新竹断层之长期滑移速率与再现周期print.DOC

新竹斷層之長期滑移速率與再現週期 新竹斷層斷層跡出露位置，由新竹市西側大庄里海岸沿著階地崖（terrace scarp）向東北延伸至頭前溪河床，由於被現代沖積層覆蓋，斷層跡位置不明顯。之前研究認為新竹斷層向東延伸時與新城斷層會合成為一條斷層，新竹斷層於陸上的長度僅約16公里。斷層兩側岩層，下盤淺層數十公尺都屬於晚更新世以來的沖積層，以下屬於頭嵙山層香山相砂岩（楊梅層），上盤亦出露頭嵙山層香山相砂岩，但晚期更新世紅土階地（lateritic terrace）礫石層以交角不整合（angular uncomformity）覆蓋香山相砂岩之上。新竹斷層屬於逆斷層系統，在斷層前緣形成背斜褶皺，屬於為斷層轉折褶皺（fault-bend fold），斷層兩側垂直錯移量不大，以褶皺變形為主。(圖1) 本研究在新竹西側海岸地區進行8口岩芯鑽井，利用鑽井岩芯解析古環境、14C年代與古海水面高度等資料探討斷層兩側的變動速率。8口鑽井岩心以及定年資料分析，更新世楊梅層在新竹2號井與新竹8號井之間高程落差為19公尺，以及晚期更新世陸相礫石層的厚度變化，顯示新竹斷層應經過兩井之間。另外，斷層兩側估算的垂直變動有些微的差異，下盤略顯沈降作用為-0.1±0.4 mm/yr，上盤則略顯抬升作用，約為1mm/yr；斷層兩側相對的垂直錯移速率為~1 mm/yr。(圖2) The Long Term Slip Rate and Recurrence Interval of the Hsinchu Fault The exposed fault trace of the Hsinchu Fault is located northeastwards along the terrace scarp of the Dajuanli Coast to the Touchianshi Riverbed. The fault trace is unapparent due to the coverage of the Holocene alluvium. The previous research indicates that the Hsinchu Fault merged into the Shincheng Fault when it stretched eastward. The surface length of Hsinchu Fault is approximately merely 16 kilometers in the onland. In respect of the both sides of the fault, tens of meters of alluvium on the footwall are unconformably accumulated on the Toukoshan Formation (Yangmei Formation) since the late Pleistocene. The hanging wall is also the Toukoshan Formation (Shiangshan sandstone), but the lateritic terrace gravel layer of the late Pleistocene is covered on the Toukoshan Formation in angular unconformity. According to the reverse fault system, the Hsinchu Fault formed an anticline on the fault tip, which is a fault-bend fold. The vertical shift of the two sides of the fault is insignificant; it mainly appears to be folding deformation. This research conducts 8 core-boring in the coastal area of west Hsinchu. The core-boring method is utilized to estimate deformation rate. Analyzed from the 8 boreholes and the 14C date, the elevation difference of the Toukoshan Formation between the Hsinchu Borehole 2 and Hsinchu Borehole 8 is 19 me