Correlation of welded ignimbrites on Pantelleria (Strait of Sicily) using paleomagnetism     

Fabio Speranza  Anita Di Chiara  Silvio G. Rotolo 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(2):341-357

Although the oldest volcanic rocks exposed at Pantelleria (Strait of Sicily) are older than 300 ka, most of the island is covered by the 45–50 ka Green Tuff ignimbrite, thought to be related to the Cinque Denti caldera, and younger lavas and scoria cones. Pre-50 ka rocks (predominantly rheomorphic ignimbrites) are exposed at isolated sea cliffs, and their stratigraphy and chronology are not completely resolved. Based on volcanic stratigraphy and K/Ar dating, it has been proposed that the older La Vecchia caldera is related to ignimbrite Q (114 ka), and that ignimbrites F, D, and Z (106, 94, and 79 ka, respectively) were erupted after caldera formation. We report here the paleomagnetic directions obtained from 23 sites in ignimbrite P (133 ka) and four younger ignimbrites, and from an uncorrelated (and loosely dated) welded lithic breccia thought to record a caldera-forming eruption. The paleosecular variation of the geomagnetic field recorded by ignimbrites is used as correlative tool, with an estimated time resolution in the order of 100 years. We find that ignimbrites D and Z correspond, in good agreement with recent Ar/Ar ages constraining the D/Z eruption to 87 ka. The welded lithic breccia correlates with a thinner breccia lying just below ignimbrite P at another locality, implying that collapse of the La Vecchia caldera took place at ~130–160 ka. This caldera was subsequently buried by ignimbrites P, Q, F, and D/Z. Paleomagnetic data also show that the northern caldera margin underwent a ~10° west–northwest (outwards) tilting after emplacement of ignimbrite P, possibly recording magma resurgence in the crust.  相似文献   

Comment on “<Superscript>40</Superscript>Ar/<Superscript>39</Superscript>Ar dating of tuff vents in the Campi Flegrei caldera (southern Italy): toward a new chronostratigraphic reconstruction of the Holocene volcanic activity” by Fedele et al. [Bull Volcanol; 73:1323–1336]     

R. Isaia  M. A. Di Vito  S. de Vita  M. Rosi  A. Sbrana 《Bulletin of Volcanology》2012,74(1):293-296

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江西北部及邻区地震活动特征     

曾庆平  狄哲  王敏  吕坚 《华南地震》2012,(2):66-71

利用不同时间尺度、不同震级下限的资料,分析了江西北部及邻区的地震活动时空分布特点。结果显示：本区地震活动成组现象明显．中强地震前中短期阶段的地震学异常特征主要表现为地震空区、地震条带或中等地震集中增强区。未来数年内本区还有可能发生中强地震,目前应当高度重视区域的震情发展趋势。  相似文献   

Horizontal rotation signals detected by “G-Pisa” ring laser for the M w = 9.0, March 2011, Japan earthquake     

Jacopo Belfi  Nicolò Beverini  Giorgio Carelli  Angela Di Virgilio  Enrico Maccioni  Gilberto Saccorotti  Fabio Stefani  Alexander Velikoseltsev 《Journal of Seismology》2012,16(4):767-776

We report the observation of the ground rotation induced by the M _w = 9.0, 11th of March 2011, Japan earthquake. The rotation measurements have been conducted with a ring laser gyroscope operating in a vertical plane, thus detecting rotations around the horizontal axis. Comparison of ground rotations with vertical accelerations from a co-located force balance accelerometer shows excellent ring laser coupling at periods longer than 100?s. Under the plane wave assumption, we derive a theoretical relationship between horizontal rotation and vertical acceleration for Rayleigh waves. Due to the oblique mounting of the gyroscope with respect to the wave direction of arrival, apparent velocities derived from the acceleration/rotation rate ratio are expected to be always larger than or equal to the true wave propagation velocity. This hypothesis is confirmed through comparison with fundamental mode, Rayleigh-wave phase velocities predicted for a standard Earth model.  相似文献   

Green’s function of the linearized Saint-Venant equations in laminar and turbulent flows     

Cristiana Di Cristo  Michele Iervolino  Andrea Vacca 《Acta Geophysica》2012,60(1):173-190

In the present paper, an analytical expression of the Green’s function of linearized Saint-Venant equations (LSVEs) for shallow water waves is provided and applied to analyse the propagation of a perturbation superposed to a uniform flow. Independently of the kinematic character of the base flow, i.e., subcritical or supercritical uniform flow, the effects of a non-uniform vertical velocity profile and a non-constant resistance coefficient are accounted for. The use of the Darcy-Weisbach friction law allows a unified treatment of both laminar and turbulent conditions. The influence on the wave evolution of the wall roughness and the fluid viscosity are finally discussed, showing that in turbulent regime the assumption of constant friction coefficient may lead to an underestimation of both amplification and damping factors on the wave fronts, especially at low Reynolds numbers. This conclusion has to be accounted for, particularly in describing hyper-concentrated suspensions or other kinds of Newtonian mixtures, for which the high values of the kinematic viscosity may lead to relatively low Reynolds numbers.  相似文献   

Fractal analysis of experimentally generated pyroclasts: A tool for volcanic hazard assessment     

Diego Perugini  Ulrich Kueppers 《Acta Geophysica》2012,60(3):682-698

Rapid decompression experiments on natural volcanic rocks mimick explosive eruptions. Fragment size distributions (FSD) of such experimentally generated pyroclasts are investigated using fractal geometry. The fractal dimension of fragmentation, D, of FSD is measured for samples from Unzen (Japan) and Popocatépetl (Mexico) volcanoes.Results show that: (i) FSD are fractal and can be quantified by measuring D values; (ii) D increases linearly with potential energy for fragmentation (PEF) and, thus, with increasing applied pressure; (iii) the rate of increase of D with PEF depends on open porosity: the higher the open porosity, the lower the increase of D with PEF; (iv) at comparable open porosity, samples display a similar behavior for any rock composition.The method proposed here has the potential to become a standard routine to estimate eruptive energy of past and recent eruptions using values of D and open porosity, providing an important step towards volcanic hazard assessment.  相似文献   

G: Fracture energy,friction and dissipation in earthquakes     

S. Nielsen  E. Spagnuolo  M. Violay  S. Smith  G. Di Toro  A. Bistacchi 《Journal of Seismology》2016,20(4):1187-1205

Recent estimates of fracture energy G ^′ in earthquakes show a power-law dependence with slip u which can be summarized as G ^′ ∝ u ^a where a is a positive real slightly larger than one. For cracks with sliding friction, fracture energy can be equated to G _f : the post-failure integral of the dynamic weakening curve. If the dominant dissipative process in earthquakes is friction, G ^′ and G _f should be comparable and show a similar scaling with slip. We test this hypothesis by analyzing experiments performed on various cohesive and non-cohesive rock types, under wet and dry conditions, with imposed deformation typical of seismic slip (normal stress of tens of MPa, target slip velocity > 1 m/s and fast accelerations ≈ 6.5 m/s²). The resulting fracture energy G _f is similar to the seismological estimates, with G _f and G ^′ being comparable over most of the slip range. However, G _f appears to saturate after several meters of slip, while in most of the reported earthquake sequences, G ^′ appears to increase further and surpasses G _f at large magnitudes. We analyze several possible causes of such discrepancy, in particular, additional off-fault damage in large natural earthquakes.  相似文献   

差分GPS实现探地雷达图像地形校正方法研究     

李双飞  李家存  张迪 《地质力学学报》2016,22(3):771-777

针对在地形起伏较大的区域探地雷达获取的图像不能表达地形变化的缺点,通过探地雷达与差分GPS同步采集记录数据,实现探地雷达图像与GPS数据时间同步,选择某一标准水准面为参考面,根据时间位移和线性插值方法,将探地雷达数据进行时深转换,从而实现探地雷达地形校正。探地雷达图像地形校正前后对比表明此方法在保留地下介质体水平方向分布特征的同时,实现了探地雷达图像在垂直方向的精确校正,对地下目标的解译和精确定位有很大的帮助,对浅层活动断层探测具有一定的实际意义。   相似文献   

新疆库车坳陷克拉苏冲断带白垩系辫状河三角洲沉积特征及其与储集层发育的关系*          下载免费PDF全文

潘荣  朱筱敏  刘芬  李勇  马玉杰  邸宏利  张荣虎 《古地理学报》2013,15(5):707-716

新疆库车坳陷克拉苏冲断带白垩系巴什基奇克组一、二段是一套由细砂岩、中粗砂岩、含砾砂岩、粉砂岩及泥岩组成的碎屑岩组合。通过30余口钻井(包括6口新取心井)的岩心、测井、录井、薄片及粒度等资料的分析, 结合区域地质资料, 确认克拉苏冲断带巴什基奇克组一、二段发育砂质辫状河三角洲沉积。其岩性以岩屑砂岩为主;粒度概率曲线具有牵引流特征;砂体中发育楔状交错层理及冲刷、充填构造等丰富的强水动力沉积构造及间断正韵律;砂体延伸远、面积大展布稳定, 砂地比值高;发育水下分流河道、分流间湾等微相。据三角洲砂体的岩性、沉积构造及沉积序列等特征, 建立了三角洲沉积模式。稳定的构造背景、开阔的盆地、丰富的物源供给使得研究区辫状河三角洲前缘沉积非常发育, 其以水下分流河道沉积为主体, 物性好, 砂体延伸远, 可向盆地中央方向推进35～60km, 砂体纵横叠置, 为岩性油气藏的形成提供了有利的储集空间。  相似文献   

常熟地震台伸缩仪运行分析   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

狄樑  陆德明  丁建国 《大地测量与地球动力学》2013,(Z2):21-23

对常熟地震台2008—2011年SS-Y伸缩仪观测资料的连续率、噪声水平及M2波振幅因子的相对中误差等指标的质量评定表明:1)在无雷害情况下,伸缩仪连续率在99.6%以上;2)噪声水平及M2波振幅因子的相对中误差等指标均符合形变观测规范要求,较为稳定;3)SS-Y伸缩仪主要受气压及降雨干扰,降雨干扰最大。  相似文献