Dynamic and electrical responses of a curved sandwich beam with glass reinforced laminate layers and a pliable core in the presence of a piezoelectric layer under low-velocity impact

The dynamic responses and generated voltage in a curved sandwich beam with glass reinforced laminate(GRL)layers and a pliable core in the presence of a piezoelectric layer under low-velocity impact(LVI)are investigated.The current study aims to carry out a dynamic analysis on the sandwich beam when the impactor hits the top face sheet with an initial velocity.For the layer analysis,the high-order shear deformation theory(HSDT)and Frostig's second model for the displacement fields of the core layer are used.The classical non-adhesive elastic contact theory and Hunter's principle are used to calculate the dynamic responses in terms of time.In order to validate the analytical method,the outcomes of the current investigation are compared with those gained by the experimental tests carried out by other researchers for a rectangular composite plate subject to the LVI.Finite element(FE)simulations are conducted by means of the ABAQUS software.The effects of the parameters such as foam modulus,layer material,fiber angle,impactor mass,and its velocity on the generated voltage are reviewed.

Characteristics of head wave in multi-layered half-space

In this article, we analyze the dynamic characteristics of head wave in multi-layered half-space media models with high-velocity layer or low-velocity layer, and the model with a continuous transition-zone between the crust and the mantle by using synthetic seismogram. It is concluded that the dynamic characteristics of head wave are sensitive to the thickness and velocity of the high-velocity layer. There is obvious diffraction phenomenon of seismic wave if the thickness of high-velocity layer is very small compared with the characteristic wavelength. In this case, the high-velocity layer cannot shield the head wave propagating along the upper interface of the media below it, and the amplitude of this head wave is proportional to the thickness or the velocity of the high-velocity layer. When the thickness of high-velocity layer is nearly identical to the characteristic wavelength of seismic wave, the wave phases reflected from the bottom of the high-velocity layer and the head wave phase may have very close arrival and weaken each other because of destructive interference. As to low-velocity layer, the amplitude of the head wave is weak and decreases with the velocity of this layer. It is also found that if a continuous transition-zone between the crust and the mantle is introduced, we can get a strong apparent head wave phase in synthetic seismogram and the amplitude of this phase increases with the thickness or velocity gradient of the transition-zone.

Two thin middle-crust low-velocity zones imaged in the Chuan-Dian region of southeastern Tibetan Plateau and their tectonic implications

Intracrustal low-velocity zones(LVZs)indicate a mechanically weak crust and are widely observed in the southeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau.However,their spatial distributions and formation mechanisms remain controversial.To investigate their distribution and detailed morphology of the LVZs in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau,here we used teleseismic events and continuous waveform data recorded by 40 broadband seismic stations newly deployed in the Sichuan-Yunnan region from December 2018 to October 2020.A total of 12,924 high-quality P-wave receiver functions and 5–40 s fundamental Rayleigh surface wave phase velocity dispersion curves from ambient noise cross-correlation functions were obtained.The Swave velocity model at a depth interval of 0–100 km in the study area was inverted by using the trans-dimensional Markov chain Monte Carlo strategy to jointly invert the complementary data of the receiver function waveform and Rayleigh surface wave phase velocity dispersion.Our results show that there are two separate LVZs(~3.5 km/s)surrounding the rigid Daliangshan subblock at crustal depths of approximately 30–40 km,providing new constraints on the geometry of the LVZs in our study region.The two LVZs obtained in this study may represent the middle crustal flow channels,through which the material in the center of the Tibetan Plateau extrudes to its southeast margin.Blocked by the rigid Sichuan Basin and the spindle-like Daliangshan subblock,the material continues to flow southward through the mechanically weak middle crustal channels surrounding the Daliangshan subblock.In addition,the existence of thin LVZs in the middle crust plays an important role in understanding the decoupling between the upper and lower crust in the study area.It also provides new constraint on the complex tectonic deformation process of the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau caused by the collision and compression of the Indian and the Eurasian plates.

青藏高原东北缘地壳S波速度结构及其动力学含义——远震接收函数提供的证据

利用青海和甘肃地震台网2007—2009年记录的远震波形资料,提取多频段P波接收函数,反演得到了青藏高原东北缘及相邻地块下方0~100km深度的地壳和上地幔S波速度结构.结果表明：（1）青藏高原东北缘的上、下地壳之间普遍存在一个S波速度低速层,其深度由南端的约35km向北变浅约为20km,推测该低速层为一壳内滑脱层,表明东北缘地区的上地壳变形与下地壳解耦,从滑脱层的深度分布可以认为青藏高原东北缘的地壳缩短自南向北进行,现阶段以上地壳增厚为主;（2）昆仑—西秦岭造山带的下地壳厚度较北侧的祁连地块薄,一种推测是西秦岭造山带的下地壳抗变形能力更强,也可能这种差异在块体拼合前已经存在;（3）青藏高原东北缘及鄂尔多斯和阿拉善地块的下地壳S波速度随深度的增加而增加,这种正梯度增加的S波速度结构反映较高黏滞性的下地壳,推测青藏高原东北缘的地壳结构不利于下地壳流的发育.

大陆壳内低速层成因综述

探讨了大陆地壳中出现的低速层的可能成因以及壳内低速层形成的基本条件。大陆壳内低速层的成因复杂多样,主要的成因有:1低速岩性层;2石英的α-β相变;3温度和压力;4流体;5矿物和岩石的各向异性。其中浅部地壳的低速层可能主要是含水裂隙带和低速岩性层的反映;发育于高热流地区的低速层最有可能与部分熔融作用有关。各种成因的低速层在深度、规模和连续性方面存在着差异,利用这些特征的差异可以对低速层的成因作出判断。低速层可能对应于壳内力学软弱带,对块体活动与大陆强震关系的研究具有重要意义。实验岩石学、实验岩石物理学和流变学的综合研究能够为壳内低速层的成因分析提供有效的约束。

壳内多震层孕震环境研究进展

壳内多震层的介质结构及其内、外环境是制约地震（尤其强震）在该层内孕育、发生的重要因素。现今多震层孕震环境研究所取得的主要进展如下：多震层位于上地壳下部至中地壳，岩石组合为角闪岩相（上部为绿片岩相）变质岩和花岗质岩石；多震层具有相对高速、高密度、高阻的介质结构，其下部对应脆韧变形转换带和最大剪切应力带；多震层（或强震震源）之下存在壳内低速高导体；多震层应力场具有区域性分区特点，壳内地震活动截止温度约３００～４００℃；多震层内震源断层具有区域性特点，不同地区震源断层可能具有不同的孕震机制；“坚固体孕震模式”对地震预报具有一定的指导作用。

壳内岩浆层演化的盆地效应：以中国东南部中生代盆地为例

中国东南部中生代发育有拗陷型、断裂型、断陷型3种不同类型的盆地,其中前者发育于晚三叠世—早侏罗世,其内多为含煤建造;次者发育于中侏罗世—早白垩世,主要为火山岩建造;后者发育于白垩纪—古近纪,主要为陆相红岩建造。研究结果表明,盆地构造类型的演化与该区中生代壳内岩浆层的演化密切相关。与联合古陆解体相伴随的古太平洋板块俯冲使得东亚陆缘岩石圈的内能逐渐升高,其结果是壳内岩浆层的形成和增厚以及其上盖层岩石的弯曲变形,导致中生代早期众多拗陷盆地的形成;燕山早期的构造运动使印支期已强烈变形的地壳进一步破裂,为壳内岩浆层的物质溢出或喷发提供了通道条件,从而在重熔界面(岩浆层上界面)埋深较浅的本区东部形成众多火山岩盆地;系统内能在晚侏罗世后逐渐下降,地壳冷却收缩使得断块的重力调整逐渐占主导位置,形成众多由正断层控制的断陷盆地。

中国大陆地壳上地幔电性特征

根据大地电磁测深调查结果，编制了中国大陆３０，９０，１５０ｋｍ三个深度的电阻率图以及壳内低阻层和上地幔低阻层的顶面深度图。在９０ｋｍ深度的电阻率图上发现了一个自松辽盆地直到扬子地台西南缘的北东－南西向巨大低阻异常带．１５０ｋｍ深度的电阻率图上显示出在低阻的背景上镶嵌着一些高阻块体．中国大陆的壳内低阻层深度国基本上反映了地温场的特征，壳内低阻层上隆区基本上对应于高地温区．中国大陆的上地幔低阻层深度变化大．最浅处仅５０－６０ｋｍ，大多位于构造活动地区；最深处达２００ｋｍ以上，大部分对应于稳定地区．中国大陆的上地幔低阻层平均深度为１００－１２０ｋｍ，东部浅，西部深。

长江中下游及其邻区深部地球物理背景与含金夕卡岩矿床的分布

长江中下游地区是我国重要的铁铜矿产基地。近十年来 ,我国所发现的含金夕卡岩矿床和铜伴生金夕卡岩矿床也主要产在长江中下游地区。作者借助 12条大地电磁测深剖面、5条地震剖面、层析成像速度结构资料、重磁场等区域的和深部的地球物理资料进行综合对比研究 ,给出长江中下游及其邻区的三维深部构造格架及其与含金夕卡岩矿床和铜伴生金夕卡岩矿床的分布关系。作者认为 ,上地幔隆起带 (岩石圈地幔减薄带 )、上地幔异常区 (相对低速区 )、壳内高导层隆起带、深断裂 (岩石圈剪切带 )、地壳上地幔不均匀性块体的边缘、重力高反映的基底隆起区。

青藏高原东南缘地幔对流与发震层应力场耦合关系分析

利用EGM2008重力模型的11~36阶球谐系数计算青藏高原东南缘岩石圈底面地幔对流应力场,收集整理青藏高原东南缘2000年至今的1 131个震源机制解数据,采用区域应力张量阻尼反演法得到该区芦山地震前和现今的发震层应力场,进一步分析2种应力场的相关性,探讨不同区域的力学耦合情况与强震发生的关系。结果表明:1)青藏高原东南缘大部分位于耦合与解耦的中间地带,耦合区域基本按块体分布,东侧华南块体强耦合,西北部藏北块体、巴颜喀拉块体和西南部滇西南块体部分耦合,解耦主要发生在松潘-甘孜块体附近,以龙门山断裂带连接强耦合的华南块体;2)分析孕震原因,提出青藏高原东南缘地幔对流应力场与发震层应力场耦合程度强弱交界处为地震危险性较高的区域,从现今耦合关系来看,龙门山断裂带仍处于耦合强度变化梯度非常大的区域,具备孕震储能条件,地震危险性较高。其他危险区域大致有:岷江断裂带附近、鲜水河-安宁河-则木河断裂带附近、红河断裂带及南汀河断裂带附近。

从重磁场特征探讨南北构造带北段与地震带的统一性

从分析地球物理场特征着手,提出将南北向重力梯级带和重磁场特征东西差异作为划分南北构造带的依据,探讨了形成南北构造带的区域与深部地质构造背景以及地震成带分布的对应关系。重力梯级带反映的南北构造带既有与中轴构造一致的继承性,又有向西拓展的新生性,并在南北统一成带的基础上叠加了分段性,形成南压北张不同背景的控震、控热机制,同时也是构成青藏高原东界和我国大陆构造域东西分界线,对应着狭义南北地震带。

Partial Melting and Its Implications for Understanding the Seismic Velocity Structure within the Southern Tibetan Crust

In order to constrain the crustal wave velocity structure in the southernTibetan crust and provide insight into the contribution of crustal composition, geothermal gradientand partial melting to the velocity structure, which is characterized by low average crustalvelocities and widespread presence of low-velocity zone(s), the authors model the crustal velocityand density as functions of depth corresponding to various heat flow values in light of velocitymeasurements at high temperature and high pressure. The modeled velocity and density are regarded ascomparison standards. The comparison of the standards with seismic observations in southern Tibetimplies that the predominantly felsic composition at high heat flow cannot explain the observedvelocity structure there. Hence, the authors are in favor of attributing low average crustalvelocities and low-velocity zone(s) observed in southern Tibet mainly to partial melting. Modelingbased on the experimental results suggests that a melting percentage of 7-12 could account for thelow-velocity zone(s).

On the physical model of earthquake precursor fields and the mechanism of precursors＇timespace distribution──origin and evidences of the strong body earthquake──generating model

According to the requirement of the project 'Establishment of the Physical Model of Earthquake PrecursorFields',this paper elucidates the train of thinking for research on the project and some scientific problems whichmust be studied i, the elucidation emphasizes that the core of this project is to study the conditions and processesof the generation of strong earthquakes. The paper first outlines the origin and development of the'strong-bodyearthquake-generating model' proposed by the author in the 1980;and then proves the reasonableness of themodel from three aspects, namely: deep structures, mechanical analysis and rock fracture experiments. Bystudying the tomographic image for the northern part of North China, it can be seen that the sources of strongearthquakes are all distributed in high-velocity bodies,or in the contact zone between high-velocity and lowvelocity bodies but nearer to the high-velocity body. It has been affirmed through studies of the mechanical modelsof hard and soft inclusions that the existence of a hard inclusion is an imPOrtant condition for the high concentration of large amounts of strain energy. A lot of theoretical and experimental studies have been made to investigate the conditions for rock instability; the results have consistently indicated that rock instability,sudden fracture and stress drop would be possible only if the stiffness of the source body is greater than the environmentalstiffness.

Crustal S-wave velocity structure of the Yellowstone region using a seismic ambient noise method

The Yellowstone volcano is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world, and its potential hazards demand detailed seismological and geodetic studies. Previous studies with travel time tomography and receiver functions have revealed a low-velocity layer in the crust beneath the Yellowstone volcano, suggesting the presence of a magma chamber at depth. We use ambient seismic noise from regional seismic stations to retrieve short-period surface waves and then study the shallow shear velocity structure of the Yellowstone region by surface wave dispersion analysis. We first obtained a crustal model of the area outside of the Yellowstone volcano and then constructed an absolute shear wave velocity structure in combination with receiver function results for the crust beneath the Yellowstone volcano. The velocity model shows a low-velocity layer with shear velocity at around 1.3 km/s, suggesting that a large-scale magma chamber exists at shallow levels within the crust of the Yellowstone volcanic region.

The westward drift of the lithosphere:A tidal ratchet?

Is the westerly rotation of the lithosphere an ephemeral accidental recent phenomenon or is it a stable process of Earth's geodynamics? The reason why the tidal drag has been questioned as the mechanism determining the lithospheric shift relative to the underlying mantle is the apparent too high viscosity of the asthenosphere. However, plate boundaries asymmetries are a robust indication of the 'westerly'decoupling of the entire Earth's outer lithospheric shell and new studies support lower viscosities in the low-velocity layer(LVZ) atop the asthenosphere. Since the solid Earth tide oscillation is longer in one side relative to the other due to the contemporaneous Moon's revolution, we demonstrate that a non-linear rheological behavior is expected in the lithosphere mantle interplay. This may provide a sort of ratchet favoring lowering of the LVZ viscosity under shear, allowing decoupling in the LVZ and triggering the westerly motion of the lithosphere relative to the mantle.

Study on the Electrical Conductivity of 0.025 mol NaCl Solution at 0.25-3.75 GPa and 20-370℃

The electrical conductance of 0.025 mol NaCl solution was measured at0.25-3.75 GPa and 20-370℃. As shown by the results, the conductance increases with temper-ature, and there is a liner relation between the reciprocal of temperature and the logarithm ofthe conductance but their slopes are different at different pressures. The relations between theconductance and pressure is rather complex and there are some discontinuities: in the range of2.25-3.75 GPa, the conductance increases with the pressure; in the range of 1.25-2.0 GPa, theconductance is not related to the pressure; and at a pressure of 0.75 GPa, the conductance ishigher than that at the pressures nearby. This reflects that the NaCl solution has rather differentproperties of electronic chemistry at various pressures, and probably is an important cause forthe existence of the layers with high electrical conductance and low velocity in the Earth's crustand mantle.

Vp of muscovite-biotite gneiss up to 950℃ at 400 MPa: Constraints on the origin of abnormal seismic layers in continental crust

Here we present experimental results of compressional wave velocity (Vp) of muscovite-biotite gneiss from Higher Himalayan Crystallines (HHC) at the temperature up to 950℃ and the pressure of 0.1―400 MPa. At 400 MPa, when the temperature is lower than 600℃, Vp decreases linearly with increasing temperature at the rate of (Vp/T)p -4.43×10-4 km/s ℃. In the temperature range of 600―800℃, Vp drops significantly and the signal is degraded gradually due to the dehydration of muscovite and α-quartz softening. When the temperature rises from 800℃ to 875℃, Vp increases and the signals become clear again as a result of the temperature going through the β-quartz range. The experiments indicate that the duration has great influence on the experimental results when temperature is above the dehydration point of biotite. During the first 30 h at 950℃, the Vp decreases substantially from 5.9 to 5.4 km/s and the signal amplitude is attenuated by more than 80%. After the 30-h transition, the Vp and the amplitude of ultrasonic wave signals become steady. The decrease of Vp and attenuation of the signals at 950℃ are associated with the breakdown reactions of biotite. The experiments suggest that the breakdown of muscovite and/or quartz softening can contribute to the low seismic wave velocity in thickened quartz-rich felsic-crust such as what is beneath southern Tibet. Additionally, α-β quartz transition generates a measurable high seismic velocity zone, which provides a possibility of precisely constraining the temperature in the upper-middle continental crust. Our study also demonstrates that duration is a key factor to obtain credible experimental results.

Properties of wave velocity for two types of granitoids at high pressure and temperature and their geological meaning

The wave velocity for two types of granitoids was measured using the analytic method of full-wave vibration at high pressure and high temperature. The laws of velocity changes for them differ with the pressure hoost and temperature rise, and the velocity change of S-type is more violent than that of I-type. The 'softening point' of compressional wave velocity ( Vp) is also revealed during the measurement for two types of granitoids imitating the pressure and temperature at a certain depth. But the depth of 'softening', Vp after 'softening' and the percentage of Vp' s drop around the 'softening point' for two types of granitoids are obviously different. The depth of 'softening' is 15 km approximately and Vp after 'softening' is 5. 62 km/s for S-type granitoid. But for I-type granitoid the depth of 'softening' is 26 km approximately and Vp after 'softening' is 6. 08 km/s. Through careful analysis of rock slices after the experiment, it was found that the 'softening' of elastic-wave velocity is caused by the partial melting of granite. Combined with the results of geophysical prospecting, these results suggest that the low-velocity layers developing in the interior of Earth crust are related to the partial melting of different types of granitoids. The formation of the low-velocity layer in the upper-middle Earth crust is closely related to the development of S-type granitoid, but that in the lower Earth crust is closely related to the development of I-type granitoid.

VELOCITY STRUCTURE OF THE CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE IN THE COASTAL REGION OF SOUTH CHINA

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION The coastal region of South China is located on the southeast tongue of Eurasian plate and borders on the Pacific plate in the east and on the Indian plate in the southwest. Having been driven by three plates, the crust and upper mantle