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Haichao Chen, Hongkui Ge, Fenglin Niu (2014). Semiannual velocity variations around the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake fault zone revealed by ambient noise and ACROSS active source data. Earthq Sci 27(5): 529-540. DOI: 10.1007/s11589-014-0089-5
Citation: Haichao Chen, Hongkui Ge, Fenglin Niu (2014). Semiannual velocity variations around the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake fault zone revealed by ambient noise and ACROSS active source data. Earthq Sci 27(5): 529-540. DOI: 10.1007/s11589-014-0089-5

Semiannual velocity variations around the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake fault zone revealed by ambient noise and ACROSS active source data

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  • Corresponding author:

    Haichao Chen, e-mail: seismichc@163.com

  • Received Date: 29 Apr 2014
  • Accepted Date: 22 May 2014
  • Available Online: 30 May 2022
  • Published Date: 25 Jun 2014
  • We continuously monitor the long-term seismic velocity variation of one of the major ruptured faults of the devastating 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in China from July 2009 to January 2012, jointly using accurately controlled routinely operated signal system active source and seismic noise-based monitoring technique. Our measurements show that the temporal velocity change is not homogeneous and highly localized in the damaged fault zone and the adjacent areas. Velocity variations from the active and passive methods are quite consistent, which both are characterized by €0.2 % seasonal variation, with peak and trough at winter and summer, respectively. The periodic velocity variation within fault zone exhibits remarkably positive correlation with barometric pressure with stress sensitivity in the order of 10-6 Pa-1, suggesting that the plausible mechanism might be the crack density variation of the shallow subsurface medium of the damaged fault zone in response to the cyclic barometric pressure loading.

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