简介:Sincethesimilarityinsizedistributionofearthquakesandacousticemissions(AE)wasfoundinthe1960s,manylaboratorystudieshavebeenmotivatedbytheneedtoprovidetoolsforthepredictionofminingfailuresandnaturalearthquakes.Thispaperaims,ontheonehand,todrawanoutlineoflaboratoryAEstudiesinthelast50years,whichhaveaddressedseismologicalproblems.TopicsincludethepowerlawsinwhichthesimilaritybetweenAEsandearthquakesisinvolvedandprogressthathasbeenmadeinAEtechnologyandlaboratoryAEstudy.Ontheotherhand,thisstudywillhighlightsomekeyissuesintensivelydiscussed,especiallyinthelastthreedecades,suchasaspectsrelatedtothepre-failuredamageevolution,faultnucleationandgrowthinbrittlerocksanddiscussfactorsgoverningtheseprocesses.
简介:Whenoneendofanair-dryigneousrockblockwasuniaxiallyloadedinlaboratory,thereappearedanelectromotiveforcethatmadeelectriccurrentsflowfromthestressedvolumetotheunstressedvolume.Quartz-freerockssuchasgabbroalsogeneratedthisforce,strongerthanquartz-bearingrockssuchasgranite.Thisindicatesthatthepiezoelectriceffectofquartzandtheelectrokineticeffectofporewaterdonotmakealargecontributiontowardgeneratingtheelectromotiveforce.Wefocusonperoxybondthatisoneoftheabundantlatticedefectsinigneousrock-formingminerals.Whenmechanicalloadingdeformsthelatticestructurearoundthisdefectandbreaksitsbond,itsenergylevelschangeandactlikeanaccepter.AsanelectronistrappedatthisdefectfromaneighborO2-site,apositiveholeisactivatedthere.Theyattempttodiffusetowardtheunstressedvolumethroughthevalencebandandaresimultaneouslyaffectedbytheattractiveelectricforcewiththeelectronstrappedinperoxybonds.Thisleadstoapolarizationinthestressedvolumeandthegenerationofelectromotiveforcebetweenthestressedandunstressedvolumes.SimilarelectromotiveforcemaybegeneratedintheEarth’scrustwhereinhomogeneousstress/strainischanging.
简介:Relationshipbetweenfaultsandgenerationofinlandshallowearthquakes:enlighten-mentoftheM=7.2southernHyogoprefec-tureearthquakeTO...