Spatial distribution of stress and frictional strength along the interplate boundary in northern Japan and its correlation to the locations of large earthquakes
Spatial distribution of stress and frictional strength along the interplate boundary in northern Japan and its correlation to the locations of large earthquakes
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日本北部板间边界应力和摩擦强度的空间分布及其与大地震地点的相关性
DOI:
10.1016/j.tecto.2011.08.004
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发表时间:
2011
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Y.Tanioka
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作者:
Ghimire;S.;Y.Tanioka
We investigate spatial distribution of stress along the interplate boundary between Pacific and Okhotsk plates in Tohoku and Hokkaido regions, northern Japan from earthquake focal mechanisms compiled from the National Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) of Japan. The interplate boundary in this work is inferred as the surface defining the upper boundary of the double seismic zone (Benioff Zone). To investigate spatial variation in stress field we divide the interplate boundary into 20km×20km subfaults and estimate stress field in each subfault of 10km thickness. We find clear spatial variation in stress state along the subduction zone of the Pacific plate in northern Japan. Though most of the study area is characterized by trench normal uniaxial compression, in the Hidaka Collision Zone, the signature of collision between the Kurile and Japan arcs is evident in terms of radial compression. Distribution of the angle (ψ) between the maximum principal stress direction and the fault normal shows that the large subduction earthquakes have occurred in the region where this angle ψ varies between 30 and 45°. However in the case of recent M9.1, 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, this correlation is not observed. We further investigate the frictional strength along the interplate boundary. Our results suggest: (1) The fault segments with ψ between 30 and 45°are frictionally strong (with friction coefficients between 0.6 and 0.8), (2) The fault segments with ψ between 45 and 62°are intermediately strong (with friction coefficients between 0.4 and 0.6), and (3) The fault segments with ψ above 62°are weak (with friction coefficients below 0.4).
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