Inelastic surface deformation during the 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan, Pakistan, earthquake
Inelastic surface deformation during the 2013 Mw 7.7 Balochistan, Pakistan, earthquake
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DOI:
10.1130/g37290.1
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发表时间:
2015-12
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影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
A. Vallage;Y. Klinger;R. Grandin;H. Bhat;M. Pierrot-Deseilligny
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A. Vallage;Y. Klinger;R. Grandin;H. Bhat;M. Pierrot-Deseilligny
Comprehensive quantification of the near-field deformation associated with an earthquake is difficult due to the inherent complexity of surface ruptures. The A.D. 2013 M w 7.7 Balochistan (Pakistan) earthquake, dominated by left-lateral motion with some reverse component, ruptured a 200-km-long section of the Hoshab fault. We characterize the coseismic rupture in detail along its entire length. Optical and radar satellite images are combined to derive the full three-dimensional far-field displacement (115 m pixel size) and the high-resolution 2.5 m pixel horizontal displacement field resulting from the earthquake. We show that the vertical deformation is significant in several locations. The high-resolution near-field horizontal displacement (<1 km around the rupture) reveals inelastic shortening at the fault surface significantly larger than expected from simple elastic modeling. A zone of extension in the hanging wall, as much as 1 km wide, concentrating numerous tensile cracks visible in submeter-scale optical images, compensates for this excess shortening.