Characteristics and implication of clay minerals in the northern and southern parts of the Chelung-pu fault, Taiwan |
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| Authors: | Y Hashimoto K Ujiie A Sakaguchi H Tanaka |
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| Institution: | aInstitute of Natural Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Kochi University Akebono-cho 2-5-1, Kochi 780-8520, Japan;bThe Institute for Frontier Research of Earth Evolution, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 215-0016, Japan;cInstitute of Earth Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan |
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| Abstract: | In this study, we report the characteristics of clay minerals present in the Chelung-pu fault in Taiwan. In the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, different slip motions were recorded along the Chelung-pu fault in the northern and southern parts of the fault. The characteristics of clay minerals present in the fault zones can be attributed to the differences in motion. We analyzed the shallow drill core samples obtained from the northern and southern sites penetrating the fault. The clay minerals identified in most of the samples from both the sites are smectite, illite, and chlorite. There are illite–smectite mixed layers with a high illite content and no chlorite–smectite mixed layer. In some samples, no smectite is detected. We also examined the iron content and symmetry of iron and magnesium in the silicate and hydroxide layers in chlorite. At the northern site, the total iron content in chlorite of gouge is larger than that of the host rocks. On the other hand, at the southern site, the total iron content varies widely. It is hypothesized that the smectite consumption and differences in the characteristics of chlorite may be controlled by the differences in the lithology, fluid chemistry, fluid temperature, or fault activities (heating or breakage) between the northern and southern sites. |
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| Keywords: | Clay mineralogy Fault– fluid system Taiwan earthquake |
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