New constraints on the intraplate stress field of the Amurian plate deduced from light earthquake focal mechanisms

Tectonophysics

Volumn 482, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Barth, Andreas ^a,b   Wenzel, Friedemann ^b  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amurian plate; Eastern Mongolia; Moment tensor inversion; NE China; Russian Far East; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; MONGOLIA; NE CHINA; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; STRESS INVERSION;

EARTHQUAKES; FOCUSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESSES; TECTONICS; TENSORS;

ROTATION;

ACTIVE MARGIN; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MOMENT TENSOR; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC DATA; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 76049128405     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Arnold R., and Townend J. A Bayesian approach to estimating tectonic stress from seismological data. Geophys. J. Int. 170 3 (2007) 1336-1356 (Sep.)
2. w ≥ 4.5, using intermediate-period surface waves. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 88 4 (1998) 1003-1013
3. Barth, A., 2007. Frequency sensitive moment tensor inversion for light to moderate magnitude earthquakes in eastern Africa and derivation of the regional stress field. Ph.D. thesis, University of Karlsruhe.
4. Barth A., Wenzel F., and Giardini D. Frequency sensitive moment tensor inversion for light to moderate magnitude earthquakes in eastern Africa. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34 (2007) L15302
5. Barth, A., Reinecker, J., Heidbach, O., 2008. Stress derivation from earthquake focal mechanisms. Tech. rep., World Stress Map Project (http://www.world-stress-map.org).
6. Bird P. An updated digital model of plate boundaries. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 4 (2003) 1027
7. Bott M.H.P. The mechanics of oblique slip faulting. Geol. Mag. 96 2 (1959) 109-117 (Mar.)
8. Calais E., Vergnolle M., San'kov V., Lukhnev A., Miroshnitchenko A., Amarjargal S., and Déverchère J. GPS measurements of crustal deformation in the Baikal-Mongolia area (1994-2002): implications for current kinematics of Asia. J. Geophys. Res. 108 B10 (2003) 2501 (Oct.)
9. Delvaux D., and Sperner B. New insights into structural interpretation and modelling. Geological Society, London, Ch. New aspects of tectonic stress inversion with reference to the TENSOR program vol. 212 (2003) 75-100
10. Delvaux D., and Barth A. African stress pattern from formal inversion of focal mechanism data - implications for rifting dynamics. Tectonophysics 482 1-4 (2010) 105-128 (this issue)
11. Delvaux D., Moeys R., Stapel G., Petit C., Levi K., Miroshnichenko A., Ruzhich V., and San'kov V. Paleostress reconstructions and geodynamics of the Baikal region, central Asia, part 2. Cenozoic rifting. Tectonophysics 282 1-4 (1997) 1-38
12. Doser D.I. Faulting within the western Baikal Rift as characterized by earthquake studies. Tectonophysics 196 1-2 (1991) 87-107
13. Doser D.I. Faulting within the eastern Baikal Rift as characterized by earthquake studies. Tectonophysics 196 1-2 (1991) 109-139
14. Dziewonski A.M., and Anderson D.L. Preliminary reference earth model. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 25 4 (1981) 297-356 (Jun.)
15. Engdahl E.R., van der Hilst R., and Buland R. Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with improved travel times and procedures for depth determination. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 88 3 (1998) 722-743 (Jun.)
16. Giardini D. Moment tensor inversion from mednet data - large worldwide earthquakes of 1990. Geophys. Res. Lett. 19 7 (1992) 713-716
17. Heidbach, O., Tingay, M., Barth, A., Reinecker, J., Kurfeß, D., Müller, B., 2008. The World Stress Map database release 2008. doi:10.1594/GFZ.WSM.Rel2008.
18. Heidbach O., Tingay M., Barth A., Reinecker J., Kurfeß D., and Müller B. Global crustal stress pattern based on the World Stress Map database release 2008. Tectonophysics 482 1-4 (2010) 3-15 (this issue)
19. Heki K., Miyazaki S., Takahashi H., Kasahara M., Kimata F., Miura S., Vasilenko N.F., Ivashchenko A., and An K.-D. The Amurian plate motion and current plate kinematics in eastern Asia. J. Geophys. Res. 104 (1999) 29147-29156
20. Henry C., Woodhouse J.H., and Das S. Stability of earthquake moment tensor inversions: effect of the double-couple constraint. Tectonophysics 356 1-3 (2002) 115-124
21. Kreemer C., Holt W.E., and Haines A.J. An integrated global model of present-day plate motions and plate boundary deformation. Geophys. J. Int. 154 1 (2003) 8-34
22. Kuge K., and Lay T. Data-dependent non-double-couple components of shallow earthquake source mechanisms: effects of wave-form inversion instability. Geophys. Res. Lett. 21 1 (1994) 9-12
23. Larson E.W.F., and Ekström G. Global models of surface wave group velocity. Pure Appl. Geophys. V158 8 (2001) 1377-1399 (Aug.)
24. Lund B., and Townend J. Calculating horizontal stress orientations with full or partial knowledge of the tectonic stress tensor. Geophys. J. Int. 170 3 (2007) 1328-1335 (Sep.)
25. McKenzie D.P. The relation between fault plane solutions for earthquakes and the directions of the principal stress. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 59 2 (1969) 591-601
26. Michael A.J. Determination of stress from slip data: faults and folds. J. Geophys. Res. 89 B13 (1984) 11,517-11,526
27. Michael A.J. Use of focal mechanisms to determine stress: a control study. J. Geophys. Res. 92 B1 (1987) 357-368
28. Michael A.J. Spatial variations in stress within the 1987 Whittier Narrows, California, aftershock sequence - new techniques and results. J. Geophys. Res. 96 B4 (1991) 6303-6319 (Apr.)
29. Parfenov L.M., Koz'min B.M., Imaev V.S., and Savostin L.A. Tectonics of the Olekma-Stanovoy seismic belt. Geotectonika 6 (1987) 94-108
30. Petit C., and Fournier M. Present-day velocity and stress fields of the Amurian plate from thin-shell finite-element modelling. Geophys. J. Int. 160 1 (2005) 358-370 (Jan.)
31. Sella G.F., Dixon T.H., and Mao A.L. Revel: a model for recent plate velocities from space geodesy. J. Geophys. Res. 107 B4 (2002) 2081 (Apr.)
32. Şengör A.M.C., and Natal'in B.A. The tectonic evolution of Asia. Ch. Paleotectonics of Asia: fragments of a synthesis (1996), Cambridge University Press 486-640
33. Šílený J. Regional moment tensor uncertainty due to mismodeling of the crust. Tectonophysics 383 (2004) 133-147
34. Stammler K. SeismicHandler: programmable multichannel data handler for interactive and automatic processing of seismological analyses. Comp. Geosci. 19 (1993) 135-140
35. Townend J., and Zoback M.D. Stress, strain, and mountain building in central Japan. J. Geophys. Res. 111 B3 (2006) B03411 (Mar.)
36. Walsh D., Arnold R., and Townend J. A Bayesian approach to determining and parametrizing earthquake focal mechanisms. Geophys. J. Int. 176 1 (2009) 235-255
37. Wang S., and Xu Z. Seismo-tectonic stress field in east China deduced from microearthquakes. In: Reilly W.I., and Harford B.E. (Eds). Recent Crustal Movements of the Pacific Region. Vol. 24 of Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand International Lithosphere Program. Publication no. 0102 (1986), Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 111-129
38. Wang Q., Zhang P.Z., Freymueller J.T., Bilham R., Larson K.M., Lai X., You X.Z., Niu Z.J., Wu J.C., Li Y.X., Liu J.N., Yang Z.Q., and Chen Q.Z. Present-day crustal deformation in China constrained by global positioning system measurements. Science 294 5542 (2001) 574-577 (Oct.)
39. Wei D.-P., and Seno T. Determination of the Amurian plate motion, in mantle dynamics and plate interactions in east Asia. In: Flower M., Chung S.-L., Lo C.-H., and Lee T.-Y. (Eds). AGU Geodynamics Series vol. 27 (1998), American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 419
40. Wessel P., and Smith W.H.F. New, improved version of Generic Mapping Tools released. Eos Trans. AGU 79 (1998) (579 pp.)
41. Woodhouse J.H. The calculation of eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions of the free oscillations of the earth and the sun. In: Doornbos D.J. (Ed). Seismological Algorithms (1988), Academic Press, London 321-370
42. Xu Z.-h. A present-day tectonic stress map for eastern Asia region. Acta Seismol. Sin. 14 5 (2001) 524-533 (Sep.)
43. Xu Z.H., Wang S.Y., Huang Y.R., and Gao A. Tectonic stress field of china inferred from a large number of small earthquakes. J. Geophys. Res. 97 B8 (1992) 11,867-11,877
44. Zheng Z.-h., and Chen Y.-s. A tectonic stress map of China and adjacent regions from earthquakes occurred during 2000-2004. Acta Seismol. Sin. 19 3 (2006) 344-349 (May)
45. Zoback M.L. Stress field constraints on intraplate seismicity in eastern North America. J. Geophys. Res. 97 (1992) 11761-11782
46. Zonenshain L., and Savostin L. Geodynamics of the Baikal rift zone and plate tectonics of Asia. Tectonophysics 76 1-2 (1981) 1-45 (Jun.)