Rotation change in the orientation of the centre-of-figure frame caused by large earthquakes
Rotation change in the orientation of the centre-of-figure frame caused by large earthquakes
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大地震引起的图形中心框架方向的旋转变化
DOI:
10.1093/gji/ggw182
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Xu Jianqiao
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作者:
Zhou Jiangcun;Sun Wenke;Jin Shuanggen;Sun Heping;Xu Jianqiao
A method to estimate the rotation change in the orientation of the centre-of-figure (CF) frame caused by earthquakes is proposed for the first time. This method involves using the point dislocation theory based on a spherical, non-rotating, perfectly elastic and isotropic (SNREI) Earth. The rotation change in the orientation is related solely to the toroidal displacements of degree one induced by the vertical dip slip dislocation, and the spheroidal displacements induced by an earthquake have no contribution. The effects of two recent large earthquakes, the 2004 Sumatra and the 2011 Tohoku-Oki, are studied. Results showed that the Sumatra and Tohoku-Oki earthquakes both caused the CF frame to rotate by at least tens of μas (micro-arc-second). Although the visible co-seismic displacements are identified and removed from the coordinate time-series, the rotation change due to the unidentified ones and errors in removal is non-negligible. Therefore, the rotation change in the orientation of the CF frame due to seismic deformation should be taken into account in the future in reference frame and geodesy applications.