The source processes of large shallow earthquakes are investigated based on the various field phenomena and on the seismograms recorded at short focal distances. The results from coseismic and postseismic field surveys in some source regions strongly show that there must be a particular region characterized by a large dislocation, large acceleration and extremely low aftershock activity. This specific region seems to have a relatively small dimension compared with the length of the main fault.The predominant short-period waves on the strong-motion seismograms are concentrated within the short intervals at the initial parts of P and S waves. This fact also suggests that the rupture elements generating the predominant short-period waves are not distributed over the entire surface of a single main fault but are concentrated in a small region.We call this confined small region in the source area “earthquake core”. The earthquake core is formed a little later than the start of smoothing dislocation and it may be located at some distance from the starting point of rupture. 相似文献
Major, trace, and rare earth element abundances were determined for the southwestern Japanese pelagic chert sequence from the early Late Permian to early Early Triassic to investigate a redox change in deep-sea pelagic environments before and at the Permo-Triassic boundary (PTB) (251 Ma). The sequence was primarily deposited in the deep-sea of the superocean Panthalassa, and then was accreted to Japan in the Middle Jurassic. A remarkable lithostratigraphic change from red chert to siliceous∼carbonaceous claystone through gray chert is observed in this sequence. Constituent elements for these sedimentary rocks are essentially derived from two sources: (1) an ancient seawater via biogenic (mainly radiolarian), hydrothermal, and authigenic materials and (2) an average shale-like terrigenous material. The present measurement demonstrates significant stratigraphic changes of the Ce/Cenon-ter* value (estimated Ce anomaly value of non-terrigenous component, recalculated by subtraction of terrigenous REEs from bulk REEs) and the (Mn/TE)sample/(Mn/TE)PAAS value (excess Mn component other than terrigenous one; TE=terrigenous elements including Ti, Al, Nb, Hf, Th; PAAS=Post-Archean Average Australian Shale) in the Permian chert. The Ce/Cenon-ter* values increase from <0.2 to 1 and the (Mn/TE)sample/(Mn/TE)PAAS values decrease up-section, suggesting that the redox condition of deep-sea open-ocean changed from oxic to suboxic in an interval of approximately 10 Myr. The (∑Fe/TE)sample/(∑Fe/TE)PAAS and (Mn/TE)sample/(Mn/TE)PAAS values of carbonaceous claystone near or at the PTB are less than unity, suggesting that reductive dissolution of iron and manganese occurred under an anoxic condition. This supports the idea of the PTB oceanic anoxia in the superocean Panthalassa. The present data suggest that the anoxic condition prevailed in the deep-sea pelagic regions for an extremely long period, much more than 10 Myr, from the middle Late Permian to early Early Triassic. This long-term development of widespread oceanic anoxia may have been linked to the greatest mass extinction of the Phanerozoic. 相似文献
Since September 2017, the Kuroshio has taken a large-meander (LM) path in the region south of Japan. We examined characteristics of the 2017–present LM path in comparison with previous LM paths, using tide gauge, altimetric sea surface height, and bottom pressure data. The 2017–present LM path was formed from a path passing through a channel south of Hachijo-jima Island, while a typical LM path originated from a path through a channel north of Miyake-jima Island. The meander trough of this atypical path was found to be shifted far to the east and to vary on a timescale of months. These characteristics are different from those of a typical LM path but they are similar to those of the 1981–1984 LM path. Therefore, we identified two types of LM path; a stable and unstable LM paths. The 2017–present unstable type large meander has a zonal scale greater than that of the 2004–2005 stable type large meander and protrudes from the eastern boundary of the Shikoku Basin, i.e., Izu-Ogasawara Ridge. No significant bottom pressure depression was observed, associated with the formation of the 2017–present LM path, indicating that baroclinic instability was not important in the formation of this LM path. Due to no significant bottom steering, even during the 2017–present LM period, a mesoscale current path disturbance occurred southeast of Kyushu, propagated eastward, and amplified the offshore displacement of the Kuroshio.
We used time-series sediment trap data for four major components, organic matter and ballast minerals (CaCO3, opal, and lithogenic matter) from 150, 540, and 1000 m in the western subarctic Pacific (WSAP), where opal is the predominant
mineral in sinking particles, to develop four simple models for settling particles, including the “ballast model”. The ballast
model is based on the concept that most of the organic matter “rain” in the deep sea is carried by the minerals. These four
models are designed to simultaneously reproduce the flux of each major component of settling particles at 540 and 1000 m by
using the data for each component at 150 m as initial values. Among the four models, the ballast model, which considers the
sinking velocity increase with depth, was identified as the best using the Akaike information criterion as a measure of the
model fit to data. This model successfully reproduced the flux of organic matter at 540 and 1000 m, indicating that the ballast
model concept works well in the shallow zone of the WSAP on a seasonal timescale. This also suggests that ballast minerals
not only physically protect the organic matter from degradation during the settling process but also enhance the sinking velocity
and reduce the degree of decomposition. 相似文献
Comprehensive global energetics analysis is carried out for the NCAR CCM2 with different horizontal resolutions of R15, T42,
T63, and T106 to assess the effect of various model truncations on the global energetics characteristics in climate models.
Both the energy levels and energy transformations are examined over the zonal wave number domain during a northern winter
and summer. In addition to the simulated atmosphere, the ECMWF global analysis during 1986 to 1990 is analyzed for comparison
using the same diagnostic scheme. Previous studies have revealed that zonal kinetic energy is supplied by synoptic disturbances
in terms of the zonal-wave interactions of kinetic energy. According to our result, however, such an energy flow from eddies
to zonal motions is valid only for zonal wave numbers up to about 30. We find that the zonal-wave interactions of kinetic
energy change sign beyond wave number 30 where the energy is transformed from zonal to eddies for both the ECMWF and CCM2-T106.
The large-scale zonal motions are diffusive against the short waves beyond wave number 30, which may well be parameterized
by various forms of the diffusion schemes. We suggest from this result that the atmospheric disturbances with wave numbers
lower than 30 are necessary to represent accurately the two-way interactions between zonal and eddy motions, because these
waves can actively influence the behavior of the zonal motions. Based on this finding, we suggest that the model resolution
of R15 is inadequate for climate studies from the energetics point of view, and that resolution of T42 is the minimum requirement
to represent the general circulation adequately. Some other discrepancies are discussed in detail for the coarse resolution
climate models.
Received: 15 July 1996/Accepted: 3 January 1997 相似文献