Numerical Simulation of Coseismic Response and Its Mechanism of Well Water Temperature to Farfield Strong Earthquakes1

Heat flow is inevitably accompanied by temperature change,thus,the water temperature coseismic response during earthquake activity should also obey the laws of thermodynamics.Taking the M S8.0 Wenchuan,Sichuan,China earthquake and the M9.0Tohoku,Japan earthquake as an example,and based on the data of water temperature coseismic responses observed in well ZK26 in Haikou,Hainan Province,China,we investigate the relationship between well water temperature change and heat transfer in the coseismic response process and the relevant thermodynamic mechanism by using the numerical simulation method for thermodynamic equations.Then,through forward modeling,we obtain several simulation curves of water temperature change in response to earthquakes along the well depth at different times.The simulated curves of water temperature change approximately fit the observed curves.Consequently,based on the variation of temperature,we find that the modes of well water temperature coseismic response( ascending,descending or stable) are related to factors such as the location of sensors,distribution and location of heat sources,the span between sensors and heat sources.

Coseismic responses of groundwater levels in the Three Gorges well-network to the Wenchuan M_S8.0 earthquake

We systematically analyze coseismic responses and post-seismic characteristics of groundwater levels in the Three Gorges well-network to the Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake on 12 May 2008. The results indicate that these characteristics differ among wells. On the conditions of similar borehole configurations, the differences are associated with geological structural sites of wells, burial types of aquifers monitored, and transmissivities of aquifer systems. We explored coseismic and post-seismic step-rise and step-drop mechanical mechanisms and their implication to earthquake prediction. We validated the inference that the residual step-rise zone is a possible earthquake risk zone based on recent seismic activity on the Xiannüshan fault in the area.

Coseismic site response and slope instability using periodic boundary conditions in the material point method

This paper proposed the explicit generalized-a time scheme and periodic boundary conditions in the material point method(MPM)for the simulation of coseismic site response.The proposed boundary condition uses an intuitive particle-relocation algorithm ensuring material points always remain within the computational mesh.The explicit generalized-a time scheme was implemented in MPM to enable the damping of spurious high frequency oscillations.Firstly,the MPM was verified against finite element method(FEM).Secondly,ability of the MPM in capturing the analytical transfer function was investigated.Thirdly,a symmetric embankment was adopted to investigate the effects of ground motion arias intensity(I_(a)),geometry dimensions,and constitutive models.The results show that the larger the model size,the higher the crest runout and settlement for the same ground motion.When using a Mohr-Coulomb model,the crest runout increases with increasing I_(a).However,if the strain-softening law is activated,the results are less influenced by the ground motion.Finally,the MPM results were compared with the Newmark sliding block solution.The simplified analysis herein highlights the capabilities of MPM to capture the full deformation process for earthquake engineering applications,the importance of geometry characterization,and the selection of appropriate constitutive models when simulating coseismic site response and subsequent large deformations.

Response of vertical deformation on faults to remote strong earthquakes

Vertical coseismic deformation on non-causative fault caused by remote strong earthquakes （epicentral distance ≥1 500 km, Ms≥7.0） are observed by fault-monitoring instruments of new type during recent two years. The monitoring result shows, delay time, maximum amplitude and duration of vertical deformation on the non-causative fault have remarkable close relationship with earthquakes magnitude and epicentral distance. The delay time of vertical coseismic deformation have positive linear relationship with epicentral distance. The velocity of coseismic deformation is 5.5 km/s, close to the velocity of surface wave in granite. The logarithms of maximum amplitude of coseismic deformation and epicentral distance have remarkable linear relationship with magnitude. The greater the magnitude and the closer the epicentral distance are, the bigger the maximum amplitude of coseismic deformation on non-causative fault will be. Relative to the epicentral distance, the magnitude is the most important factor to the duration of coseismic vertical deformation on the non-causative fault. Stronger earthquake causes longer vibration duration of coseismic deformation. The experiential equation of co-seismic deformation faults obtained by this work is significant on the coseismic deformation research.

Electromagnetic Abnormity Recorded by Borehole TOA Installment during the Mojiang M_S5. 9 Earthquake on September 8,2018

As an achievement of the cooperation with Japan,TOA electromagnetic observation station was established with an 800 m borehole antenna and put into service in 1992 in Dali,Yunnan province,China.Li Wuxian et al.(2003)summarized main anomalous variation characters by analyzing 23 strong earthquakes with magnitudes more than 5.0 recorded in the first ten years.This work mainly presents the electromagnetic changes prior to the last Mojiang MS5.9 earthquake on September 8,2018.First of all,the initial weak signals appeared in two ULF channels out of three observing channels(CH10.01-0.10 Hz,CH20.1-1.0 Hz and CH31-9 kHz)on May 30,2018 at Dali TOA electromagnetic station.The information recorded was characterized by wave-like changes with magnitudes of ACH1≤0.26 mV in CH1 and pulse-like impulses of ACH2≤0.6 mV in CH2,respectively.Then,abnormal information gradually enhanced either in magnitudes or in occurrence frequency.Pulse-like signals were full of lattices of recording paper for CH2 during June24-25 and slopped over the recording paper during June 28-29,with the magnitudes being greater than or equal to 10 mV.At the same time,the clear wave-like signals also appeared in CH1 with a maximum magnitude of^0.6 mV on June 28 and reached its climax.From then on,the information started to decrease from the end of July and only weak signals occasionally occurred till the end of August 2018,when obvious anomaly was recorded again in two ULF channels with maximum magnitudes of ACH1~0.2 mV and ACH2~0.3 mV respectively.Generally,these signals did not appear continuously but group by group and accumulated intensively only in ULF band instead of VLF band during the total period.10 days later,the Mojiang MS5.9 earthquake occurred on September 8,2018,300 km away from Dali TOA station,and a coseismic response was also recorded at this time.Thus,these ULF electromagnetic abnormities could be probably attributed to the Mojiang event.