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Los temblores de Parkfield revelan rupturas lentas y rápidas en la misma aspereza
Deepa Mele Veedu1, Sylvain Barbot1
1Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
Nature
|April 5, 2016
Resumen
La falla de San Andrés
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geofísica
- Sismología
- Tectónica
Sus antecedentes:
- Las secciones profundas de la Falla de San Andrés exhiben una deformación compleja.
- Los temblores tectónicos revelan mecanismos inusuales de acumulación y liberación de tensiones.
- Una fuente de temblor aislada cerca de Parkfield mostró una oscilación regular en intervalos de recurrencia.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el mecanismo detrás del patrón de recurrencia alterna de temblores tectónicos.
- Para modelar el comportamiento de deslizamiento de las asperidades del temblor.
- Para explicar el impacto del terremoto de Parkfield en 2004 en los patrones de temblores.
Principales métodos:
- Modelado basado en la física de las asperezas del temblor.
- Análisis de secuencias de terremotos de baja frecuencia.
- Simulación de cambios en la presión de los poros.
Principales resultados:
- La misma aspereza del temblor puede exhibir comportamientos de deslizamiento lento y rápido.
- Los intervalos de recurrencia alternados (3-6 días) surgen naturalmente cuando el tamaño de la asperidad está cerca del tamaño crítico de la nucleación.
- Los cambios en la presión de los poros después del terremoto explican los cambios observados en los patrones de recurrencia.
Conclusiones:
- Una sola asperidad de falla puede liberar estrés tectónico a través de rupturas lentas y rápidas.
- El tamaño de la asperidad en relación con el tamaño crítico de la nucleación rige el comportamiento de deslizamiento y la recurrencia.
- La dinámica de presión de los poros juega un papel crucial en la modulación de los patrones de deslizamiento de fallas después de terremotos importantes.
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