Inversion of stress field in Guangdong and its adjacent area

• 来源期刊: 地震学报(英文版)
• 学科: 地球科学
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（1）
• 页码范围: 58-66
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: P315.72+7
• 语种: 英文

摘要

We determine the stress field of Guangdong and its adjacent area by using focal mechanism solutions of 137 earthquakes and obtain tectonic stress tensors in 12 zones. The result shows that the azimuth of maximum principal stress σ1 is approximately WNW in southwestern Fujian, southern Jiangxi, Guangdong's Heyuan and the Pearl River Delta, NW in Guangdong's Yangjiang, and nearly NNW in the two zones of eastern Guangxi and Beibuwan Gulf (the Northern Gulf), varying clockwise in WNW-NW-NNW from east to west. The azimuth of minimum principal stress σ3 varies from NNE to ENE. The relative magnitude of medium principal stress σ2(R value), is the smallest in Beibuwan and largest in Longyan of Fujian. Strike-slip faulting is dominated in the study area.