General formulations of global co-seismic deformations caused by an arbitrary dislocation in a spherically symmetric earth model-applicable to deformed earth surface and space-fixed point

SUMMARY Based on the authors' previous work, co-seismic deformations for a spherical symmetric earth model are summarized and reformulated. Unified expressions presented herein accommodate physical deformations: displacement, potential, gravity, geoid and strain changes. The corresponding Green's functions are derived by combining spheroidal and toroidal deformations. Sign errors in previous publications are corrected in these new formulas. These expressions are developed basically for a deformed earth surface because most traditional geodetic measurements are performed on the terrain surface. However, through development of space geodetic techniques, such as the satellite gravity missions, co-seismic gravity changes can be detected from space. In this case, the above dislocation theory (e.g., the co-seismic gravity change) cannot be applied directly to the observed data because the data do not include surface crustal deformation (the free air gravity change). Correspondingly, the contribution by the vertical displacement part must be removed from the traditional expressions. For this purpose, we present the corresponding expressions applicable to space observations. Some numerical technical problems are discussed. In addition, a smoothing technique is necessary to damp the high-frequency contribution so that the theory can be applied reasonably. Global co-seismic deformations caused by the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake (M9.3) are studied as an application of the new Green's function. That earthquake caused a global deformation detected by GPS, strain metres and even a satellite gravity mission. These global deformations are calculated based on the derived Green's functions and the seismic-wave derived earth model. A segment-summation scheme is used considering the slip distribution on a limited fault plane. The results are useful for interpreting observed deformations, especially those in the far field. The earthquake reveals global co-seismic deformations and effects of spherical curvature and the earth's layered structure. Comparisons between results for a spherical earth mode and a half-space model show a large discrepancy at an epicentral distance of about 1000 km, implying that effects of spherical curvature and layer structure are considerably large. In addition, the theoretical results are compared with the real observed strain steps, horizontal displacements and gravity changes caused by that earthquake. Good agreement validates the results of the current theoretical work. Finally, we discuss the application the above theory to the GRACE data through several case studies.

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