Geodetic imaging of potential seismogenic asperities on the Xianshuihe-Anninghe-Zemuhe fault system, southwest China, with a new 3-D viscoelastic interseismic coupling model
Geodetic imaging of potential seismogenic asperities on the Xianshuihe-Anninghe-Zemuhe fault system, southwest China, with a new 3-D viscoelastic interseismic coupling model
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利用新的 3 维粘弹性震间耦合模型对中国西南部鲜水河-安宁河-则木河断裂系上潜在的孕震粗糙体进行大地测量成像
DOI:
10.1002/2014jb011492
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Xu Caijun
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作者:
Jiang Guoyan;Xu Xiwei;Chen Guihua;Liu Yajing;Fukahata Yukitoshi;Wang Hua;Yu Guihua;Tan Xibin;Xu Caijun
We use GPS and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) measurements to image the spatial variation of interseismic coupling on the Xianshuihe‐Anninghe‐Zemuhe (XAZ) fault system. A new 3‐D viscoelastic interseismic deformation model is developed to infer the rotation and strain rates of blocks, postseismic viscoelastic relaxation, and interseismic slip deficit on the fault surface discretized with triangular dislocation patches. The inversions of synthetic data show that the optimal weight ratio and smoothing factor are both 1. The successive joint inversions of geodetic data with different viscosities reveal six potential fully coupled asperities on the XAZ fault system. Among them, the potential asperity between Shimian and Mianning, which does not exist in the case of 1019Pa s, is confirmed by the published microearthquake depth profile. Besides, there is another potential partially coupled asperity between Daofu and Kangding with a length scale up to 140 km. All these asperity sizes are larger than the minimum resolvable wavelength. The minimum and maximum slip deficit rates near the Moxi town are 7.0 and 12.7 mm/yr, respectively. Different viscosities have little influence on the roughness of the slip deficit rate distribution and the fitting residuals, which probably suggests that our observations cannot provide a good constraint on the viscosity of the middle lower crust. The calculation of seismic moment accumulation on each segment indicates that the Songlinkou‐Selaha (S4), Shimian‐Mianning (S7), and Mianning‐Xichang (S8) segments are very close to the rupture of characteristic earthquakes. However, the confidence level is confined by sparse near‐fault observations.