摘要
测量活动地震断裂带内的应力变化是地震学的长期努力目标。途径之一是探测地震波速度的应力依赖性。在"圣安德烈斯断层深部探测计划"主动源钻井试验中,我们探测了波速随应力的变化。文中认为应用该技术的确可以测量应力变化。在两个多月的试验中,观测到剪切波沿固定路径上的传播时间(几个毫秒)与气压变化之间呈现出很好的负相关性。我们还观测到两处明显的走时偏离异常,与观测期间发生的两次地震事件密切相关,而这两次地震均在SAFOD产生了较大的同震应力变化。走时异常分别发生在两次地震事件的前10h和前2h,可能与早期实验室研究发现的破裂前应力导致的裂纹特性变化有关[1,2]。
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