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Variaciones de la velocidad de deslizamiento en fallas normales durante cambios glaciales-interglaciales en las
1Institute of Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. rahetzel@uni-muenster.de
Nature
|May 6, 2005
Resumen
La Tierra La Tierra La Tierra La Tierra La Tierra
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica es la geofísica.
- La paleosismología es la paleosismología.
- Geología Cuaternaria Geología Cuaternaria
Sus antecedentes:
- Los datos geológicos muestran un aumento de las tasas de deslizamiento en Wasatch y las fallas normales adyacentes durante el Pleistoceno Tardío / Holoceno Temprano.
- La causa de esta aceleración sincrónica y agrupación de terremotos del Holoceno sigue sin estar clara.
- Se ha propuesto un posible vínculo entre la aceleración del deslizamiento de fallas y la contracción del lago Bonneville después del Último Máximo Glacial.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar las funciones de la descarga postglacial y el rebote litosférico en la aceleración del deslizamiento de fallas.
- Para investigar la influencia de los cambios de carga superficial controlados por el clima en el comportamiento de las fallas.
Principales métodos:
- Modelado de elementos finitos de una falla normal discreta.
- Análisis dentro de una litosfera reológicamente en capas.
Principales resultados:
- El rebote litosférico, impulsado por la regresión del lago Bonneville y la desglaciación de la cordillera, es un mecanismo factible para las altas tasas de fallas del Holoceno.
- La descarga postglacial disminuye las tasas de deslizamiento, mientras que el rebote litosférico promueve un deslizamiento más rápido.
Conclusiones:
- Los cambios en la carga superficial impulsados por el clima influyen significativamente en el historial normal de deslizamiento de fallas.
- El rebote litosférico proporciona una explicación plausible para el deslizamiento acelerado de fallas en la región de Wasatch durante el Holoceno.
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