Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-05-10DOI: 10.31857/s0002-33372019358-70
L. V. Seredkina
{"title":"Surface wave tomography of the arctic from seismic Rayleigh and Love wave group velocity dispersion data","authors":"L. V. Seredkina","doi":"10.31857/s0002-33372019358-70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/s0002-33372019358-70","url":null,"abstract":"The results of studying the deep structure of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle of the Arctic from surface wave data are presented. For this purpose, based on the frequency-time analysis procedure, a representative dataset of group velocity dispersion curves of seismic Rayleigh and Love waves (1555 and 1265 paths, respectively) in the period range from 10 to 250 s is obtained. With the use of a two-dimensional tomography technique for a spherical surface, group velocity distributions are calculated at separate periods. Overall, 18 maps for each type of surface waves are constructed and the horizontal resolution of the mapping is estimated. For four tectonically different regions of the Arctic, the dispersion curves calculated from the tomography results are inverted for the velocity sections of the SV- and SH-waves. Based on the obtained distributions, the main large-scale features are analyzed in the deep structure of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle of the Arctic, and the revealed velocity irregularities are correlated to various geological structures. The results of the study are of considerable interest for further constructing the three-dimensional model of the shear wave velocity distributions and for studying the anisotropic properties of the upper mantle of the Arctic, as well as for building the geodynamical models of the region.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131844779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-05-10DOI: 10.31857/S0002-33372019351-57
B. I. Birger
{"title":"Rapid growth of shear strain in weakened zones of the lithosphere","authors":"B. I. Birger","doi":"10.31857/S0002-33372019351-57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002-33372019351-57","url":null,"abstract":"A weakened zone in the lithosphere plunging into the mantle can lead to an earthquake after the application of a shear stress only in the case if the effective viscosity of this zone is very low. At low viscosity, in the short time that elapses after the application of stress, significant displacements of the walls of the zone emerge causing high-amplitude seismic waves. The Andrade law describing the transient creep under constant stress applied at the initial time instant leads to very low effective viscosity a few first seconds after the initial time instant. The effective viscosity also decreases due to the temperature rise in the weakened zone caused by the dissipative release of heat. However, this process is not rapid enough to noticeably change the temperature and effective viscosity in a short time.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121468034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-05-10DOI: 10.31857/s0002-33372019371-96
E. Deev
{"title":"Localization zones of ancient and historical earthquakes in Gornyi Altai","authors":"E. Deev","doi":"10.31857/s0002-33372019371-96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/s0002-33372019371-96","url":null,"abstract":"The conducted paleoseismological and archaeoseismological studies reveal three zones of concentration of the ancient and historical earthquakes in Gorny Altai which are related to the Kurai Fault zone, Katun, and South Terekta faults. The surface ruptures are detected within the Kurai Fault zone, which were formed in the epicentral zones of the paleoearthquakes that occurred 6500, 5800, 3200, and 1300 years ago and had magnitudes Mw = 6.7–7.6. The recurrence period of the paleoearthquakes is 700 to 2600 years. The detected secondary seismogenic deformations indicate that an epicentral zone of the paleoearthquake with an age of less than 12.5 ka (Mw = 7.2–7.6, intensity I = 10–11), the traces of earthquakes and their clusters with M ≥ 5–5.5 and I ≥ 6–7, which occurred about 150 and 90 ka ago, in the intervals of 38–19 ka ago (with a recurrence period of about 2 ka), and 19–12.5 ka ago are related to the southern part of the Katun Fault. The earthquake of I ≥ 5–6 which damaged the constructions of the Chultukov Log 1 burial mound in the period from IV century B.C. to the beginning of I century A.D. is associated with the northern part of the Katun Fault. In the zone of the South Terekhta Fault, the seismogenic displacements that occurred in VII–VIII centuries A.D. (Mw = 7.4–7.7, I = 9–11) and about 16 ka ago (M ≥ 7, I = 9–10) are revealed. The latter triggered the formation of a landslide-dammed lake which was destroyed by the earthquake about 6 ka ago (M ≥ 7, I = 9–10). Secondary paleoseismic deformations of the ancient earthquakes (M ≥ 5–5.5, I ≥ 6–7) are recorded in the sediments of the Uimon Basin with an age of 100–90 ka and about 77 ka. These results should be taken into account in designing a gas pipeline in the People’s Republic of China, building infrastructure for tourism, and elaborating the seismic zoning maps for the territory of the Russian Federation.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123225330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-05-10DOI: 10.31857/S0002-333720193117-125
V. Bezverkhnii, В А Безверхний
{"title":"On 100 000-year rhythmicity in geodynamics and paleoclimate","authors":"V. Bezverkhnii, В А Безверхний","doi":"10.31857/S0002-333720193117-125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002-333720193117-125","url":null,"abstract":"The 100 000-year rhythmicity in paleoclimate variations in the Quaternary can be associated with the respective oscillations in insolation and seafloor volcanism forced by Solar-Moon gravitation (SMG). This conclusion is based on the wavelet analysis of long time series of the variations in the eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit, different paleoclimatic characteristics, and the existing spectral estimates of variations in SMG and seafloor volcanism.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129846830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-04-06DOI: 10.31857/S0002-333720192190-200
A. G. Gamburtsev, Азарий Григорьевич Гамбурцев
{"title":"Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamburtsev: a person and a scientist","authors":"A. G. Gamburtsev, Азарий Григорьевич Гамбурцев","doi":"10.31857/S0002-333720192190-200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002-333720192190-200","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is devoted to the outstanding scientist, academician Grigory Aleksandrovich Gamburtsev, a pioneer in creating seismic methods for mineral prospecting and exploration in the USSR, a founder of the scientific schools and research directions, a theorist and experimentalist.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134365928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-04-06DOI: 10.31857/S0002-33372019215-30
V. Trubitsyn
{"title":"Gravitational differentiation in the regimes from stokes settling to Rayleigh–Raylor flows","authors":"V. Trubitsyn","doi":"10.31857/S0002-33372019215-30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002-33372019215-30","url":null,"abstract":"The Earth’s core was formed under gravitational differentiation in the course of the separation of iron and silicates. Most of the iron has gone into the core as early as when the Earth was growing. However, iron continued to precipitate even during the subsequent partial solidification which developed from the bottom upwards. At the different stages and in the different layers of the mantle, iron was deposited in different regimes. In this paper, the mechanisms of the deposition of a cloud of heavy interacting particles (or drops) in a viscous fluid are considered. A new approach suitable for analytical and numerical tracing the changes in the structure of the flows in a two-component suspension under continuous transition from the Stokessettling (for the case of a cloud of large particles) to the Rayleigh–Taylor flows and heavy diapirs (for the case of a cloud of small particles) is suggested. It is numerically and analytically shown that the both regimes are the different limiting cases of the sedimentation convection in suspensions.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132615641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-04-06DOI: 10.31857/s0002-333720192181-189
E. Tereshchenko, P. E. Tereshchenko
{"title":"Surface impedance of electromagnetic field excited by a grounded horizontal antenna in the Earth–ionosphere waveguide","authors":"E. Tereshchenko, P. E. Tereshchenko","doi":"10.31857/s0002-333720192181-189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/s0002-333720192181-189","url":null,"abstract":"Analytical formulas for the tangential components of extremely-low-frequency (ELF) electromagnetic field in the Earth–ionosphere plane waveguide excited by a grounded linear horizontal antenna are obtained. The behavior of surface impedance is studied as a function of electrodynamic characteristics of the waveguide and the distance from the source. It is shown that surface impedance coincides with the plane wave impedance on the Earth’s surface at distances from the source larger than the skin depth provided that the skin layer is thinner than double the waveguide’s height. The influence of the ionosphere on the amplitude of the ELF and lower-frequency magnetic field and, thus, on the impedance at the distances shorter than two ionospheric heights is theoretically substantiated. This type of effect was observed in the experiments conducted on the Kola Peninsula where the low conductivity of the Earth allowed the detection of the effect of the ionosphere on the amplitude of the magnetic field in the low-frequency band.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126367325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-04-06DOI: 10.31857/s0002-33372019276-91
E. Dubinin, G. Leichenkov, A. Grokholsky, V. Sergeeva, G. Agranov
{"title":"Structure formation peculiarities at early stage of Antarctic–Australia separation based on physical modeling","authors":"E. Dubinin, G. Leichenkov, A. Grokholsky, V. Sergeeva, G. Agranov","doi":"10.31857/s0002-33372019276-91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/s0002-33372019276-91","url":null,"abstract":"The paper addresses crustal formation in the Australian–Antarctic basin at the early period of separation of Australia and Antarctica. The study covers long rifting (~160–80 Ma), ultraslow spreading (~80–45 Ma) with the formation of proto-oceanic, mainly ultrabasic crust, spreading (~45-40 Ma), and stationary spreading at medium velocities (after 40 Ma). The different stages of oceanic opening are clearly expressed in the changes of basement morphology (the top of the second oceanic layer) on seismic profiles. Physical modeling is used to reveal the peculiarities in the surface morphology of the oceanic (magmatic) crust which developed in the transitional conditions from ultraslow to slow and medium spreading. Our experiments established that (1) the presence of a stronger block in the pre-breakup model lithosphere in the pathway of the propagating rift faults can significantly affect the geometry of the spreading axis in its vicinity and lead to the development of transversal structures and a highly rugged relief; (2) under the conditions of ultraslow ocean accretion, numerous jumps of the spreading axes occur; (3) the temporary cessation of spreading leads to the development of linear high-amplitude uplifts corresponding to amagmatic ridges in the natural conditions.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133302159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-03-27DOI: 10.31857/S0002-3337201914-15
V. Adushkin, A. Spivak
{"title":"Problems of interaction of geospheres and physical fields in near-surface geophysics","authors":"V. Adushkin, A. Spivak","doi":"10.31857/S0002-3337201914-15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002-3337201914-15","url":null,"abstract":"The main directions and problems addressed by near-surface geophysics – the new currently actively developing scientific discipline – are formulated and discussed. A combined approach is proposed for exploring the geospheres’ interactions at the Earth’s crust – atmosphere boundary where mass- and energy exchange between the internal and external geospheres is most intense and for studying the interactions and transformations of the geophysical fields in the surface zone of the Earth including its biosphere. New results obtained in the studies of inter-geosphere interactions and physical fields of the Earth are presented. It is emphasized that establishing the geophysical conditions of human environment and characteristics of manmade activity is of great importance.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121357556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Физика ЗемлиPub Date : 2019-03-27DOI: 10.31857/S0002-333720191149-165
V. Smirnov, В Б Смирнов, A. Ponomarev, Андрей Викторович Пономарев, S. Stanchits, С А Станчиц, M. Potanina, М. Г. Потанина, A. Patonin, А.В. Патонин, G. Dresen, C. Narteau, P. Bernard, S. Stroganova, С. М. Строганова
{"title":"Dependences of the Omori and Gutenberg–Richter parameters","authors":"V. Smirnov, В Б Смирнов, A. Ponomarev, Андрей Викторович Пономарев, S. Stanchits, С А Станчиц, M. Potanina, М. Г. Потанина, A. Patonin, А.В. Патонин, G. Dresen, C. Narteau, P. Bernard, S. Stroganova, С. М. Строганова","doi":"10.31857/S0002-333720191149-165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31857/S0002-333720191149-165","url":null,"abstract":"Laboratory experiments on studying the aftershock regime are carried out with sandstone specimens under different axial loading and uniform compression and constant pore pressure. The aftershock sequences are modeled by the scenario of stepwise increasing axial loading of a specimen with strain control ensuring regular generation of aftershock sequences. The experiments are conducted on intact specimens and on the specimens with preliminarily formed shear macrofractures simulating natural faults. The experiments were conducted with multichannel recording of the acoustic emission (AE) signals which made it possible to locate the AE sources. Several types of the dependence of the acoustic activity relaxation parameters (parameters p and c of the modified Omori law and the Gutenberg–Richter b-value) on the level of acting stresses are revealed. The b-value decreases with the growth of axial stresses at all levels of uniform compression. In the case of fracture on the preexisting fault, the Omori relaxation parameter p increases with the growth of axial stresses whereas parameter c (the time delay before the onset of relaxation) decreases with the growth of axial stresses and increases with the rise of the level of uniform compression. In the case of a fracture of an undamaged specimen, parameter p remains unchanged as the axial stresses grow, whereas parameter c increases slightly. Parameter variations in the case of a complex stress state with both varying deviatoric (differential stresses) and spherical parts (effective pressure) of the stress tensor take on a unified form when expressed in terms of Coulomb stresses. It is hypothesized that the time delay of the aftershock activity relaxation is determined by the kinetics of fracture in accordance with the kinetic concept of strength in solids. This hypothesis is supported by exponential dependence of parameter c on stresses and on the effective strength of the medium revealed in the experiments. Under this hypothesis, the dependences of parameter c on the Coulomb stresses can be unified for different effective strength values with the use of Zhurkov’s formula for durability of materials. The obtained parameter estimates for the dependence of c on strength and stresses suggest that the c value is determined by the difference of the strength and the acting stresses, indicating how far the stress state of the medium is from the critical state corresponding to the ultimate strength.","PeriodicalId":134429,"journal":{"name":"Физика Земли","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124240700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}