Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002geoji.151..879g&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 151, Issue 3, pp. 879-889.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Source Parameters, Source Scaling, Vrancea Earthquakes
Scientific paper
Source scaling properties are studied for the intermediate-depth seismic nest in the Vrancea region, Romania, which has been the source of many destructive earthquakes. We investigate spectral and time-domain scaling properties using wide-band digital records from 16 earthquakes (3.7 <=MW<= 7.4). All processing variants (P or S waves, spectral or time domain, etc.) produce consistent results. The observed corner-frequency versus MW trend generally follows the constant-stress-drop model, with typical stress-drop values of 1-10 MPa. This kind of scaling, seen over the entire magnitude range analysed, is similar to that observed for shallow events. However, this trend seems to be violated for the largest earthquakes (MW > 6.5). They show a clear tendency for higher static stress drops than shallow events, and for magnitudes above 7, average stress drops exceeding 10 MPa may be expected. These results are of particular significance for seismic hazard studies, and specifically for the estimation of future strong motions.
Gusev Alexander A.
Panza Giuliano Francesco
Radulian Mircea
Rizescu M.
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