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Journal: Acta Geologica Sinica  2009 No.4  Share to Sinaweibo  Share to QQweibo  Share to Facebook  Share to Twitter    clicks:907   
Title:
Abnormal Phenomena Recorded by Several Earthquake Precursor Observation Instruments Before the M_s 8.0 Wenchuan,Sichuan Earthquake
Author: OUYANG Zuxi~*,ZHANG Hongxun,FU Zizhong,GOU Bo and JIANG Wali
Adress: Institute of Crustal Dynamics,China Earthquake Administration,Beijing 100085,China
Abstract:

The paper introduces the anomalies observed by digital tiltmeter,cross-fault deformation meter,4-component borehole strainmeter and geothermometer before May 12,2008,M_s8.0 Wenchuan earthquake,Sichuan.The digital tiltmeter installed in the epicentral region in Shifang County recorded the tilt anomalies 15 days before the earthquake with variation amplitude of 3.7 times larger than the annual deviation of 2007.The cross-fault deformation meter installed at Zimakua station on the Xianshuihe-Anninghe fault zone detected displacement anomaly occurring since 2006 with the variation amplitude exceeding the cumulative value of the last ten years.Five borehole strainmeter stations in the Chongqing section of Three Gorges Reservoir area observed unconventional strain changes occurring in the period from May 1 through 12,2008.Among them,the strainmeter at Wanzhou station recorded the great compression strain rate on the EW component at 14:00 o’clock of May 10,and the anomaly amplitude was so large that the instrument output exceeded its dynamic range,corresponding to a level of~10~4 nanostrains.The geothermometers installed in Xi’an, Chongqing and Xichang recorded the sudden temperature changes from November 2007 to January 2008 with the variation amplitudes several times larger than the ordinary deviation.The above phenomena and the criteria for distinguishing the anomalies from background fluctuations are discussed in this paper.

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