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Relationship Between Earthquake b-Values and Crustal Stresses in a Young Orogenic Belt. / Wu, Yih Min; Chen, Sean Kuanhsiang; Huang, Ting Chung и др.
в: Geophysical Research Letters, Том 45, № 4, 28.02.2018, стр. 1832-1837.Результаты исследований: Научные публикации в периодических изданиях › статья › Рецензирование
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship Between Earthquake b-Values and Crustal Stresses in a Young Orogenic Belt
AU - Wu, Yih Min
AU - Chen, Sean Kuanhsiang
AU - Huang, Ting Chung
AU - Huang, Hsin Hua
AU - Chao, Wei An
AU - Koulakov, Ivan
PY - 2018/2/28
Y1 - 2018/2/28
N2 - It has been reported that earthquake b-values decrease linearly with the differential stresses in the continental crust and subduction zones. Here we report a regression-derived relation between earthquake b-values and crustal stresses using the Anderson fault parameter (Aϕ) in a young orogenic belt of Taiwan. This regression relation is well established by using a large and complete earthquake catalog for Taiwan. The data set consists of b-values and Aϕ values derived from relocated earthquakes and focal mechanisms, respectively. Our results show that b-values decrease linearly with the Aϕ values at crustal depths with a high correlation coefficient of -0.9. Thus, b-values could be used as stress indicators for orogenic belts. However, the state of stress is relatively well correlated with the surface geological setting with respect to earthquake b-values in Taiwan. Temporal variations in the b-value could constitute one of the main reasons for the spatial heterogeneity of b-values. We therefore suggest that b-values could be highly sensitive to temporal stress variations.
AB - It has been reported that earthquake b-values decrease linearly with the differential stresses in the continental crust and subduction zones. Here we report a regression-derived relation between earthquake b-values and crustal stresses using the Anderson fault parameter (Aϕ) in a young orogenic belt of Taiwan. This regression relation is well established by using a large and complete earthquake catalog for Taiwan. The data set consists of b-values and Aϕ values derived from relocated earthquakes and focal mechanisms, respectively. Our results show that b-values decrease linearly with the Aϕ values at crustal depths with a high correlation coefficient of -0.9. Thus, b-values could be used as stress indicators for orogenic belts. However, the state of stress is relatively well correlated with the surface geological setting with respect to earthquake b-values in Taiwan. Temporal variations in the b-value could constitute one of the main reasons for the spatial heterogeneity of b-values. We therefore suggest that b-values could be highly sensitive to temporal stress variations.
KW - b-values
KW - Crustal stress
KW - Earthquake
KW - Orogenic belt
KW - crustal stress
KW - earthquake
KW - orogenic belt
KW - SEISMICITY
KW - TAIWAN
KW - FIELD
KW - DEFORMATION
KW - ARC
KW - JAPAN
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85042448164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/2017GL076694
DO - 10.1002/2017GL076694
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85042448164
VL - 45
SP - 1832
EP - 1837
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
SN - 0094-8276
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 10421217