间歇性的实验室地震在动态减弱的断层中
V Rubino1, N Lapusta2,3, A J Rosakis4
1Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. vito.rubino@caltech.edu.
Nature
|June 1, 2022
概括
地震发生在断层中. 实验室实验显示,动态破裂通过间歇性滑动来导航沟,在低滑动率下增强摩擦,在高滑动率下减弱,影响地震危险.
科学领域:
- 地质学
- 地震科学
- 岩石机械
背景情况:
- 大地震是由于断层的滑动而产生的,
- 断层摩擦对于地震核形成,传播和地面震动至关重要.
- 由于样本大小和成像限制,在实验室环境中研究自发地震进展具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 在实验室实验中研究断层沟摩擦如何影响自发地震破裂的进展.
- 了解精细岩石中动态破裂过程中的复杂滑动过程和摩擦演变.
主要方法:
- 实验室实验模拟了微型岩石破裂区域的动态裂变传播.
- 摩擦演变的分析,滑动率和相关过程,如剪切加热和膨胀/紧缩.
主要成果:
- 自发传播的动态破裂在细岩中表现出复杂的间歇性滑动行为.
- 在较低的滑动率下,摩擦会增强,导致破裂停止.
- 摩擦在较高的滑动率下迅速减弱 (与闪热相一致),使地震重核化成为可能.
结论:
- 断层隙摩擦基本上取决于滑动率和相关过程.
- 断层的协同地震减弱可以通过稳定的断层区域促进地震破裂.
- 这些发现对理解和评估地震危害有重大影响.
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