简介：Thepost-earthquakerapidaccurateassessmentofmacroinfluenceofseismicgroundmotionisofsignificanceforearthquakeemergencyrelief,post-earthquakereconstructionandscientificresearch.TheseismicintensitydistributionmapreleasedbytheLushanearthquakefieldteamoftheChinaEarthquakeAdministration(CEA)fivedaysafterthestrongearthquake(M7.0)occurredinLushanCountyofSichuanYa’anCityat8:02onApril20,2013providesascientificbasisforemergencyrelief,economiclossassessmentandpost-earthquakereconstruction.Inthispaper,themeansforblindestimationofmacroscopicintensity,fieldestimationofmacrointensity,andreviewofintensity,aswellascorrespondingproblemsarediscussedindetail,andtheintensitydistributioncharacteristicsoftheLushan'4.20'M7.0earthquakeanditsinfluentialfactorsareanalyzed,providingareferenceforfutureseismicintensityassessments.

简介：ThegreatSanhe-PingguM8earthquakeoccurredin1679wasthelargestsurfaceruptureeventrecordedinhistoryinthenorthernpartofNorthChinaplain.Thisstudydeterminesthefaultgeometryofthisearthquakebyinvertingseismologicaldataofpresent-daymoderate-smallearthquakesinthefocalarea.Werelocatedthoseearthquakeswiththedouble-differencemethod.Basedontheassumptionthatclusteredsmallearthquakesoftenoccurinthevicinityoffaultplaneoflargeearthquake,andreferringtothemorphologyofthelongaxisoftheisoseismallineobtainedbythepredecessors,weselectedastrip-shapedzonefromtherelocatedearthquakecatalogintheperiodfrom1980to2009toinvertfaultplaneparametersofthisearthquake.Theinversionresultsareasfollows:thestrikeis38.23°,thedipangleis82.54°,theslipangleis-156.08°,thefaultlengthisabout80km,thelower-boundarydepthisabout23kmandtheburieddepthofupperboundaryisabout3km.ThisshowsthattheseismogenicfaultisaNNE-trendingnormaldip-slipfault,southeastwalldownwardandnorthwestwalluplift,withtheright-lateralstrike-slipcomponent.Moreover,thesurfacerupturezone,intensitydistributionoftheearthquakeandseismic-wavevelocityprofileinthefocalareaallverifiedourstudyresult.

简介：InordertoinvestigatetheevolutionofShiquanhe-Yongzhu-Jialiophioliticmélangebelt,thegabbrosfromnewdiscoveredZhongcangophioliticmélangearestudiedthroughpetrology,whole-rockgeochemistry,zirconU-PbdatingandLu-Hfisotope.Thegabbrosinvestigatedinthispapercontaincumulategabbroandgabbrodike,andtheyhaveundergonegreenschist-amphibolitefaciesmetamorphism.Thechondritenormalizedrareearthelement(REE)patternsofmostoftheserocksshowflattypeswithslightlylightREE(LREE)depletionandtheN-MORBnormalizedincompatibleelementsdiagramsindicatedepletioninhighfieldstrengthelements(HFSE)(Nb,Ta)andenrichmentinlargeionlithophileelements(LILE).Thesegabbroshaveislandarcandmid-oceanridgebasaltaffinities,suggestingthattheywereoriginatedinanoceanicbackarcbasin.WholerockgeochemistryandhighpositiveεNd(t)valuesshowthatthesegabbroswerederivedfrom~30%partialmeltingofaspinellherzolitemantle,whichwasenrichedbyinteractionwithslab-derivedfluidsandmeltsfromsediment.U-Pbanalysesofzirconsfromcumulategabbroyieldaweightedmeanageof114.3±1.4Ma.Basedonourdataandpreviousstudies,weproposethatanintra-oceanicsubductionsystemandbackarcbasinoperatedintheNeo-TethyOceanofcentralTibetduringMiddleJurassicandEarlyCretaceous,resemblingmodernactiveintra-oceanicsubductionsystemsinthewesternPacific.

简介：(January1998-December2013)Currentdevelopmentsinsedimentresearchcontinueataheadypace,andarereportedintheInternationalJournalofSedimentResearch(IJSR)atabout500pagesperyear.However,asofJanuary2014,amajorchangehasoccurred:after16years(January1998toDecember2013)asEditor-in-Chief,ProfessorZhao-YinWanghassteppeddownfromthehandlingofmanuscripts.