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1 ( ) 1995 ( ) (Somerville, et al., 1999) 2 (, 2001) (2001) Das and Kostrov (1986) (2002) Das and Kostrov (1986) GPS ) (Fukushima and Tanaka, 1990) (, 1999) (2002) ( ) (1995 1

2 (outer fault parameter) (inner fault parameter) S M 0 ( Kanamori and Anderson, 1975) Somerville et al. (1999) S 1 S (km 2 ) = M 2/3 0 (dyne-cm) (1) 1 dyne-cm 10-7 Nm 1.6 ( σ = log ) (, 2001) Wells and Coppersmith (1994) dyne-cm (1) (1) (, 1989; Yamanaka and Shimazaki, 1990) σ c = 7 16 M R 0 3 (S πr 2 ) (2) (1) 2.3 MPa (Eshelby, 1957) R S σ c Somerville et al. (1999) (2) S a S l M 0 S a (km 2 ) = M 0 2/3 (dyne-cm) (3) S l (km 2 ) = M 0 2/3 (dyne-cm) (4) (1) (3) S S a S a /S = 0.22 (Somerville et al., 1999) D a D D a /D = 2 2

3 Das and Kostorv (1986) σ a M 0 7 M S = σ c 16 Rr S 0 σ a = 2 a r (S a πr 2 ) (5) (Miyakoshi et al., 2000) (5) ( R) N ( r i, i=1, N) σ i (combined area of asperities) N 2 π ri = i= 1 πr 2 S (6) (5) (5) (1) S a /S = 0.22 (5) 10.5 MPa Somerville et al. (1999) 22 % 10.5 MPa (2001) S a A 0 M 0 ( 2) A 0 (dyne-cm/s 2 ) = M 0 1/3 (dyne-cm) (7) A 0 a A 0 b A 0 0 a 2 b {( A ) ( A ) } 2 1/ 2 A = (8) Madariaga (1977) 1 A a 0 = 4πrβv R σ a (9) σ a 3

4 σ a = a 0 A 4πβv R 1 r (10) (10) (5) N A N 1/ 2 a 2 0 = 4πβvR ( σ iri ) i= 1 (11) N σ i σ a N r (11) (9) (9) (7) (5) (9) (5) (9) A 7π = β v 4 M Rr a 0 0 R (1), (3) S a /S = const. r/r = const R r 1/ 3 M 0 (12) (13) 1/ 3 A a 0 M 0 (14) (7) (2002) 20 % 4

5 (5) (9) slip-weakening distance:d c ) (strength excess:τ s ) ( Guatteri and Spudich, 2000) (critical Kostorv (1986) (2001) (2001) Das and (2002) Das and Kostorv (1986) 1/3 (, 2001) 1 S S (2001) L W L W = L S S GPS 2 σ c σ c MPa dyne-cm Somerville et al. (1999) 2.3 5

6 M (, 2001) log 10 S (km 2 )= M 4.0 (, 1989) M (2) 3.0 MPa M 0 3 M 0 16 = σ 3/ 2 7π M 0 S (S πr 2 ) (2) c S 3/ 2 (15) (15) M 0 4 S l S Somerville et al. (1999) (2002) S a S a (km 2 ) = S (km 2 ) (16) S l (km 2 ) = S (km 2 ) (17) ( 4) (16) 1.34 ( σ = log ) (17) 1.75 ( σ = log ) (, 2001) 6 S a /S 35 S a /S 30 (2000) 5 σ a σ a S S a (5) (16) σ a 10.5 MPa 10.1 MPa S a /S 30 σ a 6

7 A 0 (7) (10) A 0 A 0 a (8) A 0 b σ eb (9) S b S b /π D i a 6 ( r i ) D a i σ = C µ a C r i (18) 1 Coppersmith, 1994) 1 (18) (Wells and 7 N (, 2001) (, 2001) 1995 (2001b) 100 o -150 o, 350 o -450 o (Hyndman et al., 1997) 7

8 10km-30km (, 1996) (Sagiya and Thatcher, 1999; Tanioka and Satake, 2000a, 2000b) (,1999) 300 km 120 km km km 8.34 x dyne-cm 3.0 MPa 80 km km 2 ( σ c ) MPa M 0 =2.15 x dyne-cm M 0 = S a /S 30 ( 1) 15 ( 2) 2 (2001a) σ a S S a (5) 1(S a /S = 0.30) σ a 10.1 MPa 2(S a /S = 0.15) σ a 20.1 MPa (5 7 cm/year) (150 ) m N D a i ( 5 ) MPa 20.1 MPa 2 8

9 A 2 6 B B+ C 4 5 C+ 2, MPa 20.1 MPa 2 (1999) 1854 (,1986, 1996) A C (1996) ) 8-1, 8-2 (1986, km Irikura (1998) Kamae and 1 S 51 x 20.8 km 2 2 σ c 2.3 MPa 9

10 3 M x dyne-cm 4 S a /S 0.22 ( Somerville et al. (1999) (1) (3) ) 5 M 0 S a /S (5) σ a 10.5 MPa σ ea σ a 6 7 Kamae and Irikura (1998) ( σ a =10.5 MPa) (9) σ eb 4.0 MPa f max Kamae and Irikura (1998) 6 Hz MPa 1: σ eb = 0, 2: σ eb = 0.2 σ ea 3: σ eb = 0.1 σ ea, 4: σ eb = 4.0 MPa (= 0.38 σ ea ) 4 σ eb (7) A 0 (9) a A 0 A 0 b ((8) ) 50 km (HTK) 4 ( 10) (KBU) ( 11) ( 12) ( 10 11) Kostrov (1986) Somerville et al., 1999 (Somerville et al., 1999;, 2001), 2001 Das and 10

11 ( 10 MPa) 2 15 ( 20 MPa) MPa 0 37 CEORKA Wessel and Smith (1995) GMT Ver

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14 ( ) 2 [ (2001) ] 3 [Boatwright (1988) ] 4 (a) (b) ( σ) 5 ( ) X [ (2001a) ] 6 ( ) ( ) [ (2001a) ] 7 ( ) ( ) (, 1999) [ (2001a) ] 8-1 ( ) ( ) [ (2001a) ] 1854 ( ) [ (1986) (1999) ] 8-2 ( ) ( ) [ (2001a) ] 1854 ( ) [ (1996) (1999) ] [ (2002) ] HTK (LG) [ (2002) ] 11 KBU (case 1 case 4 ) NS [ (2002) ] 12 HTK( ) KBU( ) (case 4) [ (2002) ] 14

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