Earthquake nucleation in weak subducted carbonates
Earthquake nucleation in weak subducted carbonates
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弱俯冲碳酸盐岩中的地震成核
DOI:
10.1038/ngeo2774
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
18.3
通讯作者:
Behrmann
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文献类型:
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作者:
Kurzawski;Niemeijer;Spiers;Behrmann
Ocean-floor carbonate- and clay-rich sediments form major inputs to subduction zones, especially at low-latitude convergent plate margins. Therefore, knowledge of their frictional behaviour is fundamental for understanding plate-boundary earthquakes. Here we report results of mechanical tests performed on simulated fault gouges prepared from ocean-floor carbonates and clays, cored during IODP drilling offshore Costa Rica. Clay-rich gouges show internal friction coefficients (that is, the slope of linearized shear stress versus normal stress data) ofμint= 0.44 − 0.56, irrespective of temperature and pore-fluid pressure (Pf). By contrast,μintfor the carbonate gouge strongly depends on temperature and pore-fluid pressure, withμintdecreasing dramatically from 0.84 at room temperature andPf= 20 MPa to 0.27 atT= 140 °C andPf= 120 MPa. This effect provides a fundamental mechanism of shear localization and earthquake generation in subduction zones, and makes carbonates likely nucleation sites for plate-boundary earthquakes. Our results imply that rupture nucleation is prompted by a combination of temperature-controlled frictional instability and temperature- and pore-pressure-dependent weakening of calcareous fault gouges.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
M. Stipp;Malte Rolfs;Y. Kitamura;J. Behrmann;K. Schumann;D. Schulte‐Kortnack;V. Feeser
通讯作者:
M. Stipp;Malte Rolfs;Y. Kitamura;J. Behrmann;K. Schumann;D. Schulte‐Kortnack;V. Feeser
影响因子:
18.3
作者:
M. Moreno;C. Haberland;O. Oncken;A. Rietbrock;S. Angiboust;O. Heidbach
通讯作者:
M. Moreno;C. Haberland;O. Oncken;A. Rietbrock;S. Angiboust;O. Heidbach
DOI:
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发表时间:
1982
期刊:
Geological Society Special Publication
影响因子:
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作者:
R. von Huene;J. Aubouin;J. Azéma;G. Blackinton;J. Carter;W. T. Coulbourn;D. Cowan;J. Curiale;C. Dengo;R. Faas;W. Harrison;R. Hesse;D. Hussong;J. Ladd;N. Muzylov;T. Shiki;P. Thompson;Jean Westberg
通讯作者:
Jean Westberg
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
BEKINS, BA;DREISS, SJ
通讯作者:
DREISS, SJ
影响因子:
3.9
作者:
HYNDMAN, RD;WANG, K
通讯作者:
WANG, K