水的物理状态控制了加布罗建造的断层的摩擦
Wei Feng1,2, Lu Yao3, Chiara Cornelio4
1Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy.
Nature communications
|August 8, 2023
概括
在地震期间,断层摩擦会随着水的状态而变化. 超临界或液态水减少摩擦,而蒸汽增加摩擦,可能阻止地震核形成.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 实验性的岩石力学 实验性的岩石力学
- 流体 - 岩石相互作用
背景情况:
- 地震经常与含有热水和加压水的断层有关.
- 了解水的物理状态在断层摩擦中的作用对于地震动态至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究水蒸气,液体和超临界状态对加布罗断层摩擦行为的影响.
- 探索在地震变形条件下断层减弱背后的机制.
主要方法:
- 在受控条件下利用了一种新的实验装置在控制条件下切割gabbro断层.
- 在蒸汽,液体和超临界状态 (高达400°C和30MPa) 中测试水.
- 在速度从1μm/s到100mm/s的切割断层,滑行距离高达3米.
主要成果:
- 在蒸汽状态下,断层摩擦随着滑动距离和速度的增加而减少.
- 在液态或超临界状态下,摩擦随着滑动距离的减少而减少,不论速度如何.
- 观察到因矿物质形成,化学结合和滑效应而导致的断层减弱.
结论:
- 水的状态显著影响断层摩擦,影响地震核形成.
- 从液态/超临界到蒸汽水的过渡会突然增加摩擦,可能抑制地震的发生.
- 研究结果提供了关于地震过程和热水流体作用的见解.
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