Seismogenesis of the uninterrupted occurrence of the aftershock activity in the 2001 Bhuj earthquake zone, Gujarat, India, during 2001-010

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• 作者：Prantik Mandal (1)
  
• 关键词：Double ; difference relocations ; Tomography ; b ; value ; Fractal dimension ; Stress inversion ; Focal mechanisms ; Aftershocks ; Rift zone
• 刊名：Natural Hazards
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：65
• 期：2
• 页码：1063-1083
• 全文大小：1425KB
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• 作者单位：Prantik Mandal (1)
  
  1. National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR), Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India
  
• ISSN：1573-0840

文摘

Seismogenesis of aftershocks occurring in the Kachchh seismic zone for more than last 10?years is investigated through modeling of fractal dimensions, b-value, seismic velocities, stress inversion, and Coulomb failure stresses, using aftershock data of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake. Three-dimensional mapping of b-values, fractal dimensions, and seismic velocities clearly delineate an area of high b-, D-, and Vp/Vs ratio values at 15-5?km depth below the main rupture zone (MRZ) of the 2001 mainshock, which is attributed to higher material heterogeneities in the vicinity of the MRZ or deep fluid enrichment due to the release of aqueous fluid/volatile CO2 from the eclogitisation of the olivine-rich lower crustal rocks. We notice that several aftershocks are occurred near the contacts between high (mafic brittle rocks) and low velocity regions while many of the aftershocks including the 2001 Bhuj mainshock are occurred in the zones of low velocity (low dVp, low dVs and large Vp/Vs) in the 15-5?km depth range, which are inferred to be the fractured rock matrixes filled with aqueous fluid or volatiles containing CO2. Further support for this model comes from the presence of hydrous eclogitic layer at sub-lithospheric depths (34-2?km). The depth-wise stress inversions using the P- and T-axes data of the focal mechanisms reveal an increase in heterogeneity (i.e., misfit) with an almost N–S σ1 orientation up to 30?km depth. Then, the misfit decreases to a minimum value in the 30-0?km depth range, where a 60o rotation in the σ1 orientation is also noticed that can be explained in terms of the fluid enrichment in that particular layer. The modeling of Coulomb failure stress changes (ΔCFS) considering three tectonic faults [i.e., NWF, GF, and Allah bund fault (ABF)] and the slip distribution of the 2001 mainshock on NWF could successfully explain the occurrences of moderate size events (during 2006-008) in terms of increase in positive ΔCFS on GF and ABF. In a nutshell, we propose that the fluid-filled mafic intrusives are acting as stress accentuators below the Kachchh seismic zone, which generate crustal earthquakes while the uninterrupted occurrence of aftershocks is triggered by stress transfer and aqueous fluid or volatile CO2 flow mechanisms. Further, our results on the 3-D crustal seismic velocity structure, focal mechanisms, and b-value mapping will form key inputs for understanding wave propagation and earthquake hazard-related risk associated with the Kachchh basin.