Electromagnetic signals associated with stick–slip of quartz-free rocks     

Akito Tsutsumi  Nobumasa Shirai 《Tectonophysics》2008,450(1-4):79-84

We recorded clear transients in the electric and magnetic fields upon sudden slip in stick–slip experiments on dry, cylindrically shaped, quartz-free rock specimens of basalt and peridotite with a 30° saw-cut (representing a fault) at confining pressures of up to 120 MPa. The amplitudes of the measured electric field signals were always higher at the electrode pair oriented parallel to the strike of the fault than at the pair oriented perpendicular. This anisotropy suggests a preferred electric polarization normal to the slip surface. The transients in the electric and magnetic fields were observed only when the fault slip occurred by stick–slip mode, not by a stable mode of the sliding, and the amplitudes of the electric field signals increased with increasing stress drop. It is suggested that the generation process of the electromagnetic signals is closely related to the characteristic behavior of the fault at the time of the initiation of slip during stick–slip events, probably with respect to the intensity of the signals. We propose that one or both of the following two processes characteristic of the fault at the time of the initiation of slip during stick–slip events are essential for the generation of detectable electromagnetic signals: rapid slip along the simulated fault and separation of the rock masses across the fault.  相似文献   

Candidate precursors: pulse-like geoelectric signals possibly related to recent seismic activity in Japan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Yuji Enomoto  Akito Tsutsumi  Yukio Fujinawa  Minoru Kasahara  Hiroshi Hashimoto 《Geophysical Journal International》1997,131(3):485-494

Telemetric network observations of pulse-like geoelectric charge signals using a vertical dipole buried under the ground were undertaken at various observation sites over a wide area in Japan from April 1996. From continuous records of the signals during the six months following that, we attempted to select anomalous signals, possibly related to seismic electric activity. Special attention was paid to the elimination of noise resulting from industrial and meteorological electric activity, comparison with other electromagnetic signals in the VLF band and the relation between the precursor period and the distance from the eventual main shock that occurred in Japan. Four candidate precursor electric signals, which were not contaminated by industrial and meteorological electric activity, were then selected, of which the second appeared before the Akita-ken Nairiku-nanbu earthquake swarm, for which the maximum M = 5.9 occurred on 1996 August 11, and the third and fourth before the Chiba-ken Toho-oki earthquake, M = 6.6, on 1996 September 11. A tentative qualitative model explaining why the candidate precursory signal is related to stress building up before an earthquake is presented in terms of the electrification of gases released from fracturing rocks immediately prior to the main shock.  相似文献   

Seismic Refraction Crustal Study Along the Sognefjord, South-West Norway, Employing Ocean-Bottom Seismometers     

Takaya Iwasaki  Markvard A. Sellevoll  Toshihiko Kanazawa  Tor Veggeland †  Hideki Shimamura 《Geophysical Journal International》1994,119(3):791-808

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Earthquake distribution in the subduction zone off eastern Hokkaido, Japan, deduced from ocean-bottom seismographic and land observations     

Takaya Iwasaki  Naoshi Hirata  Toshihiko Kanazawa  Taku Urabe  Yoshinobu Motoya  Hideki Shimamura 《Geophysical Journal International》1991,105(3):693-711

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Observations of microseismicity in the southern Kuril Trench area by arrays of ocean bottom seismometers     

Naoshi Hirata  Toshihiko Kanazawa  Kiyoshi Suyehiro  Takaya Iwasaki  Hideki Shimamura 《Geophysical Journal International》1989,98(1):55-68

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Measurement of methane flux over an evergreen coniferous forest canopy using a relaxed eddy accumulation system with tuneable diode laser spectroscopy detection     

Ayaka Sakabe  Ken Hamotani  Yoshiko Kosugi  Masahito Ueyama  Kenshi Takahashi  Akito Kanazawa  Masayuki Itoh 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2012,109(1-2):39-49

Very few studies have conducted long-term observations of methane (CH₄) flux over forest canopies. In this study, we continuously measured CH₄ fluxes over an evergreen coniferous (Japanese cypress) forest canopy throughout 1?year, using a micrometeorological relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) system with tuneable diode laser spectroscopy (TDLS) detection. The Japanese cypress forest, which is a common forest type in warm-temperate Asian monsoon regions with a wet summer, switched seasonally between a sink and source of CH₄ probably because of competition by methanogens and methanotrophs, which are both influenced by soil conditions (e.g., soil temperature and soil moisture). At hourly to daily timescales, the CH₄ fluxes were sensitive to rainfall, probably because CH₄ emission increased and/or absorption decreased during and after rainfall. The observed canopy-scale fluxes showed complex behaviours beyond those expected from previous plot-scale measurements and the CH₄ fluxes changed from sink to source and vice versa.  相似文献   

Crustal Structure Beneath Lofoten, N. Norway, From Vertical Incidence and Wide-Angle Seismic Data   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

R. Mjelde  M. A. Sellevoll  H. Shimamura  T. Iwasaki  T. Kanazawa 《Geophysical Journal International》1993,114(1):116-126

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Monitoring of mercury and other metals mobility by sequential fractionation in soils nearby an abandoned chlor-alkali plant in Managua (Nicaragua)     

Rodolfo Fernández-Martínez  Belén Gómez-Mancebo  Emilio J. Peña  Pilar Galán  Akito Matsuyama  Fernando García  Isabel Rucandio 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(6):538

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Ocean bottom tiltmeter with acoustic data retrieval system implanted by a submersible     

Hideki Shimamura  Toshihiko Kanazawa 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1988,9(3):237-254

Sensitive Ocean Bottom Implanted Tiltmeters (OBITs) with a sophisticated data retrieval system have been developed in order to observe directly the subduction of oceanic lithosphere. The OBIT is the first long-term geophysical instrument which was designed to be deployed by a manned deep-sea submersible. When the OBIT is put on oceanic lithosphere which is bending and is about to subduct under a deep sea trench, the OBIT records the subduction by observing the tilt of the surface of the lithosphere. The OBIT system has a sensitivity of 10^-8 radian, which is enough to detect the ongoing subduction in months or years. The OBIT may give an answer to the question whether there are fluctuations in the subduction rate.Two OBITs were successfully deployed on a seaward slope of the Kuril Trench by the newly built French deep submersible, Nautile. The OBITs were installed on the northwest shoulder of Erimo seamount, at a depth of 3930 m, in the Kuril Trench. In order to attain stable long-term observations of crustal deformations, the sensing unit was cemented onto bare rock by mortar. We have not yet had an opportunity to recover the data.The life of the instruments is expected to be more than five years. An acoustic data transmission system has been developed for the OBIT data recovery. The stored data can be retrieved at any moment during the observation period, with no need to retrieve the instruments nor to interrupt the observation, by use of the acoustic system. The acoustic system has a high data transmission rate as well as extremely low power consumption. This will be the first long-term crustal deformation measurement on the sea floor.  相似文献   

Occurrence of coprostanol, 24-ethylcoprostanol and 5α-stanols in the marine sediments     

Shin-ichi Teshima  Akio Kanazawa 《Journal of Oceanography》1978,34(3):85-92

The present study deals with the elucidation of sterol composition of the marine sediments in Kagoshima Bay. The identification of each sterol was performed by gas-liquid chromatography, Ag⁺ impregnated column chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. The sediment obtained near the estuary of River Koutsuki contained large portions of 5-stanols such as coprostanol and 24-ethylcoprostanol basides 5-stanols such as cholestanol, 24-methylcholestanol, and 24-ethylcholestanol in the sterol fraction. These 5-stanols in the marine sediment may be derived from the fecal contamination by domestic sewages.  相似文献