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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 90-98.

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Geochemical Characteristics of Soil Gas in the Xinbaoan—Shacheng Fault

SHENG Yan-rui1, ZHANG Zi-guang1, ZHOU Xiao-cheng2, DU Jian-guo2, ZHOU Yue-ling1, ZHANG Guan-ya2, ZHAN Rui-xin2, Liu Yong-mei3, SUN Yu-tao4, DING Zhi-hua1   

  1. 1. Earthquake Administration of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050021, China;
    2. Institute of Earthquake Science, CEA, Beijing 100036,China;
    3. Earthquake Administration of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot 014400, China;
    4. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2015-04-01 Online:2015-10-31 Published:2020-06-28

Abstract: Measurement of soil gas concentration in fault zone is one of the important ways to monitoring fracture activity and seismic risk. We surveyed the soil gas concentrations (H2, He, CO2, Rn, Hg) and soil gas flux (CO2, Rn, Hg) of the Xinbaoan—Shacheng fault in Huailai in May, 2014. The results show that the ranges of concentration of H2, He, CO2, Rn, Hg are respectively (0.4~34.2)×10-6, (2.8~7)×10-6, (0.051~1.19)%, (0.31~18.22) kBq/m3, (2~54)ng/m3. Soil gases of H2 and Rn are effective parameters to reveal the fault location, which show significantly high value anomaly in the fault and scarp areas. We can preliminary confirm that there is higher gas effusion by the study results of soil gas concentrations and gas flux in Xinbaoan—Shacheng fault, which is related to seismic activity in this region.

Key words: Soil gas, Geochemistry, Xinbaoan—Shacheng fault

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