Coseismic deformation derived from analyses of C and L band SAR data and fault slip inversion of the Yushu Ms7.1 earthquake, China in 2010

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• 作者：Chunyan Qu ; ^{dquchy@yahoo.cn} ; Guohong Zhang ; Xinjian Shan ; Guifang Zhang ; Xiaogang Song ; Yunhua Liu
• 关键词：Yushu earthquake ; InSAR ; Coseismic deformation ; Slip distribution inversion
• 刊名：Tectonophysics
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：22 January, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：584
• 期：Complete
• 页码：119-128
• 全文大小：2698 K

文摘

We obtained the coseismic deformation field of the Ms7.1 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China on 14 April 2010 using L band and C band SAR images. The results show that the deformation fields derived from L and C bands separately are consistent in general. They are all characterized by concentric elliptic interference fringes surrounding a NW trending fault with two local intensively deformed regions. Meanwhile they have small differences in area coverage of the deformation field, magnitude of LOS displacements and other details of deformation nearby the fault. The deformation from C band and L band covers 89 ? 59 km square and 77 ? 43 km square, with maximum displacements of about 45 cm and 65 cm in the radar line of sight, respectively. Using these two kinds of InSAR measurements separately and jointly, we constructed a three-segment fault model and inverted the coseismic fault slip of the Yushu event. The inversion results show that the slip distributions constrained by the two kinds of inSAR data are in agreement on the whole. They all indicate two concentration regions of slip distribution, one is located near the Jiegu town on the southeastern segment of the Yushu fault with a large area and the maximum slip of 2.4 m, and the other is at the epicenter on the northwestern segment of the fault with a relatively small area. There are also discrepancies between the two kinds of slip distribution models. In general, the scale, magnitude, and depth of slip distribution constrained by C band ASAR data are larger than that by L band PALSAR data. The slip distribution from a joint inversion of the two kinds of SAR data is considered to be the most robust model compared to the results of that constrained by L band SAR data or C band SAR data alone.