著者
瀬野 徹三
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.61, pp.357-364, 2009
被引用文献数
2

History of studies of intraslab seismicity and its generation mechanisms, since the work by Wadati, is reviewed. Through the initial stage of studies of morphology of the intraslab seismicity, there followed the stage of discussion of focal mechanisms and terminal depths by mechanics and temperature of the slab. In 1970s, double seismic zones were discovered and their generation mechanisms were discussed in terms of bending or thermal stresses. In recent years, to overcome a difficulty that very high pressure prevents intraslab seismicity, dehydration embrittlement and phase transformation have been invoked for the mechanisms of intermediate and deep earthquakes, respectively. If the intermediate seismicity represents dehydration, it may give us a key to understand the distribution of fluids to the upper plate and to the seismogenic interplate thrusts, and finally to understand tectonics and volcanism in subduction zones.
著者
湯村 哲男 広野 卓蔵 和達 清夫
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.23, no.2, pp.99-121, 1970

Spatial distribution of earthquake foci for the period from 1926 to 1968 in and near Japan were expressed in 16 maps each for a layer of 20-40km in thickness lying between 0 to 600km in depth. The maps show definitely the boundary lines and centers of local activities distinguishable in seismicity from each other. We named them seismic blocks. The centers of the shallow seismic blocks which crowd in a zone along the west side of the Japan trench can be traced down to 600km in depth. At first such centers move with increasing depth toward two junction areas of the island arcs of Kuril, NE-Japan and Izu-Bonin, that is, the Hokkaido and the Kwanto districts. From there they continue sinking to north for Hokkaido and to west for Kwanto making a dipping angle of 30°. Then their directions change abruptly by 90° at a depth of about 300km. From North Hokkaido one branch of the locus of the center goes into the Okhotsk Sea and the other into the Japan Sea along the coast of Primorye. On the other hand, the locus of the block center moving toward the west Kwanto turns to the south at that depth under Gifu Pref. for the Shikoku Basin, although a shorter branch goes northward into the Japan Sea. It is notable that few deep shocks occur in the middle of the Japan Sea. Considering the other geophysical and geological phenomena such as (1) the negative zone of isostatic anomaly of gravity lying along the Japan trench branches out to the junction areas in land, (2) the movement of the triangulation stations for the last 60 years or so amounts to about 3m to the north at Aomori Pref. in comparison with the Kui Peninsula, showing that two forces are acting in the respective areas in opposite directions, (3) the axis of mountain ranges made of metamorphic rocks which encounter the locus of the block center in Hokkaido and Central Honshu underwent severer bending, we conclude that the locus of the seismic block center expresses the location of the mantle current coming from the Pacific. itself.
著者
和達 清夫 高橋 末雄
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.1, pp.42-56, 1974

In the present paper the underground structure peculiar to Japan and its neighborhood is dealt with, based on the seismic activity in Japan and neighborhood, especially taking account of the fact that each of the seismic activity area and the seismic inactivity area shows in the subterranean space its respective space, and adding the authors' investigational result to the fruits of researches hitherto.<br>Main results of the present paper are:<br>(1) The seismic activity area was divided into 3 zones: the shallow earthquake zone (particularly the existence of &ldquo;a thick shallow earthquake zone&rdquo;), the joint earthquake zone and the deep earthquake zone.<br>(2) A concept that the seismic activity zone can be regarded as &ldquo;the crust&rdquo; has been proposed.<br>(3) From the discussion of the travel time residual and the area of abnormal distribution of seismic intensities, the values of Low <i>V</i> and Low <i>Q</i> of the seismic inactivity area were obtained, and in particular the stronger point of that property was found at a comparatively small depth in the underground on the continental side along the volcanic front.<br>(4) The mantle flow in Japan and neighborhood is assumed to be composed of its main flow (along the deep earthquake zone) which flows descending from the Pacific side to the continental side and from east to west, of a weak flow northward in the offing of Tosa and in Enshu-nada, and of flows eastward and southward from the direction of the Sea of Japan.<br>(5) In general, where the mantle flow ascends, there exist Low <i>V</i> and Low <i>Q</i> and the area is related to volcanic activities, and where the flow descends, the area is related to the seismic activity area.<br>(6) The joint earthquake zone is an area of the strongest seismic activity, and is closely related with large-scale earthquakes.
著者
岸尾 政弘 山川 宜男
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.22, no.3, pp.219-234, 1969-11-30 (Released:2010-03-11)
参考文献数
27
被引用文献数
1 1

The precision and accuracy of locations of hypocenters of the earthquake off Tokachi of 16 May 1968 and its aftershocks are discussed mainly based on the comparison between both data determined by JMA and USCGS.USCGS epicenters are generally on the continental side of JMA epicenters. The average distance of both JMA and USCGS epicenters of each shock is 26.4km. However there are systematic differences between the JMA-USCGS epicenter deviation of aftershocks north of the mainshock and those of aftershocks south of the mainshock. The USCGS epicenters of northern aftershocks are deviated to north-west direction from the JMA epicenter while USCGS epicenters of southern aftershocks are deviated to west direction from the JMA epicenter.Focal depths of USCGS hypocenters are a little deeper than those of JMA hypocenters. 40% of JMA hypocenters and 80% of USCGS hypocenters are located in the depth of 30-40km which correspond to the top layer of the mantle.Slight differences of b-values in the magnitude-frequency relations are observed among aftershockes in the northern area (around the epicenter of the greatest aftershock), those in the middle area (around the epicenter of the main shock) and those in the southern area (around the epicenter of the second greatest aftershock).The geophysical significance of the above results is briefly discussed.
著者
入山 淳
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.21, no.1, pp.14-20, 1968

The internal structures of Venus, Marss, and the asteroid are examined in the light of the thermal state. The angular velocity of rotation, surface magnetic field strength, and <i>C</i>/<i>Ma</i><sup>2</sup> are used as constrained conditions.<br>Results of calculations show that the model terrestrial planets with chondritic composition are consistent with the above constrained conditions, provided that the smaller the size of planets is, the lower the initial temperature is.<br>The internal structure of Venus is similar to that of the earth. From the thermal structure and the slow rotation, the initial temperature within Venus is about 300-400deg. higher than that of the earth.<br>The initial temperature of Mars should be below 600&deg;K, provided that Mars is free of the metallic core.<br>The asteroid must have an iron core, a mantle, and a crust, provided that the initial temperature throughout within the asteroid was above 1, 300&deg;K.
著者
芝崎 文一郎
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.61, pp.415-423, 2009

Recent high-resolution observations of crustal movements have revealed the occurrence of slow slip events (SSEs) along the deep parts of subduction interfaces. This report reviews the possible models for SSEs using rate- and state-dependent friction laws. SSEs can be modeled under the condition close to the stability transition. The triggered SSEs can be modeled considering a conditionally unstable cell. The self-triggered SSEs can be reproduced in a region that is unstable but close to being stable. In this case, the ranges of the constitutive law parameters for reproducing SSEs are limited. Further, SSEs can also be modeled by considering the frictional property of an unstable-stable transition zone that exhibits velocity weakening at low slip velocity and velocity strengthening at high slip velocity; this model is proposed on the basis of the results obtained in an experiment using halite around an unstable-stable transition zone. By considering this frictional property, Shibazaki and Shimamoto have reproduced short-term SSEs that are similar to the observed SSEs. This friction law needs to be verified experimentally under conditions that are relevant to the fault zones of SSEs. It is theoretically expected that for slip failure processes the propagation velocity is proportional to the slip velocity. This relationship appears to hold for observed SSEs. Therefore, SSEs can be regarded as slip failure processes occurring at deep subduction plate interfaces.
著者
大井田 徹 山田 功夫 多田 堯 伊藤 潔 杉山 公造 佐々木 嘉三
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.24, no.3, pp.240-247, 1971

In order to study the seismic activity of microearthquakes in the southern part of the Neo Valley fault, an observation was carried out in 1968 from September 27 to November 2. Seven observing stations were set near the four stations of Inuyama Seismological Observatory.<br>About 400 microearthquakes were recorded during this observation, but about 50 epicenters could be determined. Their magnitudes were less than 2.<br>Microearthquakes occurred most frequently in the southwestern side of the fault, especially in the area upheaved by the Nobi earthquake of 1891. On the contrary, very few earthquakes occurred in the northeastern side. The focal depths of these shocks were very shallow.
著者
高野 和友 木股 文昭
出版者
公益社団法人 日本地震学会
雑誌
地震 第2輯 (ISSN:00371114)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.62, no.2, pp.85-96, 2009
被引用文献数
1

This study reexamines the ground deformation and fault slip model of the 1945 Mikawa earthquake (<I>M</I> =6.8), central Japan. We reevaluate two geodetic data sets from the years 1886/1887 and 1955/56 that were obtained from the Geographical Survey Institute; these data sets consist of displacements calculated from the net adjustment of triangulation surveys carried out before and after the Mikawa earthquake. We remove the interseismic deformation and coseismic deformation of the 1944 Tonankai earthquake from the two unique data sets used in our analysis. Maximum coseismic horizontal displacements of over 1.4 m were detected to the west of the Fukozu fault. We estimated the coseismic slip by analyzing our data set. The geometry of the fault planes was adopted from a recent seismicity study and from the surface earthquake fault of this area. The best fit to the data is obtained from two faults along the sections running north and south of the Fukozu and Yokosuka faults. The estimated uniform-slip elastic dislocation model consists of two adjacent planes. The fault also appeared to connect the sections running north and south of the Fukozu and Yokosuka faults. Because it can suitably explain the coseismic deformation due to two earthquake source faults, the earthquake source fault is not admitted under the section for the run. The mechanism is considered to be two reverse faults with right-lateral components. The estimated slips for the two source faults are 2.5 m and 1.4 m, respectively. The pressure axis is directed along NE-SW or E-W. The total seismic moment determined from this model is 1.6 &times; 10<SUP>19</SUP> Nm, corresponding to <I>M</I><SUB>w</SUB>=6.7.