来自SAFOD核心的深处圣安德烈亚斯断层的低强度
David A Lockner1, Carolyn Morrow, Diane Moore
1US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. dlockner@usgs.gov
Nature
|March 29, 2011
概括
圣安德烈亚斯断层在深处令人惊地弱,这是由于沙波尼特粘土. 这一发现解释了断层的爬行运动,挑战了以前关于流体压力的理论.
科学领域:
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
- 矿物学是什么?矿物学是什么?
背景情况:
- 圣安德烈亚斯断层在太平洋和北美板块之间表现出显著的右侧运动.
- 断层具有明显的锁定和爬行部分的特征,锁定部分会产生重大地震.
研究的目的:
- 为了深入研究圣安德烈亚斯断层核心的机械特性.
- 为了确定控制断层爬行区域变形的因素.
主要方法:
- 从深度圣安德烈亚斯断层观测站 (SAFOD) 获得的断层核心样本的实验室强度测量.
- 在2.7公里的垂直深度分析矿物成分和现场条件.
主要成果:
- 在SAFOD地点的圣安德烈亚斯断层非常弱,摩擦系数低 (0.15).
- 这种弱点归因于沙波尼特的存在,这是一个弱质的石灰岩粘土矿物.
- 沙波尼特是由壁岩和蛇形岩之间的反应形成的,这表明矿物控制的削弱机制.
结论:
- 圣安德烈亚斯断层的爬行部分的变形是由软矿物质如石矿的存在控制的.
- 这与之前的假设形成鲜明对比,这些假设认为高流体压力是故障弱的主要原因.
- 该研究提供了故障应激状态的自相一致的模型,突出了SAFOD现场的内在弱点.
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