与控制.郯庐断裂带的东、西两侧为基底隆起区,近地表速度结构呈现为明显的高速特征,新生代地层厚度小于200m.郯庐断裂带总体显示为低速凹陷结构,新生代地层厚度在300～600m之间变化,最厚处位于宿迁市的陵城镇附近.郯庐断裂带宿迁段主要由5条断裂构成,从这些断裂的上断点埋深和第四纪活动特征来看,郯庐断裂带的东边界断裂F_1和西边界断裂F_4的活动性相对较弱,为第四纪早期活动断裂.断裂F_2和F_3控制了郯庐断裂带内部的新生代凹陷,两者的活动时代分别为中更新世和晚更新世.安丘—莒县断裂F_5位于断裂F_1和F_2之间,由2条相向而倾的分支断层F_5和F_(5-1)构成,其活动时代分别为全新世和晚更新世.研究结果为进一步认识郯庐断裂带宿迁段的近地表特征及其活动性提供了新证据. 相似文献
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郯庐断裂是我国东部一条古老而今仍在活动的巨型断裂带,它经历了长期复杂的形成演化过程,对区域构造、沉积古地理、岩浆活动、成矿作用和地震活动等有重要控制作用.其总体走向北北东,一般由2～4条或更多近于平行延伸的断层组成宽达10～40 km的断裂带,切穿中国东部不同性质的大地构造单元,绵延2 400 km以上(方仲景等,1986).1668年7月25日8.5级强烈地震发生在郯庐断裂带中昌邑-大店断层(F1)上,造成了北起莒县南至郯城130 km的地震破裂带(李家灵等,1994;晁洪太等,1995).古地震研究表明,昌邑-大店断层(F1)上,全新世以来共发现了3次、震级相等于8级的古地震事件.最新一次发生在距今3 500 a,重复间隔约为3 500 a(林伟凡,高维明,1987).安丘-莒县断裂(F5)没有参与1668年地震地表破裂,它是一条晚更新世活动断层(郑朗荪等,1988;高维明等,1988;晁洪太等,1994),且被怀疑是公元前70年安丘7级地震的地震断层(晁洪太等,1994).青峰岭断层段是安丘-莒县断裂的组成部分,晚更新世活动强烈,但未发现全新世中晚期活动的证据(宋方敏等,2005).本研究通过对莒县青峰岭地震断层陡坎的考察,用探槽开挖、古地震标志(Yeats,1996;Anthony et al,2003;Klinger et al,2003;邓起东等,1984)识别、第四纪地层年代测试和确定古地震年代的逐次限定的方法(毛凤英,张培震,1995),确定了青峰岭地震断层上最新一次古地震事件的发生年代和破裂参数,突破了郯庐断裂带中段北部没有强烈地震的认识,对郯庐断裂带中段北部潜在地震危险性评价具有重要的科学价值. 相似文献
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利用浅地层剖面仪对郯庐断裂带莱州湾段进行了活断层探测，发现郯庐断裂带主干断裂在第四纪晚期以来具有明显的活动，继承了晚第三纪以来的主要构造活动特点，仍是这一区域的主导性构造. 西支KL3断裂由多条高角度正断裂组成，最新活动时代为晚更新世晚期至全新世早期，受到一系列错断晚更新世晚期沉积的北东或近东西向断裂的切割；东支龙口断裂由两段右阶斜列的次级断层组成，沿断裂带不但有明显的晚第四纪断错活动，而且还发育北北东向晚第四纪生长褶皱，表现出明显的晚更新世晚期至全新世活动特征. 在山东陆地区也发现了与龙口断裂相对应的安丘——莒县断裂，安丘段由一系列右阶斜列的次级断层组成. 从安丘向北至莱州湾凹陷，郯庐断裂带东支活断层构成了一条右旋单剪变形带，每一个次级活断层段相当于带内理论上次级压剪面，在第四纪晚期以来仍以右旋走滑活动为主要特征. 相似文献
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本文应用航空磁测资料及其它地球物理资料,研究郯庐断裂带的构造特征与强震活动。文章具体地记述了郯庐断裂带的位置、展布及深部延伸情况等。对郯城以南隐伏断裂地段,用大、中比例尺航磁资料进行了研究。认为昌邑-大店断裂和安丘-莒县断裂是郯庐断裂带的主断裂,延伸到玄武岩层后合并进入地幔。 最后,文章通去磁异常(场)特征,探索强震活动规律,并为1668年8.5级地震震中位置的修正提供了补充依据 相似文献
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NEW EVIDENCES OF HOLOCENE ACTIVITY IN THE JIANGSU SEGMENT OF ANQIU-JUXIAN FAULT OF THE TANLU FAULT ZONE 
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下载免费PDF全文 Anqiu-Juxian Fault is an important fault in the Tanlu fault zone, with the largest seismic risk, the most recent activity date and the most obvious surface traces. It is also the seismogenic fault of the Tancheng M8 1/2 earthquake in 1668. There are many different views about the southern termination location of surface rupture of the Tancheng earthquake and the Holocene activity in Jiangsu segment of this fault. Research on the latest activity time of the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault, particularly the termination location of surface rupture of the Tancheng earthquake, is of great significance to the assessment of its earthquake potential and seismic risk.
Based on trench excavation on the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault, we discuss the time and characteristics of its latest activity. Multiple geological sections from southern Maling Mountain to Chonggang Mountain indicate that there was an ancient seismic event occurring in Holocene on the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault. We suggest the time of the latest seismic event is about(4.853±0.012)~(2.92±0.3)ka BP by dating results. The latest activity is characterized by thrust strike-slip faulting, with the maximum displacement of 1m. Combined with the fault rupture characteristics of each section, it is inferred that only one large-scale paleo-earthquake event occurred on the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault since the Holocene.
The upper parts of the fault are covered by horizontal sand layers, not only on the trench in the west of Chonggang mountain but also on the trench in Hehuan Road in Suqian city, which indicates that the main part of the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault was probably not the surface rupture zone of the 1668 Tancheng M8 1/2 earthquake.
In short, the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault has experienced many paleo-earthquake events since the late Pleistocene, with obvious activity during the Holocene. The seismic activities of the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault have the characteristics of large magnitude and low frequency. The Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault has the deep tectonic and seismic-geological backgrounds of big earthquakes generation and should be highly valued by scientists. 相似文献
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Geomorphic study on Wjiahe segment of Serteng piedmont fault,Inner Mongolia is made.Throuth analysis of the available data in combination with the results of predecessors‘studies it can be obtained that average vertical displacement rate is 0.48-0.75mm/a along the Wujiahe segment since the late Pleistocene(14.450-22.340ka BP)and 0.56-0.88mm/s since the early-middle Holocene(5.570-8.830ka BP).Analyzing paleoseismic phenomena revealed in the excavated 5trenches in combination with the results of predecessors‘studies of paleoearthquakes on the fault,we determine five paleoseismic events on the Wujiahe segment of Serteng piedmont fault since 27.0ka BP and the recurrence interval to be about 4.300-4.400ka,A cluster of paleoearthquakes occurred probably during 8.000-9.000ka BP and two paleoeismic events in 10.000-20.000ka BP may be missed.A comparison between height of fault scarps and sum of displacement caused by paleoseismic events revealed in trenches,and recurrence interval of paleoseismic events obtained from average displacement rate along the fault and the disloca-tion by one event suggest that three paleoseismic events are absent in Alagaitu trench.Two paleoseismic events may be absent on the whole active fault segment. 相似文献
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Anqiu-Juxian Fault is an important fault in the Tanlu fault zone, with the highest seismic risk, the most recent activity date, and the most obvious surface traces. Due to lack of credible geological evidences, there is big controversy on the Holocene activity in the Jiangsu segment of this fault. Research on the characteristics of late Quaternary activity in the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault, particularly its latest activity time, is of great significance to assessment of its earthquake ability and seismic risk. Based on field investigations on the Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault, and combining with the results of fault activities identification on this fault in Suqian City, we discussed the characteristics of its activities in late Quaternary. Multiple geological sections we found in this study and the results of fault activities identification in Suqian City all indicate that there was an ancient seismic event occurring in middle period of Holocene in the segment from southern Maling Mountain to Suqian City; but the trench at Houchen village did not show any evidence of Holocene activity on the Chonggangshan segment of this fault. Based on method of shallow seismic exploration, we carried out a systematic exploration of this fault to get its accurate position and activity characteristics. The results show that Anqiu-Juxian Fault in Suqian City is mainly characterized by dextral strike-slip, associated with both thrusting and extensional movement in different positions. A series of low hills were formed along the fault in the north of Suqian City, and a small graben basin was formed in the south of Suqian City, both are controlled by the dextral strike-slip movement of this fault. The Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault in general is characterized by dextral strike-slip with thrusting movement. But some parts of it are characterized by dextral strike-slip with extensional movement. The Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault experienced a number of activities since the late Quaternary, with an obvious activity in Holocene. The seismic activities of Jiangsu segment of Anqiu-Juxian Fault have the characteristic of high intensity and low frequency. Its activities decrease gradually from north to south as a whole. 相似文献
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NEW EVIDENCES FOR LATE QUATERNARY ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE YISHU-TANGTOU FAULT,THE TAN-LU FAULT ZONE,AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATION 下载免费PDF全文
下载免费PDF全文 CAO Jun XU Han-gang RAN Yong-kang LIANG Ming-jian LEI Sheng-xue ZHANG Peng LI Li-mei GU Qin-ping ZHAO Qi-guang 《地震地质》2017,39(2):287-303
The Tan-Lu Fault Zone(TLFZ), a well-known lithosphere fault zone in eastern China, is a boundary tectonic belt of the secondary block within the North China plate, and its seismic risk has always been a focus problem. Previous studies were primarily conducted on the eastern graben faults of the Yishu segment where there are historical earthquake records, but the faults in western graben have seldom been involved. So, there has been no agreement about the activity of the western graben fault from the previous studies. This paper focuses on the activity of the two buried faults in the western graben along the southern segment of Yishu through combination of shallow seismic reflection profile and composite drilling section exploration.
Shallow seismic reflection profile reveals that the Tangwu-Gegou Fault(F4)only affects the top surface of Suqian Formation, therefore, the fault may be an early Quaternary fault. The Yishui-Tangtou Fault(F3)has displaced the upper Pleistocene series in the shallow seismic reflection profile, suggesting that the fault may be a late Pleistocene active fault. Drilling was implemented in Caiji Town and Lingcheng Town along the Yishui-Tangtou Fault(F3)respectively, and the result shows that the latest activity time of Yishui-Tangtou Fault(F3)is between(91.2±4.4)ka and(97.0±4.8)ka, therefore, the fault belongs to late Pleistocene active fault.
Combined with the latest research on the activity of other faults along TLFZ, both faults in eastern and western graben were active during the late Pleistocene in the southern segment of the Yishu fault zone, however, only the fault in eastern graben was active in the Holocene. This phenomenon is the tectonic response to the subduction of the Pacific and Philippine Sea Plate and collision between India and Asian Plate. The two late Quaternary active faults in the Yishu segment of TLFZ are deep faults and present different forms on the surface and in near surface according to studies of deep seismic reflection profile, seismic wave function and seismic relocation. Considering the tectonic structure of the southern segment of Yishu fault zone, the relationship between deep and shallow structures, and the impact of 1668 Tancheng earthquake(M=8(1/2)), the seismogenic ability of moderate-strong earthquake along the Yishui-Tangtou Fault(F3)can't be ignored. 相似文献
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YANG Yuan-yuan ZHAO Peng ZHENG Hai-gang YAO Da-quan WANG Xing-zhou MIAO Peng LI Jun-hui WANG Xiao-li SHU Peng 《地震地质》2017,39(4):644-655
Anqiu-Juxian Fault(F5) is the latest active fault in the eastern graben of the middle segment of the Tanlu fault zone. In recent years, the research results of F5 in Jiangsu Province are abundant, and it is found that Holocene activity is prevalent in different segments, and the movement pattern is dominated by dextral strike-slip and squeezing thrust. The Anhui segment and the Jiangsu segment of the Tan-Lu fault zone are bounded by the Huaihe River. Previous studies have not discussed the extension and activity of F5 in the south of the Huaihe River in Anhui Province. This paper chooses the Ziyangshan segment of Tanlu fault zone in the south of the Huaihe River as the breakthrough point, which is consistent with the linear image feature of extension of F5 in Jiangsu Province. Through the remote sensing image interpretation, geological and geomorphological investigation and trench excavation, we initially get the following understanding:(1)The linear structural features of the Ziyang segment are clear, and the fault is developed on the gentle slope of the Mesozoic red sandstone uplift along the Fushan-Ziyangshan, which is the southern extension of the Anqiu-Juxian Fault(F5); (2)The excavation of the Zhuliu trench reveals that the late Pleistocene clastic layers are interrupted, and the late late Pleistocene to early Holocene black clay layers are filled along the fault to form black fault strips and black soil-filled wedges, indicating that the latest active age of the fault is early Holocene; (3)The excavation of Zhuliu trench reveals that there are at least 3 paleo-earthquake events since the Quaternary, the first paleo-seismic event is dated to the early and middle Quaternary, and the 2nd paleo-seismic event is 20.10~13.46ka BP, the age of the third paleo-seismic event is(10.15±0.05)~(8.16±0.05)ka BP. These results complement our understanding of the late Quaternary activity in the Anhui segment of the Tanlu fault zone, providing basic data for earthquake monitoring and seismic damage prevention in Anhui Province. 相似文献
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THE DISCUSSION FOR THE NEW ACTIVITY OF THE TIANQUAN SEGMENT OF LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE 1327 TIANQUAN EARTHQUAKE,SICHUAN 下载免费PDF全文
下载免费PDF全文 The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake occurred along the Longmen Shan fault zone, only five years later, another M7 Lushan earthquake struck the southern segment where its seismic risk has been highly focused by multiple geoscientists since this event. Through geological investigations and paleoseismic trenching, we suggest that the segment along the Shuangshi-Dachuan Fault at south of the seismogenic structure of the Lushan earthquake is active during Holocene. Along the fault, some discontinuous fault trough valleys developed and the fault dislocated the late Quaternary strata as the trench exposed. Based on analysis of historical records of earthquakes, we suggest that the epicenter of the 1327 Tianquan earthquake should be located near Tianquan and associated with the Shuangshi-Dachuan Fault. Furthermore, we compared the ranges of felt earthquakes(the 2013 M7 Lushan earthquake and the 1970 MS6.2 Dayi earthquake)and suggest that the magnitude of the 1327 Tianquan earthquake is more possible between 6½ and 7. The southern segment of the Longmen Shan fault zone behaves as a thrust fault system consisting of several sub-paralleled faults and its deep structure shows multiple layers of decollement, which might disperse strain accumulation effectively and make the thrust system propagate forward into the foreland basin, creating a new decollement on a gypsum-salt bed. The soft bed is thick and does not facilitate to constrain fault deformation and accumulate strain, which produces a weak surface tectonic expression and seismic activity along the southern segment, this is quite different from that of the middle and northern segments of the Longmen Shan fault zone. 相似文献
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大凉山断裂带是大型走滑断裂鲜水河-小江断裂系的重要组成部分,其活动性是认识和探讨青藏高原东南缘现今地震活动和构造变形机制的重要基础资料。相较于中段和南段,关于大凉山断裂带北段活动性的相关研究成果,尤其是古地震资料非常缺乏。文中基于野外地质地貌调查,在石棉断裂联合村处开挖了一组(2个)探槽,揭露出断裂全新世活动的直接证据。通过古地震分析和炭样加速器质谱仪(AMS)测年,共获得了4次古地震事件:事件E1:20925—16850BC;事件E2:15265—1785BC;事件E3:360—1475AD;事件E4:1655—1815AD。其中包括全新世以来的3次事件,最新2次事件的复发间隔骤然缩短,反映断裂活动可能正在加剧。 相似文献
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酒西盆地位于祁连山北缘、河西走廊西端,是一个被活动断裂围限的新生代压陷性盆地,盆地周缘及内部发育多条活动断裂。通过对前人古地震资料的总结分析和野外补充调查,发现酒西盆地断裂古地震大多符合特征地震模式,复发周期约为3~5 ka,根据经验公式推断,每次地震的震级约为6.8~7.2级。从区域古地震角度看,酒西盆地地震的发生具有丛集的特征。全新世以来存在3个丛集期,分别为10~8 ka、5.5~3.5 ka、2 ka以来,每个丛集期的长度约为2 ka。从复发特征和离逝时间上看,盆地内部的阴洼山断裂和白杨河断裂接近复发周期,具有较高的地震危险性。 相似文献
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如何准确测定断裂滑动速率是近年来活动构造研究的前沿与热点.随着高精度地形数据获取手段与第四纪测年方法的不断进步，位错量和地貌面年龄的精度均得到大大提高.在进行滑动速率计算时还要考虑地质过程是否合理，蒙特卡洛方法为获取更加符合地质过程的滑动速率提供了重要工具.本文以滑动速率研究程度较低的海原断裂带老虎山段为例，基于LiDAR高精度地形数据，测得T1—T4阶地面年龄分别为1~3 ka，9~11 ka，15~17 ka，40~45 ka，陡坎前缘的位错分别为7~14 m，28~36 m，59~66 m，180~190 m.综合多地点的左旋走滑位错量及不同时代的地貌面年龄数据，并考虑滑动历史，利用蒙特卡洛模拟方法，将位错-时间两个参数的不确定性定量化，限定老虎山断裂45 ka以来平均滑动速率为4.3±0.16 mm·a-1，17ka以来的平均滑动速率为4.0±0.15 mm·a-1，与前人研究得到的狭义海原断裂滑动速率4.5±1.0 mm·a-1基本一致.综合整个海原断裂带滑动速率，本文结果更支持低滑动速率变化趋势，即海原断裂带整体滑动速率趋于稳定，向东至六盘山断裂，滑动速率开始降低，推测海原断裂带的左旋走滑在尾端主要为马东山—六盘山隆起所吸收.结合老虎山断裂历史地震资料和深部锁闭浅部蠕滑的动力学特征，推测老虎山断裂具备与相邻断裂一起触发强震的能力. 相似文献
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An abundance of the phenomena of tectonic deformation and paleoseismic events of different times and their recurrent interval, as well as coseismic vertical displacements is exposed in Jiuxian trenches across the Nankou-Sunhe fault zone in Changping County. The research result shows three paleoearthquakes occurring during the Holocene. They were dated as 10643 ± 250 a B.P.-9706 ± 1235 a B.P., 7894±150 a B.P.-7640 ± 650 a B.P., and 3987±100 a B.P.-3670 ± 310 a B.P., respectively. The coseismic vertical displacements are 1.0 m, 2.0 m, and 2.0 m, respectively. From a statistical formula of relation between historic earthquake magnitudes and surface seismic dislocations in North China, the magnitudes of these paleoearthquakes are inferred to be in a range from M 7.7 to M 7.9. The research shows that the Holocene fault activity in the plain can be traced in the trenches according to the micro-geomorphic features. Many micro-structural phenomena are also found in these trenches. Identification of the paleoearthquakes in the Nankou-Sunhe fault zone during the Holocene time is of significance for assessment of future seismic risk in Beijing area. 相似文献