简介：SeismicityoftheEarth(MC4.5)wascompiledfromNEIC,IRISandISCcataloguesandusedtocomputeb-valuebasedonvarioustimewindows.Itisfoundthatcontinuouscyclicb-variationsoccuronbothlongandshorttimescales,thelatterbeingofmuchhighervalueandsometimesinexcessof0.7oftheabsoluteb-value.Thesevariationsoccurnotonlyyearlyormonthly,butalsodaily.Beforetheoccurrenceoflargeearthquakes,b-valuesstartincreasingwithvariablegradientsthatareaffectedbyforeshocks.Insomecases,thegradientisreducedtozeroortoanegativevalueafewdaysbeforetheearthquakeoccurrence.Ingeneral,calculatedb-valuesattainmaxima1daybeforelargeearthquakesandminimasoonaftertheiroccurrence.Bothlinearregressionandmaximumlikelihoodmethodsgivecorrelatable,butvariableresults.Itisfoundthatanexpandingtimewindowtechniquefromafixedstartingpointismoreeffectiveinthestudyofb-variations.Thecalculatedb-variationsforthewholeEarth,itshemispheres,quadrantsandtheepicentralregionsofsomelargeearthquakesareofbothlocalandregionalcharacter,whichmayindicatethatinsuchcases,thegeodynamicprocessesactingwithinacertainregionhaveamuchregionaleffectwithintheEarth.Theb-variationshavelongbeenknowntovarywithanumberoflocalandregionalfactorsincludingtectonicstresses.Theresultsreportedhereindicatethatgeotectonicstressremainsthemostsignificantfactorthatcontrolsb-variations.ItisfoundthatforearthquakeswithMwC7,anincreaseofabout0.20intheb-valueimpliesastressincreasethatwillresultinanearthquakewithamagnitudeoneunithigher.

简介：Usingatimeseriesmethodthatcombinesboththepersistentscattererandsmallbaselineapproaches,weanalyzed9scenesEnvisatASARdataovertheL’Aquilaearthquake,andobtainedaShocke’sdisplacementfieldanditsevolutionprocesses.Theresultsshowthat:(1)EnvisatASARclearlydetectedthewholeprocessesofdisplacementfieldoftheL’Aquilaearthquake,anddistinctvariationsatdifferentstagesofthedisplacementfield.(2)Preseismiccreepdisplacement?displacementmutationwhenfaulting?constantlysloweddownaftertheearthquake.(3)Theareaofthestrongestdeformationandgroundrupturewasalow-lyingovaldepressionregiontothesoutheast.Surfacefaultingwithinazoneofabout22km914km,withanorientationof135°,occurredalongtheNW-strikingandSW-dippingPaganica-S.Demetrionormalfault.(4)Inanalyzinganareaofabout54km959km,boundedbynorth–southaxistotheepicenter,thedisplacementfieldhassignificantcharacteristicsofawatershed:westwardoftheepicentershowsupliftwithmaximumof130mminline-of-sight(LOS),andeastoftheepicenterwasaregionwith220mmofmaximumsubsidenceintheLOS,concentratingontherupturezone,themajorityofwhichformedinthecourseoffaultingandsubsequence.