The global plate motion rates Ω are not uniform in time and space. The rotation rates were larger than 0. 545°/Ma for Cocos, Philippine Sea, Pacific, Nazca, Australia, India and Arabia plates, but smaller than 0...The global plate motion rates Ω are not uniform in time and space. The rotation rates were larger than 0. 545°/Ma for Cocos, Philippine Sea, Pacific, Nazca, Australia, India and Arabia plates, but smaller than 0. 315°/Ma. for other plates. Compared to 1997. 0, the Ω values of the three oceanic plates in 2000. 0 increased by,respectively,2.4% ,2. 1% and 41.7%, and the northward movement rates of the the India plate and western part of the Australia plate increased by 3.38 mm/a on the average. The spatial distribution of earthquakes was dependent on earthquake magnitude. Earthquakes of 5.0 ≤ Mw 〈 7.0 were located mainly in plate-margin zones and intra-plate crustal deformation zones joining the southern margin of Eurasia plate. Earthquakes of Mw≥7.0 concentrated basically in the circum-Pacific and South Asia zones, but hardly in midocean-ridge seismic zones. Earthquakes of Mw ≥ 8.0 were located only in the margin zones of the India, Aus- tralia,Pacific and Nazca plates orthogonal to the direction of plate motion. Compared with previous eighteen years, global earthquake activity enhanced obviously after 1994, especially after 2001. The Ω value of a plate was closely related to the activity of strong earthquakes. The largest earthquakes were located in the front-margin zones of plates having the largest Ω values. Energy released by strong earthquakes comes mainly from kinetic energy of the plates. Global seismicity enhancement was caused mainly by the acceleration of the three oceanic plates. Larger enhancement of global earthquake activity lagged behind the movement acceleration of the three oceanic plates by four years.展开更多
The relative Euler vectors of the Pacific, Philippine, Amurian, Okhotsk, N.Honshu and South China plates or blocks are deduced from earthquake slip vectors, transform faultazimuths and spreading rates, which are consi...The relative Euler vectors of the Pacific, Philippine, Amurian, Okhotsk, N.Honshu and South China plates or blocks are deduced from earthquake slip vectors, transform faultazimuths and spreading rates, which are consistent with new results derived from the InternationalTerrestrial Reference Frame ITRF2000 velocity field, the velocity field of GPS stations in China andthe GPS measurement data of the GEONET network in Japan. Based on the two groups of Euler vectors,analysis and comparative study of the relative motions and deformations of the tectonic blocks inEast Asia reveal the present-day motion characteristics of the blocks.展开更多
基金supported by the China National Key Basic Research Program (2007CB411702)the National Natural Science Fundation of China(40474036,40474039)
文摘The global plate motion rates Ω are not uniform in time and space. The rotation rates were larger than 0. 545°/Ma for Cocos, Philippine Sea, Pacific, Nazca, Australia, India and Arabia plates, but smaller than 0. 315°/Ma. for other plates. Compared to 1997. 0, the Ω values of the three oceanic plates in 2000. 0 increased by,respectively,2.4% ,2. 1% and 41.7%, and the northward movement rates of the the India plate and western part of the Australia plate increased by 3.38 mm/a on the average. The spatial distribution of earthquakes was dependent on earthquake magnitude. Earthquakes of 5.0 ≤ Mw 〈 7.0 were located mainly in plate-margin zones and intra-plate crustal deformation zones joining the southern margin of Eurasia plate. Earthquakes of Mw≥7.0 concentrated basically in the circum-Pacific and South Asia zones, but hardly in midocean-ridge seismic zones. Earthquakes of Mw ≥ 8.0 were located only in the margin zones of the India, Aus- tralia,Pacific and Nazca plates orthogonal to the direction of plate motion. Compared with previous eighteen years, global earthquake activity enhanced obviously after 1994, especially after 2001. The Ω value of a plate was closely related to the activity of strong earthquakes. The largest earthquakes were located in the front-margin zones of plates having the largest Ω values. Energy released by strong earthquakes comes mainly from kinetic energy of the plates. Global seismicity enhancement was caused mainly by the acceleration of the three oceanic plates. Larger enhancement of global earthquake activity lagged behind the movement acceleration of the three oceanic plates by four years.
基金supported by the National Climbing Project of China(Grant No.970231003)the National Important Basic Research Project(Grant No.G1998040703)+1 种基金the Major Project for Basic Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KJ951-1-304)the Scientific and Technical Development Foundation of Shanghai(Grant No.JC14012).
文摘The relative Euler vectors of the Pacific, Philippine, Amurian, Okhotsk, N.Honshu and South China plates or blocks are deduced from earthquake slip vectors, transform faultazimuths and spreading rates, which are consistent with new results derived from the InternationalTerrestrial Reference Frame ITRF2000 velocity field, the velocity field of GPS stations in China andthe GPS measurement data of the GEONET network in Japan. Based on the two groups of Euler vectors,analysis and comparative study of the relative motions and deformations of the tectonic blocks inEast Asia reveal the present-day motion characteristics of the blocks.
