2013年4月20日发生在龙门山南段的芦山MS7.0地震是继发生在龙门山中北段的汶川MS8.0地震之后的又一次强震。本文通过震后地表变形特征、余震分布、震源机制解、石油地震勘探剖面、历史地震数据等资料,结合前人对龙门山南段主干断裂、褶皱构造特征的研究以及野外实地考察,应用活动褶皱及"褶皱地震"的相关理论,初步分析芦山地震的发震构造模式。认为芦山地震为典型的褶皱地震,发震断裂为前山或山前带一隐伏断裂。构造挤压产生的地壳缩短大部分被褶皱构造吸收。认为龙门山南段前缘地区具有活褶皱-逆断层的运动学特征,表明龙门山逆冲作用正向四川盆地内部扩展。
The Lushan earthquake(MS7.0,April 20,2013)that occurred in the southern segment of the Longmenshan Fault was another destructive earthquake that followed the Wenchuan(MS8.0)earthquake that occurred in the middle-northern section of the Longmenshan Fault.The epicenter was 30.3°N,103.0°E at a depth of about 13 km.The Longmenshan Fault is located on the eastern side of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,which marks an area of abrupt geological,geomorphological,and climatological changes in western China.There are three main faults in the southern section of the Longmenshan Fault,i.e.,the Gengda-Longdong,Yanjing- Wulong,and Shuangshi-Dachuan faults.The research area encompassed three levels of geomorphic units that from west to east comprised landforms of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,the alpine zone of the southern section of the Longmenshan Fault,and a piedmont alluvial plain area(Southwest of Chengdu Basin).The three main faults are located in the alpine zone in the southern section of the Longmenshan Fault,which crosses the Qingyi River.In this paper,apreliminary analysis of the seismogenic tectonic mechanism of the Lushan earthquake is presented based on data of postearthquake surface deformational characteristics,aftershocks,focal mechanism solutions,and oil seismic exploration profiles.The results indicate that the Lushan earthquake was a typical folding earthquake,the seismogenic fault of which might have been the buried fault in front of the Longmenshan Mountain.The shortening produced by tectonic compression can be absorbed by folding.Considering the Lushan earthquake as an example,analysts suggest that the southern segment of the Longmenshan frontal region has the kinematic characteristics of an active fold-thrust fault,which is indicated by the enlarged Longmenshan thrusting towards the inner Sichuan Basin.Young,rapidly growing active folding is related not only to the earthquake location and seismic structure but also to the product of continuous earthquakes.In the southern Longmenshan thrust belt,a