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标题：Seismic velocity variations on the San Andreas fault caused by the 2004 M 6 Parkfield Earthquake and their implications
其他标题：Seismic velocity variations on the San Andreas fault caused by the 2004 M 6 Parkfield Earthquake and their implications
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作者：Yong-Gang Li ; Po Chen ; Elizabeth S. Cochran 等
期刊名称：Earth, Planets and Space
电子版ISSN：1880-5981
出版年度：2007
卷号：59
期号：1
页码：21-31
DOI：10.1186/BF03352018
出版社：Springer Verlag
摘要：Repeated earthquakes and explosions recorded at the San Andreas fault (SAF) near Parkfield before and after the 2004 M 6 Parkfield earthquake show large seismic velocity variations within an approximately 200- m-wide zone along the fault to depths of approximately 6 km. The seismic arrays were co-sited in the two experiments and located in the middle of a high-slip part of the surface rupture. Waveform cross-correlations of microearthquakes recorded in 2002 and subsequent repeated events recorded a week after the 2004 M 6 mainshock show a peak of an approximately 2.5% decrease in seismic velocity at stations within the fault zone, most likely due to the co-seismic damage of fault-zone rocks during dynamic rupture of this earthquake. The damage zone is not symmetric; instead, it extends farther on the southwest side of the main fault trace. Seismic velocities within the fault zone measured for later repeated aftershocks in the following 3–4 months show an approximate 1.2% increase at seismogenic depths, indicating that the rock damaged in the mainshock recovers rigidity—or heals—through time. The healing rate was not constant but was largest in the earliest post-mainshock stage. The magnitude of fault damage and healing varies across and along the rupture zone, indicating that the greater damage was inflicted and thus greater healing is observed in regions with larger slip in the mainshock. Observations of rock damage during the mainshock and healing soon thereafter are consistent with our interpretation of the low-velocity waveguide on the SAF being at least partially softened in the 2004 M 6 mainshock, with additional cumulative effects due to recurrent rupture.
关键词：Parkfield earthquake ;temporal velocity variation ;rock damage and healing