Hydrodynamic response of subduction zones to seismic activity: A case study for the Costa Rica margin     

Paula A. Cutillo  Shemin Ge  Elizabeth J. Screaton   《Tectonophysics》2006,426(1-2):167

Thermal anomalies in tectonically active areas are often attributed to sub-seafloor fluid circulation and faulting mechanisms, particularly in subduction zones where the largest thrust earthquakes occur. Postseismic fluid flow is enabled by the poroelastic response of the fault system to the earthquake's strain field, as well as by the rupturing of permeability barriers in the vicinity of the fault zone. We investigated the relative importance of these mechanisms on postseismic pore-pressure diffusion and advective heat transport in the subduction zone setting. A two-dimensional numerical fluid flow and heat transport model was developed for the Costa Rica subduction zone offshore of the Nicoya Peninsula. The flow and transport model was coupled with an earthquake strain model to quantify the effects of coseismic strain and permeability enhancement on fluid pressures and temperatures within the Costa Rica margin. Coseismic changes in pore pressure and postseismic pore-pressure diffusion were found to be sensitive to the compressibility of the porous medium, and patterns of pore-pressure recovery were more complex than that predicted by theoretical faulting models. Coseismic contraction and extension of the crust produced high fluid pressures close to the fault, while the inflow of fluid from depth increased fluid pressures several years following the simulated fault slip. Crustal deformation alone was not observed to perturb the temperature field. Laterally extensive permeability increases of two orders of magnitude along the décollement were required to produce small changes in heat flow. Local permeability changes in the upper slope region of least five orders of magnitude were necessary to noticeably affect heat flow. The results of the numerical simulations may help to refine conceptual faulting models and provide guidance for locating long-term hydrologic monitoring sites at Costa Rica and other subduction zones.  相似文献   

Challenging assumptions of future coastal habitat development around the UK     

Julian D. Orford  John Pethick 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2006,31(13):1625-1642

One habitat management requirement forced by 21st century relative sea‐level rise (RSLR), will be the need to re‐comprehend the dimensions of long‐term transgressive behaviour of coastal systems being forced by such RSLR. Fresh approaches to the conceptual modelling and subsequent implementation of new coastal and peri‐marine habitats will be required. There is concern that existing approaches to forecasting coastal systems development (and by implication their associated scarce coastal habitats) over the next century depend on a certain premise of orderly spatial succession of habitats. This assumption is shown to be questionable given the possible future rates of RSLR, magnitude of shoreline retreat and the lack of coastal sediment to maintain the protective morphologies to low‐energy coastal habitats. Of these issues, sediment deficiency is regarded as one of the major problem for future habitat development. Examples of contemporary behaviour of UK coasts show evidence of coastal sediment starvation resulting from relatively stable RSLR, anthropogenic sealing of coastal sources, and intercepted coastal sediment pathways, which together force segmentation of coastal systems. From these examples key principles are deduced which may prejudice the existence of future habitats: accelerated future sediment demand due to RSLR may not be met by supply and, if short‐ to medium‐term hold‐the‐line policies predominate, long‐term strategies for managed realignment and habitat enhancement may prove impossible goals. Methods of contemporary sediment husbandry may help sustain some habitats in place but otherwise, instead of integrated coastal organization, managers may need to consider coastal breakdown, segmentation and habitat reduction as the basis of 21st century coastal evolution and planning. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

由地震活动参数分析龙门山-岷山断裂带的现今活动习性与强震危险性   总被引：38，自引：0，他引：38  

易桂喜  闻学泽  王思维  龙锋  范军 《中国地震》2006,22(2):117-125

根据最近28年的区域台网地震资料,利用b值空间分布及断裂带分段的多地震活动参数值的组合方法,结合历史强震背景,分析了沿川北龙门山-岷山断裂带不同断裂段的现今活动习性,并初步判别出了潜在的强震危险段落。研究结果表明:龙门山断裂带中-南段存在6个具有不同现今活动习性的段落,其中,绵竹-茂县段处于相对高应力背景下的频繁中-小震活动状态,被认为是龙门山断裂带上未来最可能发生强震的地段;江油-平武段处于相对高应力背景下的稀疏中-小震活动状态,未来有可能发生中强地震。而岷山断裂带中的岷江断裂段和虎牙断裂段,以及叠溪隐伏逆断层地区均具有相对偏低的应力水平,可能与其不久前分别发生过大地震和强震有关,未来不太长的时期内复发大地震的可能性较小。  相似文献   

浙江省滨海平原地下水开采与地面沉降   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

赵建康  吴孟杰  刘思秀  沈慧珍 《高校地质学报》2006,12(2):185-194

浙江省滨海平原地面沉降自20世纪60年代发生以来，随着地下水的不断开采，造成洪涝灾害加剧、海潮上岸、城市排水排污能力削弱，内河通航能力下降、农田长年受淹等危害，影响社会经济的可持续发展。根据多年来的地面沉降与地下水动态监测、调查成果，对浙江省滨海平原地面沉降历史与现状、地面沉降基本规律进行总结，提出地面沉降防治对策建议  相似文献   

海潮引起滨海含水层地下水位变化的初步研究   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

阮传侠周训  欧业成方斌 《地质通报》2006,25(4):512-515

依据短序列和长序列的潮汐效应观测数据,分析了北海地区海潮引起滨海含水层地下水位变化的动态特征.结果表明,受海潮影响的滨海含水层地下水位与海潮有相似的波动特征,但变幅减小,受海潮的影响程度与观测点离海岸的距离有关,随着离海岸距离的增加地下水位的变幅和潮汐系数大致呈负指数减小.在南、北海岸距离海岸分别达3756m和2276m以远时地下水位不受海潮变化的影响.长序列的观测资料显示,海潮和岸边地下水位有15天的长周期和1天的短周期的波动.  相似文献   

卡尔曼滤波在沿海冬半年风力预报中的应用   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

卢峰本 《气象》1998,24(3):50-53

应用卡尔曼滤波方法,制作１９９５年１１月和１９９６年１月防城港市逐日最大风力３６￣１３２小时预报,预报结果精度高,表明该方法在沿海冬半年风力的预报上很有实用价值。  相似文献   

Hornblende Ar/Ar geochronology across terrane boundaries in the Sveconorwegian Province of S. Norway     

Bernard Bingen  Ariel Boven  Lea Punzalan  Jan R. Wijbrans  Daniel Demaiffe 《Precambrian Research》1998,90(3-4)

Hornblende incremental heating ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data were obtained from augen gneiss and amphibolite of the Sveconorwegian Province of S. Norway. In the Rogaland-Vest Agder and Telemark terranes, four pyroxene-rich samples, located close (≤ 10 km) to the anorthosite-charnockite Rogaland Igneous Complex, define an age group at 916 + 12/ − 14 Ma and six samples distributed in the two terranes yield another group at 871 + 8/ − 10 Ma. The first age group is close to the reported zircon U---Pb intrusion age of the igneous complex (931 ± 2 Ma) and the regional titanite U---Pb age (918 ± 2 Ma), whereas the second group overlaps reported regional mineral Rb---Sr ages (895-853 Ma) as well as biotite K---Ar ages (878-853 Ma). In the first group, the comparatively dry parageneses of low-P thermal metamorphism (M2) associated with the intrusion of the igneous complex are well developed, and hornblende ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages probably record a drop in temperature shortly after this phase. In other hornblende + biotite-rich samples, with presumably a higher fluid content, the hornblende ages are probably a response to hornblende-fluid interaction during a late Sveconorwegian metamorphic or hydrothermal event. A ca 220 m.y. diachronism in hornblende ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages is documented between S. Telemark (ca 870 Ma) and Bamble (ca 1090 Ma). Differential uplift between these terranes was mostly accommodated by shearing along the Kristiansand-Porsgrunn shear zone. The final stage of extension along this zone occurred after intrusion of the Herefoss post-kinematic granite at 926 ± 8 Ma. On the contrary, the southern part of the Rogaland-Vest Agder and Telemark terranes share a common cooling evolution as mineral ages are similar on both sides of the Mandal-Ustaoset Line the tectonic zone between them. The succession within 20 m.y. of a voluminous pulse of post-tectonic magmatism at 0.93 Ga, a phase of high-T-low-P metamorphism at 0.93-0.92 Ga, and fast cooling at a regional scale ca 0.92 Ga, suggests that the southern parts of Rogaland-Vest Agder and Telemark were affected by an event of post-thickening extension collapse at that time. This event is not recorded in Bamble.  相似文献   

EQUILIBRIUM COASTAL PROFILES:Ⅰ. REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

高抒 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1998,16(2):97-107

naomONProfilesonsandycoastSaresiInilarintheirmorphologyundersjmilarndbotandhydrodynandc(tidaluntandwave)conditions.SuchanobservationhastaltotheconceptofcoastalequilibriunLAssodatalwiththeconceptareanUInbeofcrudelissues,indudingt(i)theevidencetodemonstratetheexisteneeofequilibriny(ii)calculationsoftheshapeofanequilibriumcoastalprofile,and(iii)theperiodoftimerequbotoaschtheequilibriumstate(knownastheresponsetiIne).TherehaveformanyeffortSlookingforsolutionstotheseprobbo,sincethestudAsundCftak…  相似文献   

PRELIMINARY STUDY ON PISIONIDS (ANNELIDA:POLYCHAETA PISIOMDAE) FROM HAINAN ISLAND COASTAL WATERS, SOUTH CHINA SEA     

吴宝铃  丁志虎  黄凤鹏 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1998,(2)

MODUcTIONThislistof4pisionidspedesisoneofthecontributi0nstothestudyoflittofalmeiofaunaIp0lychaetesfromtheChinesecoast.ThernateriaIswerecoforduringashortexpeditiontoHainanIslandbyProfB.L.Wu,Mr.F.P.HuangandMr.Z.H.ixngoftheFirstInstituteofdrinography,StatedrinicAdndnisttationinQingdaoandProfDr.W.WeStheideandDr.G.PurschkeoftheUniversityofDenabruckinOct0berl99l,additionalmateriaIsweresamPledbyMr.Z.H.Dinginash0rtexpeditiontoHongkonginJanuary1995.Hithert0,onlyPtrionelevisetoSaZhao…  相似文献   

EQUILIBRIUM COASTAL PROFILES:Ⅱ. EVIDENCE FROM EOF ANALYSIS     

高抒 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1998,(3)

IamODUCTIoNInoIdertoestablishtheconceptofeqUilibriumforbeachprofiles,anuInberofproh-lemsmustbesolved,including:(i)pndoftheealstehceofeqUilibrium;(ii)definitionoftheshapeofaneqUilibriumcOaStalprofile;and(iii)evaluationofthePeriodoftimere-qUiredtoreachtheeqUilibritunstate(knownastheresPOnsetime).Forthefirstoftheseprohlems,areviewofpreviousinvestigationsandaSynhesisarepresentedelsewhere(GaoandCollins,1998).Accowhngtosuchtheoreticalconsidera-tions,threetwrsofeqUilibriurnInayoccurinnatllT…  相似文献