剪切位置控制着地震的动态
Fabian Barras1, Nicolas Brantut2,3
1The Njord Centre, Department of Physics, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. fabian.barras@mn.uio.no.
Nature communications
|January 17, 2025
概括
地震是由于断层滑动造成的,由能量平衡驱动. 这项研究揭示了断层中的极端应变局部化,显著降低了断裂能量,并为断裂速度建立了新的缩放定律.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 固体地球物理 固体地球物理
- 计算地震学计算地震学
背景情况:
- 地震起源于沿着构造断层的快速滑动.
- 断层滑动力学取决于弹性能量和断裂尖端的能量消耗.
- 能量消散是通过小规模的热水力机械过程控制的.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用双尺度方法,以数值模拟剪切断裂.
- 将亚毫米级故障过程与千米级弹性动力学结合起来.
- 研究应变局部化对地震断裂动态和能量的影响.
主要方法:
- 剪切断裂的双尺度数值模拟.
- 将亚毫米断层物理与大规模弹性动力学相结合.
- 应变局部化和断裂能量的分析.
主要成果:
- 突发的剪切应变局部化导致经典的裂纹行为与恒定的断裂能量.
- 局部应变骨折能量明显低于具有均剪切的模型所预测的能量.
- 在局部剪切宽度和破裂速度之间存在独特的缩放规律.
结论:
- 地震的特点是断层内的极端应变局部化.
- 这种局部化从根本上改变了能量消散机制.
- 这些发现为地震物理和缩放定律提供了新的见解.
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