Experimental study on infrared anomaly of tectonic earthquake

Lixin Wu; Shanjun Liu; Wenzhong Shi; Yuhua Wu; Yongqiang Li

doi:10.1117/12.511625

13 February 2004 Experimental study on infrared anomaly of tectonic earthquake

Lixin Wu, Shanjun Liu, Wenzhong Shi, Yuhua Wu, Yongqiang Li

Proceedings Volume 5239, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511625
Event: Remote Sensing, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Many scientists believe that the earthquake cannot be predicted. But, the fact that there were positive infrared (IR) anomalies in satellite remote sensing images 15 - 60 days before some moderate-strong tectonic earthquakes in Asia is changing the situation. To reveal the mechanism and to seek for the spatio-temporal laws of IR anomaly evaluation before tectonic earthquakes, a series of fundamental experiments detecting the surface IR radiation images on loaded rock samples, which were designed to model the incubation of tectonic earthquakes, were conducted. This article introduced the spatio-temporal evaluation laws of IR anomaly from rock surface for the condition of compressively sheared rock, bi-axial loaded en echelon faults, compressively-sheared sliding faults and compressively loaded intersected faults, respectively simulating the four gestation mechanisms of tectonic earthquake. The experiments concluded that the tectonic earthquake is predictable, and the satellite IR remote sensing is a prospecting technique for earthquake prediction, especially in the condition that remote sensing is assisted with analyzing to rock properties of regional crust and locations of active faults.

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Lixin Wu, Shanjun Liu, Wenzhong Shi, Yuhua Wu, and Yongqiang Li "Experimental study on infrared anomaly of tectonic earthquake", Proc. SPIE 5239, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology III, (13 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511625

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