Theory of fast tectonic waves

DOI10.1016/0021-8928(85)90035-8MaRDI QIDQ1097740zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. N. Nikolayevskij, T. K. Ramazanov

Publication date 1985

Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8928(85)90035-8

zbMATH Keywords

asthenospheric surface flowbending-compressiondiffusely expandinghighly viscous incompressible fluidlithosphere-asthenosphere interfacelitospheric slablongitudinalperiodic low-intensity wavessolitary wavesstanding wavestectonic stress wavesthin elastic slabtransverse potentialstwo-dimensional modelvertical shiftviscous tangential forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Waves in solid mechanics (74J99) Geophysical solid mechanics (74L05) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33) Seismology (including tsunami modeling), earthquakes (86A15)

Review text

A two-dimensional model is proposed for the propagation of tectonic stress waves that are the trigger of earthquakes in seismoactive regions, and are due to bending-compression of the litospheric slab on the asthenospheric surface flow thereby neglecting inertia forces. The lithosphere is modelled by a thin elastic slab, and the asthenosphere by the flow of a highly viscous incompressible fluid. Their interaction occurs because of the presence of a vertical shift and the action of viscous tangential forces on the lithosphere-asthenosphere interface. To obtain a system of linear equations, longitudinal and transverse potentials are introduced. The periodic low-intensity waves turn out to be standing waves, although also diffusely expanding if there is just no solid-body displacement of the lithosphere on the asthenosphere. If motion of the lithosphere over the earth's crust exists, then solitary waves are possible that take their energy from the stationary asthenospheric flow.

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