Interpreting the Coseismic Uplift and Subsidence of the Longmen Shan Foreland Basin System during the Wenchuan Earthquake by a Elastic Flexural Model
The coseismic surface uplift of the Longmen Shan(LMS) created an instantaneous topographic load over the western margin of the Sichuan Basin, where surface subsidence, decreasing eastward, has been measured using several methods, such as GPS, SAR and levelling. Using an elastic flexural model, we ai...
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Published in | Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 555 - 566 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Richmond
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.04.2016
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation(CDUT), Chengdu 610059, China%Sichuan Earthquake Administration, Chengdu 610041, China |
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Summary: | The coseismic surface uplift of the Longmen Shan(LMS) created an instantaneous topographic load over the western margin of the Sichuan Basin, where surface subsidence, decreasing eastward, has been measured using several methods, such as GPS, SAR and levelling. Using an elastic flexural model, we aim to interpret the coseismic surface uplift and subsidence, and constrain the effective lithospheric elastic thickness(Te) of the Sichuan Basin. Using different effective elastic thickness values for the Sichuan Basin, a series of subsidence curves were computed by the elastic flexure model equation for a broken elastic plate. The curves, produced by models using an effective elastic thickness of 30–40 km, provided the best fit to the general pattern of observed coseismic subsidence of the Sichuan Basin. However, the calculated subsidence(-40–70 cm) at the front of the LMS is evidently lower than the observed values(-100 cm), suggesting that the effective elastic thickness therein should be lower. These results indicate that the lithospheric strength may decrease westward from the Sichuan Basin to the LMS. |
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Bibliography: | flexural model; Longmen Shan; Wenchuan Earthquake; coseismic uplift and subsidence; foreland basin system 11-2001/P The coseismic surface uplift of the Longmen Shan(LMS) created an instantaneous topographic load over the western margin of the Sichuan Basin, where surface subsidence, decreasing eastward, has been measured using several methods, such as GPS, SAR and levelling. Using an elastic flexural model, we aim to interpret the coseismic surface uplift and subsidence, and constrain the effective lithospheric elastic thickness(Te) of the Sichuan Basin. Using different effective elastic thickness values for the Sichuan Basin, a series of subsidence curves were computed by the elastic flexure model equation for a broken elastic plate. The curves, produced by models using an effective elastic thickness of 30–40 km, provided the best fit to the general pattern of observed coseismic subsidence of the Sichuan Basin. However, the calculated subsidence(-40–70 cm) at the front of the LMS is evidently lower than the observed values(-100 cm), suggesting that the effective elastic thickness therein should be lower. These results indicate that the lithospheric strength may decrease westward from the Sichuan Basin to the LMS. ark:/67375/WNG-H0TB7VJ9-5 ArticleID:ACGS12690 istex:3FA18C2BA2034878F7EDDAA217772DF474615FA3 YAN Zhaokun, male, born in 1983, Ph.D., Lecturer, mainly focused on the study of tectonic geomorphology and basin dynamic. Address: Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, NO.1 Erxian Qiao Dongs an Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Email About the first author yzk517@163.com . ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1000-9515 1755-6724 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1755-6724.12690 |