The synthetical elastic characteristic parameters of earth tide and its abnormal precursor evolution

Abstract

This paper intends to analyze synthetically a physical property of the crust using tidal observations. We regarded Love number that can describe both micro deformation and elasticity of the crust in tidal observation as a physical and mechanical parameter. Synthetically inverse and calculate Love number on the earth surface using actual tide data included tidal linear strain, plane strain, volumetric strain, tilt, gravity and water level. Research seismic mechanical process and its precursory abnormality of a region based on the variation of Love number. In this paper, a feasible way and method to synthetically calculate the second-step Love number on the earth surface is discussed and determined by tidal theory. Love number h 2 in the boundary region of Sichuan and Yunnan province is practically calculated using tidal observations, and the precursory anomalous variation of the Lijiang earthquake (M s=7.0, February 9, 1996) is analyzed. The result shows that large-scale Love number anomaly in the Sichuan-Yunnan region began from 1994. The anomaly moves from south to southeast, north and northwest in the region, and the epicenter is an anomalous empty. Finally, the anomalous area was concentrated to Lijiang and Yongsheng located northwestern Sichuan-Yunnan region on December 1995, and the epicenter area in future is drawn out clearly.