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A new depiction of slow earthquake fault zone based on the quantitative evaluation of anomalous structures around tremor sources

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K04010
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Toh Akiko  東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 特別研究員 (70587344)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords南海トラフ / 地震波散乱 / スロー地震 / 震源と構造の相互作用 / 微動 / 超低周波地震 / 海底広帯域地震計 / 低周波微動 / 非火山性微動 / 広帯域海底地震計 / Tremor / スペクトル要素法 / 広帯域海底地震計記録
Outline of Research at the Start

「普通地震」と比べてゆっくりと断層が滑る「スロー地震」と呼ばれる自然現象がある。スロー地震がスローである原因は未だよく分かっていない。本研究では、近年の海底観測網の発展により至近距離で得られたTremor(小さなスロー地震)の地震計記録が、それらの震源近傍に異常構造を示唆することに着目する。この異常構造は、即ちスロー地震か発生する断層の構造を反映するものである。本研究では、普通地震との観測波形同士の比較、及び理論波形との比較により、異常構造を定量的に評価し、震源近傍の構造こそが、断層のすべり方、つまりスロー地震を普通地震と違わせる主要因である可能性を調べる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

[1] Locations and focal mechanisms of shallow, very low frequency earthquakes in the Nankai Trough were estimated using near-field and broadband ocean bottom seismic records. The obtained distribution showed that it is influenced by a subducting-ridge in this region. Because the subducting-ridge appears to press seismically active area landward, tsunamigenic slip may occur closer to the land compared to the regions without the ridge.
[2] We discovered tremors that exhibit short duration signals when recorded close from the source which we referred to as "short-duration tremors". They suggest that tremors' source process is not always long. We performed numerical simulations on elastic wave propagation and demonstrated that the observations can be qualitatively reproduced by assuming a strongly scattering material surrounding the seismic source. Such a structure could be embedded along the slow-earthquake fault zone and play a key role in their source process.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

[1]南海トラフ東部の超低周波地震の分布が、沈み込む海嶺の影響を受けていることを明らかにした。この結果は、この領域における津波発生の空間様式を予測するうえで重要である。
[2]普通地震と微動の波形の違いが、震源過程だけでなく震源周辺構造の違いにも起因することを明らかにした。微動震源周辺には、強い地震波散乱構造が在る可能性を示した。この異常構造がスロー地震断層構造そのものである可能性が高く、今後のスロー地震のメカニズム解明の鍵となると考えられる。これまでの地震学であまり着目されてこなかった「地震の震源とその周辺構造の相互作用」という現象の重要性を示唆する結果を得た。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2023 2022 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ナント大学(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 中央研究院(台湾)(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 中央研究院(中華民国)(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ナント 大学(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Strongly Scattering Medium Along Slow Earthquake Fault Zones Based on New Observations of Short‐Duration Tremors2023

    • Author(s)
      Toh A.、Capdeville Y.、Chi W.‐C.、Ide S.
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 50 Issue: 8

    • DOI

      10.1029/2022gl101851

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Influence of a Subducted Oceanic Ridge on the Distribution of Shallow VLFEs in the Nankai Trough as Revealed by Moment Tensor Inversion and Cluster Analysis2020

    • Author(s)
      Toh A.、Chen W. J.、Takeuchi N.、Dreger D. S.、Chi W. C.、Ide S.
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 47 Issue: 15 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1029/2020gl087244

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Strongly scattering medium along the slow earthquake fault zones, inferred by new observations of short-duration tremors2022

    • Author(s)
      Toh, A., Capdeville, Y., Chi, W.-C., Ide, S
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Short-duration tremorが示唆する、スロー地震断層帯の異常構造2022

    • Author(s)
      藤亜希子、戚正務、Capdeville Yann、井出哲
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会 2022年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The anomalous structure along the slow earthquake fault zone, inferred from short signal duration tremors2022

    • Author(s)
      藤亜希子、戚正務、Capdeville Yann、井出哲
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Toward a comprehensive catalogue of tremors in shallow subduction zones that enable to identify tremor missing regions2022

    • Author(s)
      藤亜希子、井出哲
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 南海トラフ東部に沈み込む海嶺と浅部超低周波地震の震源分布2020

    • Author(s)
      藤亜希子
    • Organizer
      新学術領域「スロー地震学」C01班オンライン研究集会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 南海トラフ東部に沈み込む海嶺と浅部超低周波地震の震源分布2020

    • Author(s)
      藤亜希子
    • Organizer
      新学術領域「スロー地震学」Slow Earthquakes WS 2020 Virtual
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Shallow slow earthquakes and mechanical properties at the Guerrero seismic Gap, Mexico2020

    • Author(s)
      Raymundo Omar Plata Martinez, Satoshi Ide, Masanao Shinohara, Emmanuel Garcia, Naoto Mizuno, Luis A Dominguez, Taka'aki Taira, Yusuke Yamashita, Akiko Toh, Tomoaki Yamada, Jorge Arturo Real, Victor M Cruz-Atienza, Allen Leroy Husker, Yoshihiro Ito
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Further evidence for the influence of a subducting-ridge on the spatial strain accumulation and release pattern in the shallow eastern Nankai Trough, based on VLFE distribution2019

    • Author(s)
      Toh A., W. Chen, D. Dreger, W. Chi, S. Ide
    • Organizer
      JpGU2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 南海トラフ東部に沈み込む海嶺と浅部超低周波地震の震源分布2019

    • Author(s)
      Toh A., W. Chen, D. Dreger, W. Chi, S. Ide
    • Organizer
      2019年日本地震学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Further evidence for the influence of a subducting-ridge on the distribution of shallow VLFEs in the eastern Nankai Trough2019

    • Author(s)
      Toh A., W. Chen, D. Dreger, W. Chi, S. Ide
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall meeting 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] First insight in OBS data and shallow tremor detection at the Guerrero Gap, Mexico2019

    • Author(s)
      Martinez R. O. P., S. Ide, N. Mizuno, M. Shinohara, T. Yamada, A. L. Husker, J. A. Real, V. M. Cruz-Atienza, Y. Yamashita, A. Toh, Y. Ito,
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall meeting 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Further evidence for the influence of a subducting-ridge on the distribution of shallow VLFEs in the eastern Nankai Trough2019

    • Author(s)
      Toh A., W. Chen, D. Dreger, W. Chi, S. Ide
    • Organizer
      International Joint Workshop on Slow Earthquakes 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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