诱导的地震性. 由液体注射引起的无地震滑动引发的地震性
Yves Guglielmi1, Frédéric Cappa2, Jean-Philippe Avouac3
1Centre de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement (UMR7330), University of Aix-Marseille, CNRS, IRD, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France. guglielmi@cerege.fr.
概括
液体注射可以引发地震,但机制尚不清楚. 这项研究表明,液体注射主要导致缓慢的无地震断层滑动,间接导致微型地震.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地震科学 地震科学 地震科学
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
背景情况:
- 已知液体注入,例如用于地热能或碳化合物开采的液体注入,可诱导地震事件.
- 连接液体注入与地震发生的精确机制尚未完全理解,这限制了地震危险评估.
研究的目的:
- 直接测量由液体注入到自然断层中诱导的断层滑动和地震性.
- 阐明流体压力,断层行为和微型地震发生之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在控制的液体注入到自然断层时,直接测量断层滑动和地震性.
- 在微米到纳米尺度上监测透性变化和滑动率.
- 在加压条件下分析故障摩擦规律和滑动行为.
主要成果:
- 观察到高度扩张和缓慢的无地震滑动 (约. 4μm/s) 与透率增加了20倍.
- 过渡到更快的滑动 (大约. 10微米/秒) 扩张率降低,并出现微型地震.
- 在流体压力区域内,无地震滑动占主导地位,遵循速度增强摩擦法 (μ = 0.67 + 0.045ln(v/v0)).
结论:
- 液体注射主要促进自然断层上的无地震滑动.
- 微型地震是无地震爬行的间接后果,由流体压力和断层特性介导.
- 了解无地震滑动对于评估与液体注入活动相关的地震危险至关重要.
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