简介:Significantpostseismicdeformationofthe2008MW7.9WenchuanearthquakehasbeenobservedfromGPSdataofthefirst14daysaftertheearthquake.Thepossiblemechanismsfortherapidpostseismicdeformationareassumedtobeafterslipontheearthquakeruptureplaneandviscoelasticrelaxationofcoseismicllystresschangeinthelowercrustoruppermantle.WefirstlyusetheconstrainedleastsquaresmethodtofindanafterslipmodelwhichcanfittheGPSdatabest.Theafterslipmodelcanexplainnear-fielddataverywellbutshowsconsiderablediscrepanciesinfittingfar-fielddata.Toestimatetheeffectduetotheviscoelasticrelaxationinthelowercrust,wethenignorethecontributionfromtheafterslipandattempttoinverttheviscositystructurebeneaththeLongmenshanfaultwheretheWenchuanearthquakeoccurredfromthepostseismicdeformationdata.Forthispurpose,weuseaviscoelasticmodelwitha2DgeometrybasedonthegeologicalandseismologicalobservationsandthecoseismicslipdistributionderivedfromthecoseismicGPSandInSARdata.Bymeansofagridsearchwefindthattheoptimumviscosityis9×1018Pa·sforthemiddle-lowercrustintheChengduBasin,4×1017Pa·sforthemiddle-lowercrustintheChuanxiPlateauand7×1017Pa·sforthelowvelocityzoneintheChuanxiplateau.Theviscoelasticmodelexplainsthepostseismicdeformationobservedinthefar-fieldsatisfactorily,butitisconsiderablyworsethantheafterslipmodelinfittingthenear-faultdata.Itsuggeststhereforeahybridmodelincludingbothafterslipandrelaxationeffects.Sincetheviscoelasticmodelproducesmainlythefar-fieldsurfacedeformationandhasfewerdegreeoffreedoms(threeviscosityparameters)thantheafterslipmodelwithahugenumberofsourceparameters,wefixtheviscositiystructureasobtainedbeforebutredeterminetheafterslipdistributionusingtheresidualdatafromtheviscoelasticmodeling.Theredeterminedafterslipdistributionbecomesphysicallymorereas
简介:Basedontheelasticdislocationtheory,multilayeredcrustalmodel,andrupturemodelobtainedbyseismicwaveforminversion,wecalculatedthecoandpost-seismicsurfacedeformationandgravitychangescausedbytheYushuMW6.9earthquakeoccurredonApril14,2010.TheobservedGPSvelocityfieldandgravityfieldinYushuareasaredisturbedbythecoandpost-seismiceffectsinducedbyYushuearthquake,thusthetheoreticalcoandpost-seismicdeformationandgravitychangeswillprovideimportantmodificationforthebackgroundtectonicmovementofYushuandsurroundingregions.ThetimerelaxationresultsshowthattheinfluencesofYushuearthquakeonYushuandsurroundingareaswilllastaslongas30to50years.Themaximumhorizontaldisplacement,verticalupliftandsettlementareabout1.96,0.27and0.16m,respectively,themaximalpositiveandnegativevalueofgravitychangesare8.892×10-7m·s-2and-4.861×10-7m·s-2,respectively.Significantspatialvariationscanbefoundonthecoandpost-seismiceffects:Theco-seismiceffectmainlyconcentratesintheregionneartherupturefault,whileviscoelasticrelaxationmostlyactsonthefarfield.Therefore,whenusingthegeodeticdatatoresearchtectonicmotion,weshouldnotonlyconsidertheeffectofco-seismiccausedbyearthquake,butalsopayattentiontotheeffectofviscoelasticrelaxation.