TITLE:
Comparative Study of Global Seismicity on the Hot Engine Belt and the Cooling Seismic Belt—Improvement on Research Ideas of Earthquake Prediction
AUTHORS:
Lijun Chen, Xiaofeng Chen, Fangfang Wan, Pinzhong Li, Lei Shao
KEYWORDS:
The Hot Engine Belt, the Cooling Seismic Belt, Seismic Cone, Seismo-Geothermics Theory, Earthquake Prediction
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.6 No.7,
July
27,
2015
ABSTRACT: The study in this paper
analyzes and compares the distribution on the global engine active seismic zone
and cooling seismic belt basing on the ANSS earthquake catalog from Northern
California Earthquake Data Center. An idea of the seismogenesis and earthquake
prediction research is achieved by showing the stratigraphic structure in the
hot engine belt. The results show that the main engine and its seismic cones
are the global seismic activity area, as well as the subject of global
geological disaster. Based on the conjecture of other stratum structure, the
energy of crustal strong earthquake and volcano activities probably originates
from the deep upper mantle. It is suggested that the research on earthquake and
volcano prediction should focus on the monitor and analysis on the sub-crustal
earthquake activities.