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Fault Plane Solutions of the Recent Earthquakes in the Northern Part of the Korean Peninsula

  • Lee, Min Jeong;Kyung, Jai Bok;Chi, Heon Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.354-361
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    • 2014
  • Fault plane solutions in North Korea and the northern part of the Yellow Sea ($37.5^{\circ}N-40.5^{\circ}N$, $124.5^{\circ}E-128.5^{\circ}E$) was studied for the earthquakes that occurred from November, 2008 to May, 2013. The analysis was based on the data collected from seismic networks in Korea and China. Fault plane solutions were obtained from P and SH wave polarities and SH/P amplitude ratioes. Most earthquakes exhibited predominantly strike-slip fault characteristics with NNE-SSW or WNW-ESE nodal planes. The P-axes trends are mainly NE-SW or ENE-WSW direction in the northern part of the Yellow Sea and inland area of North Korea except some areas in the Hwanghae province. Fault plane solutions and main axis of stress field in the study region were similar to those observed in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

Fault Plane Solutions for the Recent Earthquakes in the Central Region of South Korea

  • Hoe, Seo-Yun;Kyung, Jai-Bok
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.437-445
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    • 2008
  • We analyzed fault plane solutions of the recent twenty-two earthquakes which occurred from 2004 to 2006 in the central part of the Korean Peninsula by using P- and S-wave polarities along with SH/P amplitude ratios. The fault plane solution shows that strike-slip fault is dominant here, especially for the events with local magnitude equal to or greater than 3.0. However, some events with local magnitude less than 3.0 show normal fault or strike-slip fault with normal components. In the case of strike-slip fault, its orientation is almost in the direction of NNE-SSW to NE-SW almost parallel to the general trend of faults, while the compressional axis of the stress field trends ENE to E-W. The result is almost consistent with the stress field in and around the Korean peninsula, as reported previously. We cannot give any appropriate explanations to the normal faulting events along the western offshore and inland areas whether it is related to the local stress changes or tectonically unidentified extensional structures. Thus, an extension of investigations is desirable to clarify the cause of such phenomena.

A Composite Fault-plane Solution of Microearthquakes in the Yangsan Fault Area during 1996 (1996년 양산단층 일대의 미소지진을 이용한 복합단층면해)

  • Lee, Gi Hwa;Jeong, Tae Ung
    • Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 1999
  • From the seismic network data of the Korea Institute of Geology, Mining & Materials during 1995-1996, we derived a composite fault-plane solution of the microearthquakes occurred in the Yangsan fault area. The composite fault-plane solution of nine events shows the orientation of fault 15 ± 3°in strike, 60 ± 8°in dip and 140°in rake or 128 ± 3°in strike, 56 ± 8°in dip and 37°in rake. The compressional axis of the stress field trends ENE to WSW, and this field suggests strike-slip motion with thrust component. The result is consistent with the 1996 Yeong-weol event and the stress field in and around the Korean Peninsula, previously reported.

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A Simple Vector Calculation Method for the True Failt Displacement Distance (백터계산을 이용한 단층의 이동량 산출법)

  • 황상기
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.365-371
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    • 1999
  • Ture diplacement of a fault monement is calculated from the displacement of the index plane such as bedding on an outcrop surface. The input parameters are the orientations of the index, fault, and outcrop planes. It is also necessary to input the orientation of fault striation and the offset distance of the index plane on the outcrop surface. The distances of the total, strike, horizontal and dip slip components of the fault movement are calculated from the input parameters. Hwang(1998) conducted a simlar calculation using trigonoment method. To apply the previous method, the offset distance of the index plane must be measured on a vertical outcrop surface. The calculation method of this study accepts the offset distence of index plane on an outcrop plane of any orientation. Calculation results from both method are indentical, regardless of the simplicity of the new method.

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A Study on the Classification of Arcing Faults in Power Systems using Phase Plane Trajectory Method (위상면궤적을 이용한 전력계통의 고장판별에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Nam-Ok;Sin, Yeong-Cheol;An, Sang-Pil;Yeo, Sang-Min;Kim, Cheol-Hwan
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.51 no.5
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    • pp.209-216
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    • 2002
  • Recently, there is greater demand for stable supply of electric power as higher level of our living. It becomes the important problem that the cause of fault in power system is found out in early stage, if once it occurs. In this respect, accurate classification of arcing faults in power systems is vitally important. This paper presents a new classification method for arcing faults in power system. To obtain data of various faults including high impedance fault(HIF) and low impedance fault(LIF), HIF model with the ZnO arrester is adopted and implemented within the overall transmission system model based on the electromagnetic transients program(EMTP). Results of phase plane trajectory if Clarke modal transformation using postfault current and voltage are utilized to classify types of arcing faults. The performance of the proposed method is tested on a typical 154 kV korean transmission system under various fault conditions. As can be seen from results, phase plane trajectory of postfault current should be combined with that of o component from Clarke modal transformation to give reliability of clear fault classification. Thus the proposed method can classify arcing faults including LIFs and HIFs accurately in power systems.

Fault Plane Solutions for the June 26, 1997 Kyong-ju Earthquake (1997년 6월 26일 경주지진의 단층면해 비교해석)

  • Chung, Tae-Woong;Kim, Woo-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.245-250
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    • 2000
  • By using amplitude ratios (SV/P, SH/P, SV/SH) and P and S wave polarities, we obtained fault plane solutions of the June 26, 1997 Kyong-ju earthquake. The solutions show $150{\pm}4^{\circ}$ in strike, $63{\pm}6^{\circ}$ in dip and $65{\pm}7^{\circ}$ in rake, or $18{\pm}12^{\circ}$ in strike, $26{\pm}3^{\circ}$ in dip and $120{\pm}5^{\circ}$ in rake. This result implies the stress field trending ENE-WSW, which is remarkably consistent with the previous results obtained from the moment tensor inversion, and from the composite fault plane solution for the events occurred around the Yangsan fault area.

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A Study on Flow Variation with Geometrical Characteristics of Fault Zones Using Three-dimensional Discrete Fracture Network (3차원 이산 균열망 모형을 이용한 단층지역의 기하학적 특성에 따른 흐름 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Woo Chang
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.326-326
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    • 2016
  • The fault can be defined, in a geological context, as a rupture plane showing a significant displacement generated in the case that the local tectonic stress exceeds a threshold of rupture along a particular plane in a rock mass. The hydrogeological properties of this fault can be varied with the spatial distribution and the connectivity of void spaces in a fault. When the formation of fault includes the process of the creation and the destruction of void spaces, a complex relation between the displacement along the fault and the variation of void spaces. In this study, the variation of flow with the geometrical characteristics of the fault is simulated and analyzed by using the three-dimensional discrete fracture network model. Three different geometrical characteristics of the faults are considered in this study: 1) simple hydraulic conductive plane, 2) damaged zone, and 3) relay structure of faults.

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A Report for the Quaternary Gaegok 6 Fault Developed in the Mid-eastern Part of Ulsan Fault Zone, Korea (울산단층대 중동부에 발달하는 제4기 개곡 6단층에 대한 보고)

  • Ryoo, Chung-Ryul
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.635-643
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, a Quaternary fault is described, which is developed in the mid-eastern part of Ulsan Fault Zone, near the southern Gaegok-ri, Oedong-eub, Gyeongju, Korea. The Gaegok 6 fault is developed along the contact between Early Tertiary granite and Quaternary gravel deposit overlying unconformably the granite. The fault strikes $N02^{\circ}{\sim}22^{\circ}E$ and dips $45^{\circ}{\sim}80^{\circ}$ to the west. This fault has a 30~50 cm wide cataclastic shear zone with gouge zone, mixed with Quaternary sediments and fault breccia of granite. In the main Quaternary fault plane, the orientation of striation is $17^{\circ}$, $356^{\circ}$, indicating a dextral strike-slip faulting with some normal component. There is another striation ($78^{\circ}$, $278^{\circ}$ and $43^{\circ}$, $270^{\circ}$) with reverse-slip sense, developed on the subsidiary plane which cuts the main Quaternary fault plane. In brief, the fault has been developed between the granite in the western part and the Quaternary gravel deposit in the eastern part. The western block of fault is uplifted. The striations and movement senses of faults indicate multiple compressional stages in this region. The fault has a similar orientation, westward dipping geometric pattern, and reverse sensed kinematic pattern with Gaegok 1 fault developed in the north. Thus, the Gaegok 6 fault is probably a southern extension of Gaegok 1 fault.

Fault plane solutions of the December 13, 1996 Yeongweol earthquake (1996년 12월 13일 영월지진의 진원단층면 방향)

  • Park, Chang Eop;Sin, Jin Su;Ji, Heon Cheol;Gang, Ik Beom;Ryu, Yong Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 1998
  • Fault-plane solutions of the December 13, 1996 Yeongweol earthquake with magnitude 4.5 is obtained using the grid test technique. Thirty polarities of P waves recorded at KMA, KIGAM, KSRS and JAPAN stations are used for the event. The obtained fault plane solution shows strike-slip motion with significant amount of thrust component. The orientation of the fault is 180±20° in strike, 50±5° in dip and 150±5° in rake, or 292±3° in strike, 65±5° in dip and 30±10° in rake. These solutions are similar to those of earthquakes occurred at Sagju (Jan. 7, 1980), Pohang (Apr. 15, 1981) and offshore Gunsan (Oct. 6, 1976). The compressional axis of the stress field is trending from ENE to WSW, which is consistent with the previously defined typical regional tectonic stress orientation in and around Korean Peninsula.

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Optimal In-Plane Configuration of 3-axis MEMS IMUs Considering Fault Detection and Isolation Performance and Lever Arm Effect (레버암 효과와 고장 감지 및 배제 성능을 고려한 여분의 3축 MEMS IMU의 평면 배치 기법)

  • Kim, Eung Ju;Kim, Yong Hun;Choi, Min Jun;Song, Jin Woo
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.12
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    • pp.1648-1656
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    • 2018
  • The configuration of redundant inertial sensors are very important when considering navigation performance and fault detection and isolation (FDI) performance. By constructing a redundant sensor system using multiple inertial sensors, it is possible to improve the navigation performance and fault detection and isolation performance, which are highly related to the sensor configuration and allocation. In order to deploy multiple MEMS inertial measurement units effectively, a configuration and allocation methods considering navigation performance, fault detection and isolation performance, and lever arm effect in one plane are presented, and the performance is analyzed through simulation in this research. From the results, it is confirmed that the proposed configuration and allocation method can improve navigation, FDI, and lever arm effect rejection performances more effectively by more than 70%.