Fast slip with inhibited temperature rise due to mineral dehydration: Evidence from experiments on gypsum

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-62

  Brantut, Nicolas ^a   Han, Raehee ^b,c   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^a,b,c   Findling, Nathaniel ^a   Schubnel, Alexandre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS; ENERGY SINKS; FAULT PLANES; FAULT ZONE; GYPSUM ROCK; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH VELOCITY; LIQUID WATER; MECHANICAL WORK; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NORMAL STRESS; PHASE CHANGE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SLIDING SURFACE; TEMPERATURE PLATEAUS; TEMPERATURE RISE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION INVESTIGATIONS; YIELD VALUE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEWATERING; FRICTION; GYPSUM; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DEHYDRATION;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; GYPSUM; HEAT FLOW; MICROSTRUCTURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SLIP RATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 78751633110     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31424.1     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Andrews, D.J. 2002, A fault constitutive relation accounting for thermal pressurization of pore fluid: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, 2363, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001942.
2. Brantut, N., Schubnel, A., Rouzaud, J.-N., Brunet, F., and Shimamoto, T. 2008, High-velocity frictional properties of a clay-bearing fault gouge and implications for earthquake mechanics: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, B10401, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005551.
3. Brantut, N., Schubnel, A., Corvisier, J., and Sarout, J. 2010, Thermo-chemical pressurization of faults during coseismic slip: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, B05313, doi: 10.1029/2009JB006533.
4. Di Toro, G., Goldsby, D., and Tullis, T.E. 2004, Friction falls towards zero in quartz rock as slip velocity approaches seismic rates: Nature, v. 427, p. 436-439, doi: 10.1038/nature02249.
5. Goldsby, D.L., and Tullis, T.E. 2002, Low frictional strength of quartz rocks at subseismic slip rates: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 29, 1844, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015240.
6. Han, R., Shimamoto, T., Hirose, T., Ree, J.-H., and Ando, J. 2007, Ultralow friction of carbonate faults caused by thermal decomposition: Science, v. 316, p. 878-881, doi: 10.1126/science.1139763.
7. Han, R., Hirose, T., and Shimamoto, T. 2010, Strong velocity weakening and powder lubrication of simulated carbonate faults at seismic slip rates: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, B03412, doi: 10.1029/2008JB006136.
8. Clay mineral reactions caused by frictional heating during an earthquake
9. Hirose, T., and Bystricky, M. 2007, Extreme dynamic weakening of faults during dehydration by coseismic shear heating: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, L14311, doi: 10.1029/2007GL030049.
10. Hirose, T., and Shimamoto, T. 2005, Growth of molten zone as a mechanism of slip weakening of simulated faults in gabbro during frictional melting: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, B05202, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003207.
11. Lachenbruch, A.H. 1980, Frictional heating, fluid pressure, and the resistance to fault motion: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 85, p. 6097-6112, doi: 10.1029/JB085iB11p06097.
12. Lachenbruch, A.H., and Sass, J.H. 1980, Heat flow and energetic of the San Andreas fault zone: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 85, p. 6185-6222, doi: 10.1029/JB085iB11p06185.
13. Mase, C.W., and Smith, L. 1985, Pore-fluid pressures and frictional heating on a fault surface: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 122, p. 583-607, doi: 10.1007/BF00874618.
14. Mase, C.W., and Smith, L. 1987, Effects of frictional heating on the thermal, hydrologic, and mechanical response of a fault: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 92, no. B7, p. 6249- 6272, doi: 10.1029/JB092iB07p06249.
15. Rice, J.R. 1999, Flash heating at asperity contacts and rate-depend friction: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 80, fall meeting supplement, abs. S21D-05.
16. Rice, J.R. 2006, Heating and weakening of faults during earthquake slip: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, B05311, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004006.
17. Robie, R.A., Hemingway, B.S., and Fisher, J.R. 1979, Thermodynamic properties of minerals and related substances at 298.15 k and 1 bar (105 pascals) pressure and at higher temperatures: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1452, 456 p.
18. Shimamoto, T., and Hirose, T. 2006, Reproducing low- to high-velocity fault motion in fluid-rich environments: An experimental challenge and preliminary results: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 8, EGU06-A-09077.
19. Sibson, R.H. 1973, Interaction between temperature and pore-fluid pressure during earthquake faulting-A mechanism for partial or total stress relief: Nature, v. 243, p. 66-68.
20. Sibson, R.H. 2003, Thickness of the seismic slip zone: Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 93, p. 1169-1178, doi: 10.1785/0120020061.
21. Sibson, R.H., and Toy, V.G. 2006, The habitat of fault-generated pseudotachylyte: Presence vs. absence of friction-melt, in Abercrombie R., et al., eds., Earthquakes: Radiated energy and the physics of faulting: American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 170, p. 153-166.
22. Solum, J.G., Hickman, S.H., Lockner, D.A., Moore, D.E., Van der Pluijm, B.A., Schleicher, A.M., and Evans, J.P. 2006, Mineralogical characterization of protolith and fault rocks from the SAFOD Main Hole: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, L21314, doi: 10.1029/2006GL027285.
23. Sulem, J., and Famin, V. 2009, Thermal decomposition of carbonates in fault zones: Slip-weakening and temperature-limiting effects: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 114, B03309, doi: 10.1029/2008JB006004.
24. Sulem, J., Vardoulakis, I., Ouffroukh, H., Boulon, M., and Hans, J. 2004, Experimental characterization of the thermo-poro-mechanical properties of the Aegion fault gouge: Comptes Rendus Geoscience, v. 336, p. 455-466.
25. Togo, T., Shimamoto, T., Ma, S., and Hirose, T. 2009, High-velocity friction of faults: A review and implication for landslide studies, in Proceedings: The Next Generation of Research on Earthquake-Induced Landslides: An International Conference in Commemoration of 10th Anniversary of the Chi-Chi Earthquake: Jungli, Taiwan, National Central University, p. 205-216.