摘要
The2008Wenchuanearthquake,amajorintraplateearthquakewithMw7.9,occurredontheslowlydeformingLongmenshanfault.Tobetterunderstandthecausesofthisdevastatingearthquake,weneedknowledgeoftheregionalstressfieldandtheunderlyinggeodynamicprocesses.Here,wedeterminefocalmechanismsolutions(FMSs)ofthe2008Wenchuanearthquakesequence(WES)usingbothP-wavefirst-motionpolaritydataandSH/Pamplituderatio(AR)data.AsP-wavepolaritiesaremorereliableinformation,theyaregivenpriorityoverSH/PAR,thelatterofwhichareusedonlywhentheformerhaslooseconstraintontheFMSs.Wecollectdatafromthreecategories:(1)permanentstationsdeployedbytheChinaEarthquakeAdministration(CEA);(2)theWesternSichuanPassiveSeismicArray(WSPSA)deployedbyInstituteofGeology,CEA;(3)globalstationsfromIncorporatedResearchInstitutionsforSeismology.Finally,129eventswithmagnitudeoverMs4.0inthe2008WESareidentifiedtohavewell-constrainedFMSs.Amongthem,83arewellconstrainedbyP-wavepolaritiesonlyasshownbyCaietal.(EarthqSci24(1):115–125,2011),andtherestofwhicharenewlyconstrainedbyincorporatingSH/PAR.BasedonthespatialdistributionandFMSsoftheWES,wedrawfollowingconclusions:(1)theprinciplecompressionaldirectionsofmostFMSsoftheWESaresubhorizontal,generallyinagreementwiththeconclusiongivenbyCaietal.(2011)butwithafewmodificationsthatthecompressionaldirectionsareWNW–ESEaroundWenchuanandENE–WSWaroundQingchuan,respectively.ThesubhorizontalcompressionaldirectionalongtheLongmenshanfaultfromSWtoNEseemstohavealeftlateralrotation,whichagreeswellwithregionalstressfieldinvertedbyformerresearchers(e.g.,Xuetal.,ActaSeismolSin30(5),1987;ActaGeophysSin32(6),1989;Cuietal.,SeismolGeol27(2):234–242,2005);(2)theFMSsoftheeventsnotonlyreflectedtheregionalstressstateoftheLongmenshanregion,butalsowereobviouslycontrolledbythefaultstosomeextent,whichwaspointedou
出版日期
2013年06月16日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
