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Michele Dragoni 《地学学报》1992,4(4):501-508
A model is proposed for studying the mechanical behaviour of faults during their interseismic periods. The model considers a plane fault surface in an elastic medium, subject to a uniform shear stress which increases slowly with time. A1-D friction distribution is assumed on the fault, characterized by asperities and a weaker zone. The traction vector on the fault plane has an arbitrary orientation: in particular, it can be nonperpendicular to the asperity borders. Aseismic fault slip takes place when the applied stress exceeds the frictional resistance: slip starts in weak zones and is confined by asperities, where it propagates at increasing velocity. Propagation into asperities is characterized by a dislocation front, advancing perpendicularly to the asperity border. Fault slip does not take prate in the direction of traction, except when traction is perpendicular or parallel to the asperity border. The propagation of such aseismic dislocations produces a stress redistribution along the fault and can play a key role in determining the conditions which give rise to earthquakes. 相似文献
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基于实验结果讨论断层破裂与强震物理过程的若干问题 总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9
基于断层摩擦滑动实验、含凹凸体断层的变形破坏实验、断层撕裂扩展的实验、交叉断层的变形实验等多种实验结果并结合前人的工作 ,讨论了与断层破裂与强震物理过程相关的若干问题。研究表明 ,断层的整体滑动引起其两侧块体弹性应变的释放 ,是强震发生的原因 ,因此构造活动区具有较大尺度、结构连续且简单、介质均匀的断层 (或断层段 )是产生强震必备的构造条件 ,深部新生断层(盲断层 )向上撕裂扩展产生强震 ,尚需“弱层”提供“解耦”条件以便断层发生整体滑动。强震孕育过程中包含着凹凸体的破裂 ,断层面上凹凸体的尺度、强度及数量决定着前震活动的特征、强震动态破裂过程以及前兆现象。由断层分割的块体通过边界断层的交替滑动、以“框动”的方式运动 ,因此块体周边的断层上强震活动具有交替性。 相似文献
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We assume that great and moderate Himalayan earthquakes occur through reactivation of subhorizontal thrust faults by frictional
failure under the action of stresses induced by Himalayan topography, isostasy related buoyancy forces, crustal overburden
and plate tectonic causes. Estimates of stresses are based on two dimensional plane strain calculations using analytical formulae
of elasticity theory and rock mechanics under suitable simplifying assumptions. Considerable attention is focussed on a point
on the detachment at a depth of 17 km below mean sea level under the surface trace of the Main Central Thrust (MCT). According
to recent views, great Himalayan earthquakes should nucleate in the detachment in the vicinity of such a point. Also many
moderate earthquakes occur on the detachment similarly under the MCT. Vertical and horizontal normal stresses of 622 and 262
MPa and a corresponding shear stress of 26 MPa are estimated for this point due to topography, buoyancy and overburden. For
fault friction coefficient varying between 0.3 to 1.0, estimates of plate tectonic stress required are in the range of 386
to 434 MPa, when the cumulative principal stresses are oriented favourably for reactivation of the detachment. Estimates of
shear stress mobilized at the same point would be from 27 to 32 MPa for the identical range of fault friction coefficient.
Our calculations suggest that presence of pore water in the fault zones is essential for reactivation. Pore pressure required
is between 535 to 595 MPa for friction coefficient in the range of 0.3 to 1.0 and it is less than lithostatic stress of 603
MPa at the above point. For the specific nominal value of 0.65 for fault friction coefficient, the estimated values of plate
tectonic stress, shear stress and pore pressure at the above point on the detachment are 410 MPa, 30 MPa and 580 MPa respectively.
Similar estimates are obtained also for shallower points on the detachment up to the southern limit of the Outer Himalaya.
Our estimates of the plate tectonic stress, shear stress and pore pressure for reactivation of upper crustal thrust faults
compare favourably with those quoted in the literature. 相似文献
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《Journal of Structural Geology》2003,25(10):1569-1574
High-velocity friction experiments on gabbro and monzodiorite, using a rotary-shear high-velocity friction apparatus, have revealed that frictional melting and progressive growth of a molten layer along a fault cause slip weakening, eventually reaching a nearly steady-state. The melting surface at the host rock/molten layer interface is initially very flat, but it becomes more complex and rounded in shape towards the steady state owing to the selective melting of minerals with lower melting points and the Gibbs–Thomson effect. This change in the melting-surface topography can be quantitatively expressed by the fractal dimension D, as determined by the divider method, from about 1.0 near the peak friction to around 1.1 near the steady-state friction. The ultimate fractal dimension at steady-state friction tends to decrease with increasing heat production rate presumably due to more rapid and uniform melting. A systematic correlation of D with mechanical behavior of the fault during frictional melting may provide a way of estimating slip-weakening distance and heat production rate at steady-state friction by measuring D for natural pseudotachylytes on slip surfaces with different displacements. The weakening distance is of vital significance in relation to fault instability and the heat production rate is related to the fault strength. The experimental studies point to ways to estimate these difficult quantities for natural faults. 相似文献
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The mechanisms generating the charges/potentials and abnormal electromagnetic radiation that accompany earthquakes have been discussed based on observational, theoretical and laboratory studies, in particular over the last few decades. We previously conducted stick‐slip tests using precut granite cores with a contact electrode on the sample side, and proposed that surface charges released from charge trapping centres on sheared asperities are a possible source of the above‐mentioned charges or potentials. Here we discuss seismo‐electric and magnetic fields formed by the surface charges, and derive their scaling laws with the earthquake magnitude at a distance. According to our model, detectability of these fields at a point on the ground surface depends strongly on wet/dry condition at a fault zone (sheared asperities). 相似文献
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《Journal of Structural Geology》1987,9(1):49-60
A 150 μm thick fused layer of rock has been produced by rotating two metadolerite core faces against each other at 3000 r.p.m. under an axial load of 330 kg for 11 s using friction welding apparatus. Scanning electron microscopy and electron microprobe analysis reveal that the melt layer comprises sub-angular to rounded porphyroclasts of clinopyroxene, feldspar and ilmenite (>20 μm diameter), derived from the host metadolerite, set within a silicate glass matrix. Thermal calculations confirm that melting occurred at the rock interface and that mean surface temperatures in excess of 1400°C were attained. The fused layer shows many textural similarities with pseudotachylyte described from fault zones. Morphologically, the fused layer consists of a series of stacks of porphyroclasts welded together by melt to form ‘build-ups’ oriented at right angles to the friction surface. There is also evidence of gouging, ploughing and plucking, as well as transfer and adhesion of material having occurred between the rock faces. The mean surface velocity attained by the metadolerite (0.24 m s−1) and duration of the experiment are comparable with velocities and rise times of typical single jerk earthquakes occurring during stick-slip seismic faulting within brittle crust (i.e. slip rates of 0.1-0.5 m s−1 for, say, 1–10s). In these respects the experiment successfully simulated frictional fusion on a fault plane in the absence of an intergranular fluid. Power dissipation during the experiment was about MW m−2, comparable only to very low values for earthquakes (e.g. 1–100 MW m−2 for displacement rates of 0.1-0.5 m s−1 at shear stresses of 100–1000 bars). This indicates that melting on fault planes during earthquakes should be commonplace. Field evidence, however, does not support this contention. Either pseudotachylyte is not being recognized in exhumed ancient seismic fault zones or melting only occurs under very special circumstances. 相似文献
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E.G. Bombolakis 《Tectonophysics》1973,18(3-4)
Static friction along inclined cracks in photoelastic models increases with both the loading and frictional displacement before the larger crack-wall asperities are broken or completely over-ridden. Elastic shocks resulting from successive stick-slip during this stage can be repeated more or less indefinitely with repeated loading and unloading. Locked-in residual stresses, especially around crack tips, result when the model is unloaded, because of frictional coupling between crack walls. Favorable crack arrays for initial growth in the model include particular sets of en-echelon cracks inclined 45° to the stress axis, but the critical orientation may be smaller in brittle rock if crack-wall friction in rock is greater than in the model. Axial growth of en-echelon cleavage cracks, inclined at angles smaller than 45°, was observed in feldspar during deformation of a pegmatite having a mineralogy and texture similar to granite. Their growth follows predictions derived from photoelastic model studies.Crack growth in the pegmatite begins between half and two-thirds of the ultimate strength. The first flaws to grow, however, also include pre-existing axially oriented cleavage cracks in the feldspar. Crack growth occurs randomly throughout the specimen as stress is increased, without much evidence that grain boundaries are activated for crack growth. But when the applied stress approaches the ultimate strength, two new features are observed. There is an abrupt development of finite frictional slip along favorably inclined flaws and grain boundaries, beginning with displacements of the order of the dimensions of grain-boundary asperities. Crack growth still occurs at various locations throughout the specimen at this stage, but there is also a detectable concentration of growth along potential shear zones. Flaw-wall friction appears to be one of the critical factors that determine the pegmatite's ultimate strength and the instability of through-going fracture. 相似文献
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断层作用热模型及其对烃源岩热演化的影响 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
从盆地的应力状态分析入手,从断层摩擦生热的角度,建立了断层作用生热的定量模型。在此基础上,确定了断层摩擦产生的热量与断层的性质、深度、构造应力和流体压力等之间的定量关系,定量分析了断层摩擦生热对烃源岩热演化的影响。结果表明:断层作用的生热量主要决定于断层的深度,构造应力的大小、流体压力、断层的位移量、断面摩擦系数等;断层的活动速率对断层摩擦的生热量没有影响,但对断层带内产生的温度却起决定性的作用;在断层快速活动的条件下(地震型),断层摩擦生热虽然可以产生很高的温度,可以造成断层面附近岩石的局部熔融,但其影响范围和影响持续的时间是十分有限的。 相似文献
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The occurrence of great earthquakes in the northwestern circum-Pacific belt is explained systematically in terms of the interaction between the oceanic and continental lithospheres. The great earthquakes in the Alaska-Aleutian region are considered to be a result of a rebound of the continental lithosphere which is dragged by the underthrusting oceanic lithosphere. The largest earthquakes in the Japan region are about one order of magnitude smaller than those in the Alaska-Aleutian region. This is interpreted as due to the weakening of the continental lithosphere caused by a frictional heating at the interface between the oceanic and the continental lithospheres. When the friction becomes very small because of the subsequent heating, a tensile force begins to prevail in the oceanic lithosphere. This tensile force is caused by a gravitational pull exerted by the sinking lithosphere. When this tensile stress surpasses the strength of the lithosphere, a large-scale normal fault occurs which extends through the entire thickness of the lithosphere. The intermittent slippages of the lithosphere on this fault plane are observed as great normal-fault earthquakes. The Sanriku earthquake of 1933 represents one of these earthquakes. The normal faulting accounts for the sharp bend of the lithosphere at the trench and the rapid increase of the dip angle of the deep seismic zone in going from northern Japan to the Izu-Bonin region. After repeated slippages, the sinking lithosphere becomes detached from the oceanic lithosphere and no further lithospheric interaction can take place. This picture is consistent with the complete lack of great shallow earthquakes in the Izu-Bonin region. 相似文献
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H. Bock 《Engineering Geology》1979,14(4):241-254
The subject under investigation is the strength of a single shear plane which exhibits a regular, asymmetric roughness pattern. In the shear direction the asperities are so steeply inclined that the joint becomes mechanically non-effective with the result that the asperities are sheared off. Against the shear direction the asperities are only gently inclined. It is shown that this particular roughness pattern is of some general importance in geomechanics (examples: unconfined compression test; shear plane with secondary fractures).
Simple analytical considerations allow the formulation of a shear criterion, which is dependent on friction angle øm and cohesioncm of the intact rock and on the inclination γ of the gently inclined parts of the asperities which are dipping against the shear direction. In the Mohr-diagram the criterion results in envelopes which converge at high normal stresses against the envelope of intact rock. Furthermore, the criterion expresses that both the slope of the envelopes and the dilation angle continuously decrease with increasing normal stress. Therefore the criterion adequately describes features which are regarded as most important when shearing rough joints or compound shear surfaces. 相似文献
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虹口乡八角庙出露完整的映秀—北川断裂带剖面断层岩,高分辨率磁化率测试揭示出多个具有高磁化率特征的断层岩带。系统的岩石磁学分析证明一层褐色断层岩相对围岩具有最大的磁化率值,存在新生成的磁铁矿和拥有相似的天然剩磁(NRM)和非磁滞剩磁(ARM)强度衰减过程。高磁化率特征是含铁顺磁性矿物受到断层滑移过程产生摩擦生热作用生成磁铁矿所致。同时断层岩还获得了热剩磁,记录了地震活动磁学信息。结合汶川地震科学钻探项目1号孔(WFSD-1)磁化率和岩石磁学研究结果,说明映秀—北川断裂带包含多层具有高磁化率特征的断层岩,暗示了多次强震的发生。具有高磁化率特征的断层岩可以作为判定地震活动的标志之一。 相似文献
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Seismic coupling and uncoupling at subduction zones 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Seismic coupling has been used as a qualitative measure of the “interaction” between the two plates at subduction zones. Kanamori (1971) introduced seismic coupling after noting that the characteristic size of earthquakes varies systematically for the northern Pacific subduction zones. A quantitative global comparison of many subduction zones reveals a strong correlation of earthquake size with two other variables: age of the subducting lithosphere and convergence rate. The largest earthquakes occur in zones with young lithosphere and fast convergence rates, while zones with old lithosphere and slow rates are relatively aseismic for large earthquakes. Results from a study of the rupture process of three great earthquakes indicate that maximum earthquake size is directly related to the asperity distribution on the fault plane (asperities are strong regions that resist the motion between the two plates). The zones with the largest earthquakes have very large asperities, while the zones with smaller earthquakes have small scattered asperities. This observation can be translated into a simple model of seismic coupling, where the horizontal compressive stress between the two plates is proportional to the ratio of the summed asperity area to the total area of the contact surface. While the variation in asperity size is used to establish a connection between earthquake size and tectonic stress, it also implies that plate age and rate affect the asperity distribution. Plate age and rate can control asperity distribution directly by use of the horizontal compressive stress associated with the “preferred trajectory” (i.e. the vertical and horizontal velocities of subducting slabs are determined by the plate age and convergence velocity). Indirect influences are many, including oceanic plate topography and the amount of subducted sediments.All subduction zones are apparently uncoupled below a depth of about 40 km, and we propose that the basalt to eclogite phase change in the down-going oceanic crust may be largely responsible. This phase change should start at a depth of 30–35 km, and could at least partially uncouple the plates by superplastic deformation throughout the oceanic crust during the phase change. 相似文献
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Design ground motions are typically governed by large earthquakes at close distances, but the increasing number of near-field recordings manifest the large variability in near-source ground-motion amplitudes which result in significant differences in the building response. In the near-field, this variability arises mainly from source-directivity effects, which generate strong near-fault velocity pulses. We investigate the effect of source complexity on the generation of velocity pulses using a geometrical approach to quantify directivity at near-fault sites based on kinematic rupture models. We propose selection algorithms that can be implemented as search strategies for directivity-related strong ground motion records which may serve as ground motion selection tools in large databases for structural analysis and liquefaction studies. We find that the existence of directivity pulses is strongly related to slip heterogeneity on the fault plane, i.e. that the location and size of asperities (large slip areas) determine directivity pulse generation. In this context we quantify several pulse properties, testing a variety of approaches, and develop predictive relationships between a number of source parameters and pulse properties. We find strong dependence of pulse period on total area of asperities, as well as on a geometrical directivity parameter. The empirical observations on velocity pulse generation determined by the proposed selection procedure are compared with the predictions using the geometrical directivity model. The results are important for determining the probability of observing a pulse at a site as a function of magnitude, distance, and slip heterogeneity on the fault plane. 相似文献
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Electric currents along earthquake faults and the magnetization of pseudotachylite veins 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2
Friedemann Freund Manuel A. Salgueiro da Silva Bobby W.S. Lau Akihiro Takeuchi Hollis H. Jones 《Tectonophysics》2007,431(1-4):131
Pseudotachylites occur in the form of thin glassy veins quenched from frictional melts along the fault planes of major earthquakes. They contain finely grained magnetite and often exhibit a high natural remanent magnetization (NRM). High NRM values imply strong local electric currents. These currents must persist for some time, while the pseudotachylite veins cool through the Curie temperature of magnetite around 580 °C. There is no generally accepted theory explaining how such powerful, persistent currents may be generated along the fault plane. Data presented here suggest the activation of electronic charge carriers, which are present in igneous rocks in a dormant, inactive form. These charge carriers can be “awakened” by the application of stress. They are electrons and defect electrons, also known as positive holes or p-holes for short. While p-holes are capable of spreading out of the stressed rock volume into adjacent p-type conductive unstressed rocks, electrons require a connection to the hot, n-type conductive lower crust. However, as long as the (downward) electron flow is not connected, the circuit is not closed. Hence, with the outflow of p-holes impeded, no current can be sustained. This situation is comparable to that of a charged battery where one pole remains unconnected. The friction melt that forms coseismically during rupture, provides a conductive path downward, which closes the circuit. This allows a current to flow along the fault plane. Extrapolating from laboratory data, every km3 of stressed igneous rocks adjacent to the fault plane can deliver 103–105 A. Hence, the current along the fault plane will not be limited by the number of charge carriers but more likely by the (electronic) conductivity of the cooling pseudotachylite vein. The sheet current will produce a magnetic field, whose vectors will lie in the fault plane and perpendicular to the flow direction. 相似文献
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Whilst faulting in the shallow crust is inevitably associated with comminution of rocks, the mechanical properties of the comminuted granular materials themselves affect the slip behavior of faults. Therefore, the mechanical behavior of any fault progresses along an evolutionary path. We analyzed granular fault rocks from four faults, and deduced an evolutionary trend of fractal size frequency. Comminution of fault rocks starts at a fractal dimension close to 1.5 (2-D measurement), at which a given grain is supported by the maximum number of grains attainable and hence is at its strongest. As comminution proceeds, the fractal dimension increases, and hence comminution itself is a slip weakening mechanism. Under the appropriate conditions, comminuted granular materials may be fluidized during seismic slip events. In this paper, we develop a new method to identify the granular fault rocks that have experienced fluidization, where the detection probability of fragmented counterparts is a key parameter. This method was applied to four fault rock samples and a successful result was obtained. Knowledge from powder technology teaches us that the volume fraction of grains normalized by maximum volume fraction attainable is the most important parameter for dynamic properties of granular materials, and once granular fault materials are fluidized, the fault plane becomes nearly frictionless. A small decrease in the normalized volume fraction of grains from 1 is a necessary condition for the phase transition to fluidization from the deformation mechanism governed by grain friction and crushing by contact stresses. This condition can be realized only when shearing proceeds under unconstrained conditions, and this demands that the gap between fault walls is widened. Normal interface vibration proposed by Brune et al. [Tectonophysics 218 (1993) 59] appears to be the most appropriate cause of this, and we presented two lines of field evidence that support this mechanism to work in nature. 相似文献
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云南南盘江大桥为7跨预应力钢构连续桥, 1、2号墩为桩基,采用人工挖孔灌注桩。No. 2嵌岩桩底下部12m处为强风化白云岩。对拟定的端承区域勘探发现在桩底的岩石- 混凝土接触区域有一溶洞,溶洞高约20m,垂直发育,洞底有粘土、碎石土充填,结构松散,粘土为软塑状。东南大学采用与O-cel l试验类似的平衡内部千斤顶系统进行了桩的荷载实验。O-cell试验安装在距桩底12m处,即靠近桩下部的弱风化与强风化岩石之间的接触区域。本文阐述了O-cell试验数值分析中用来反算桩体/岩石交接区域特性的部分。采用的数值分析软件为BAQUS,版本6. 4 ( ABAQ US, 2004) 。同时采用二维轴对称模型来对桩径2. 5m、桩长49m的钻孔桩进行O-cell试验数值模拟。假设加载的钻孔桩的变形与屈服发生在混凝土桩体与岩石的交接区域,混凝土桩为线弹性,强风化白云岩与弱风化白云岩为弹- 塑性,并可用Drucker- Prag er 模型( ABAQUS, 2004)表示,对岩石和混凝土- 岩体接触面的特性进行反算,然后用反算结果模拟桩顶荷载特征。数值模拟计算和现场载荷试验检测的载荷- 位移曲线对比表明,除了非弹性和永久变形外,整个向上与向下的变形与试验检测到的值基本相同。这主要是由于接触面模型的弹性性质所决定的,即它在卸载过程中会将滑动的接触面复原;而永久变形是岩体-混凝土接触面屈服的结果。必须指出的是,由于桩的承载力相对较高( 2. 5m桩径,嵌岩长度37m) ,试验不能达到最终荷载, 所以检测到的变形也较小( <10mm)。分别在桩端、O-单元荷载盒上37m处检测向上弯沉,并将结果与O-单元荷载盒顶部的弯沉作比较。结果发现,由于桩是由O-单元荷载盒底部向上加载,所以桩端的弯沉预计比O-单元荷载盒的弯沉小约5mm。这一差值几乎等于施加荷载状态下无限制(Δ= P L /A E )桩体的理论弹性缩短量。通过O-cell现场试验可以有效地观测加载状态下荷载弯沉反应情况和调整或校准数值分析中的材料模型,并可将之推广应用到相同地质条件下类似项目施工的其它桩的反应过程中。此外,还可以通过溶洞区域中的高承载力桩的O-cell试验结果来构建桩体摩擦反应的模型; 在模型摩擦反应基础上,可以估计桩端预计的变形反应值; 在交接面反应中,可以采用正弦接触面有效地引入人工粘结和表面粘结。 相似文献
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自2002年7月温州珊溪水库首次发生地震后,其地震活动持续至今,但目前人们对水库地震成因了解较少.基于对库区所处的区域地震地质背景、库区地形地貌、岩性及新构造运动特征的分析,采用野外地质调查的方法,获得了库区主要断层的地质特征,并评价了其渗透性.在此基础上,结合地震活动特征及震源机制解的研究成果,探讨了水库地震时间序列及发震机理.结果表明珊溪水库地震活动与库区岩性、断层(尤其是库区内的双溪-焦溪垟断层)及库水特征关系密切.水库地震主要发生在侏罗系凝灰岩夹砂岩、泥岩等隔水性好的层状岩层中,而渗透性较好的双溪-焦溪垟断层结构面则更利于库水下渗,这种岩体结构面组合方式一方面使库水容易沿断层结构面向深部渗透,另一方面断层结构面上的孔隙压力容易升高,因此降低了断层结构面上的正应力,应力平衡被打破,进而诱发地震.在水的渗透和地震活动的相互作用下,水库地震沿双溪-焦溪垟断层(尤其是第三分支断层)从SE向NW持续发生. 相似文献
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Exhumed fault zones offer insights into deformation processes associated with earthquakes in unparalleled spatial resolution; however it can be difficult to differentiate seismic slip from slow or aseismic slip based on evidence in the rock record. Fifteen years ago, Cowan (1999) defined the attributes of earthquake slip that might be preserved in the rock record, and he identified pseudotachylyte as the only reliable indicator of past earthquakes found in ancient faults. This assertion was based on models of frictional heat production (Sibson, 1975, 1986) providing evidence for fast slip. Significant progress in fault rock studies has revealed a range of reaction products which can be used to detect frictional heating at peak temperatures less than the melt temperature of the rock. In addition, features formed under extreme transient stress conditions associated with the propagating tip of an earthquake rupture can now be recognized in the rock record, and are also uniquely seismic. Thus, pseudotachylyte is no longer the only indicator of fossilized earthquake ruptures.We review the criteria for seismic slip defined by Cowan (1999), and we determine that they are too narrow. Fault slip at rates in the range 10−4−101 m/s is almost certainly dynamic. This implies that features reproduced in experiments at rates as low as 10−4 m/s may be indicators of seismic slip. We conclude with a summary of the rock record of seismic slip, and lay out the current challenges in the field of earthquake geology. 相似文献
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Crustal tectonic activities are essentially the consequences of the accumulation and release of in situ stress. Therefore, studying the stress state near active faults is important for understanding crustal dynamics and earthquake occurrences. In this paper, using in situ stress measurement results obtained by hydraulic fracturing in the vicinity of the Longmenshan fault zone before and after the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake and finite element modeling, the variation of stress state before and after the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake is investigated. The results show that the shear stress, which is proportional to the difference between principal stresses, increases with depth and distance from the active fault in the calm period or after the earthquakes, and tends to approach to the regional stress level outside the zone influenced by the fault. This distribution appears to gradually reverse with time and the change of fault properties such as frictional strength. With an increase in friction coefficient, low stress areas are reduced and areas with increased stress accumulation are more obvious near the fault. In sections of the fault with high frictional strengths, in situ stress clearly increases in the fault. Stress accumulates more rapidly in the fault zone relative to the surrounding areas, eventually leading to a stress field that peaks at the fault zone. Such a reversal in the stress field between the fault zone and surrounding areas in the magnitude of the stress field is a potential indicator for the occurrence of strong earthquakes. 相似文献
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Two hundred observations of frictional behavior of seven low-porosity silicate rocks were made at temperatures to 700°C and pressures from 2.5 to 6 kbar. For all rocks except one, peridotite, stick-slip occurred at low temperature and gave way to stable sliding at some high temperature, different for each rock. These differences could be related to the presence or absence of minerals such as amphibole, mica, or serpentine. Up to some temperature, depending on rock type, the friction stress was relatively unaffected by temperature. The shear stress decreased at higher temperature, and in some cases such decrease was related to the coincidence of fracture and friction strength. While somewhat dependent on rock type, the friction stress for the seven rocks studied was about the same, within 10–15%. Up to 265°C, water had little effect on the frictional behavior of faulted granite at 3 kbar effective pressure. The frictional stresses measured in the laboratory were significantly higher than estimated for natural faults. This difference could be accounted for by high pore pressure or weak alteration materials in the natural fault zone. 相似文献