Possible roles of the Zipingpu Reservoir in triggering the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 844-854

  Lei, Xinglin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFS; Fluid driven seismicity; Reservoir; RTS; Seismic statistics; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; THRUST;

CHINA; SICHUAN; ZIPINGPU RESERVOIR;

EID: 79551571374     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Beeler N.M., Lockner D.A. Why earthquakes correlate weakly with the solid Earth tides: effects of periodic stress on the rate and probability of earthquake occurrence. Journal of Geophysical Research 2003, 108(B8):2391. 10.1029/2001JB001518.
2. Bell M.L., Nur A. Strength changes due to reservoir-induced pore pressure and stress and application to Lake Oroville. Journal of Geophysical Research 1978, 83:4469-4483.
3. Biot M. Mechanics of deformation and acoustic propagation in porous media. Journal of Applied Physics 1962, 33(4):1482-1498.
4. Brodsky E.E., Prejean S.G. New constraints on mechanisms of remotely triggered seismicity at Long Valley Caldera. Journal of Geophysical Research 2005, 110:B04302. 10.1029/2004JB003211.
5. Carder D.S. Reservoir loading and local earthquakes in engineering seismology - the works of man. Engineering Geology Case Histories 1970, Geological Society of America. W.M. Adams (Ed.).
6. Chen R. Did the reservoir impoundment trigger the Wenchuan earthquake?. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 2009, 52(4):431-433.
7. Chen J.H., Liu Q.Y., Li S.C., Guo B., Li Y., Wang J., Qi S.H. Seismotectonic study by relocation of the Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake sequence. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2009, 52(2):390-397. (in Chinese).
8. Chen, H., Xu, Z., Li, M., 2010. The relationship between large reservoirs and seismicity. International Water Power and Dam Construction 08 February 2010.
9. Cochran E.S., Vidale J.E., Tanaka S. Earth tides can trigger shallow thrust fault earthquakes. Science 2004, 306:1164-1166.
10. Deng Q., Ran Y., Yang X., et al. Map of Active Tectonics in China 2007, Seismological press.
11. Durham W.B. Laboratory observations of the hydraulic behavior of a permeable fracture from 3800m depth in the KTB pilot hole. Journal of Geophysical Research 1997, 102(B8):18405-18416.
12. Durham W., Bonner B. Self-propping and fluid flow in slightly offset joints at high effective pressures. Journal of Geophysical Research 1994, 99(B5):9391-9399.
13. Ge S., Liu M., Lu N., Godt J.W., Luo G. Did the Zipingpu Reservoir trigger the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake?. Geophysical Research Letters 2009, 36:L20315. 10.1029/2009GL040349.
14. Guha S.K. Induced Earthquakes 2000, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
15. Hainzl S., Fischer T. Indications for a successively triggered rupture growth underlying the 2000 earthquake swarm in Vogtland/NW-Bohemia. Journal of Geophysical Research 2002, 107(B12):2338.
16. Hainzl S., Ogata Y. Detecting fluid signals in seismicity data through statistical earthquake modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research 2005, 110. 10.1029/2004JB003247.
17. Heki K. Snow load and seasonal variation of earthquake occurrence in Japan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2003, 207:159-164.
18. Jaeger J.C., Cook N.G.W. Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics 1979, Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 593. third ed.
19. Kerr R.A., Stone R. A human trigger for the great quake of Sichuan?. Science 2009, 323:322. 10.1126/science.323.5912.322.
20. King G.C.P., Stein R.S., Lin J. Static stress changes and the triggering of earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 1994, 84:935-953.
21. Kitagawa Y., Fujimori K., Koizumi K. Temporal change in permeability of the Nojima fault zone by repeated water injection experiments. Tectonophysics 2007, 443:183-192.
22. Klose, C.D., 2008. The 2008 M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake: result of local and abnormal mass imbalances? Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 89. No. 53. Fall Meeting Supplement. Abstract U21C-08.
23. Kuempel H. Poroelasticity: Parameters reviewed. Geophysical Journal International 1991, 105:783-799.
24. Lei X.-L., Satoh T. Indicators of critical point behavior prior to rock failure inferred from pre-failure damage. Tectonophysics 2007, 431:97-111.
25. Lei X.-L., Kusunose K., Rao M.V.M.S., Nishizawa O., Satoh T. Quasi-static fault growth and cracking in homogeneous brittle rock under triaxial compression using acoustic emission monitoring. Journal of Geophysical Research 2000, 105:6127-6139.
26. Lei X.-L., Masuda K., Nishizawa O., Jouniaux L., Liu L., Ma W., Satoh T., Kusunose K. Detailed analysis of acoustic emission activity during catastrophic fracture of faults in rock. Journal of Structural Geology 2004, 26:247-258.
27. Lei X.-L., Ma S., Wen X., Su J., Du F. Integrated analysis of stress and regional seismicity by surface loading - a case study of Zipingpu water reservoir. Geology and Seismology 2008, 30(4):1046-1064. (in Chinese).
28. Lei X.-L., Yu G., Ma S., Wen X., Wang Q. Earthquakes induced by water injection at 3km depth within the Rongchang gas field, Chongqing, China. Journal of Geophysical Research 2008, 113:B10310. 10.1029/2008JB005604.
29. Lei J.S., Zhao D.P., Su J.R., Zhang G.W., Li F. Fine seismic structure under the longmenshan fault zone and the mechanism of the large Wenchuan earthquake. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2009, 52(2):339-345. (in Chinese).
30. Lei, X.-L et al., submitted for publication. Role of draining conditions on fracturing of porous rocks under triaxial compression in laboratory.
31. Li Q., Wu Z., Lei X.-L., Murakami Y., Satoh T. Experimental and numerical study on the fracture of rocks during injection of CO2-saturated water. Environmental Geology 2007, 51:1157-1164. 10.1007/s00254-006-0406-y.
32. Liu L., Zoback M.D. The effect of topography on the state of stress in the crust: application to the site of the Cajon Pass scientific drilling project. Journal of Geophysical Research 1992, 97(B4):5095-5180.
33. Liu Q.Y., Li Y., Chen J.H., et al. Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake: preliminary study of the S-wave velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2009, 52(2):309-319.
34. Lockner D.A., Beeler N.M. Premonitory slip and tidal triggering of earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research 1999, 104(B9):20133-20151.
35. Masuda K., Nishizawa O., Kusunose K., Satoh T., Takahashi M., Kranz R.L. Positive feedback fracture process induced by nonuniform high-pressure water flow in dilatant granite. Journal of Geophysical Research 1990, 95:21583-21592.
36. Miller S.A., Collettini C., Chiaraluce L., Cocco M., Barchi M., Kaus B.J.P. Aftershocks driven by a high-pressure CO2 source at depth. Nature 2004, 427:724-727.
37. Parotidis M., Shapiro S.A., Rothert E. Evidence for triggering of the Vogtland swarms 2000 by pore pressure diffusion. Journal of Geophysical Research 2005, 110:B05S10. 10.1029/2004JB003267.
38. Reasenberg P.A., Simpson R.W. Response of regional seismicity to the static stress change produced by the Loma Prieta earthquake. Science 1992, 255:1687-1690.
39. Rice J.R., Cleary M.P. Some basic stress diffusion solutions for fluid-saturated elastic porous media with compressible constitutes. Review of Geophysics and Space Physics 1976, 14:227-291.
40. Scholz C.H. The frequency-magnitude relation of microfracturing in rock and its relation to earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 1968, 58:399-415.
41. Scholz C.H. The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting 2002, Cambridge, Univ. Press, New York.
42. Schorlemmer D., Wiemer S., Wyss M. Variations in earthquake-size distribution across different stress regimes. Nature 2005, 437:539-542.
43. Scotti O., Cornet F.H. In Situ evidence for fluid-induced aseismic slip events along fault zones. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science 1994, 31:347-358.
44. Shapiro S.A., Rothert E., Rindschwentner J., Rath V. Characterization of fluid transport properties of reservoirs using induced microseismicity. Geophysics 2002, 67:212-220.
45. Stein R.S. The role of stress transfer in earthquake occurrence. Nature 1999, 402:605-609.
46. Toda S., Stein R.S., Sagiya T. Evidence from the AD 2000 Izu Islands swarm that stressing rate governs seismicity. Nature 2002, 419:58-61.
47. Uehara S., Shimamoto T. Contact analyses and permeability measurements of polished fracture surfaces in Sambagawa metapelitic schists and Ryoke mylonites from the Median Tectonic Line, Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research 2009, 114:B04205. 10.1029/2008JB005744.
48. Unsworth M., Wei W.B., Jones A.G., Li S., Bedrosian P., Booker J., Jin S., Deng M., Tan H.D. Crustal and upper mantle structure of northern Tibet imaged with magnetotelluric data. Journal of Geophysical Research 2004, 109:B02403. 10.1029/2002JB002305.
49. Villaescusa, E., Lei, X., Nishizawa, O., Funatsu, T., 2009. Laboratory testing of brittle intact rock - implications for in situ stress measurements and rock mass failure. In: Proceeding of Australian Mining Technology Conference, 27-28 October 2009.
50. Wang H. Theory of Linear Poroelasticity 2000, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
51. Wang W.M., Zhao L., Li J., et al. Rupture process of the Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of Sichuan, China. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2008, 51(5):1403-1410. (in Chinese).
52. Wang X.B., Zhu Y.T., Zhao X.K., Yu N., Li K., Gao S.Q., Hu Q.L. Deep conductivity characteristics of the Longmen Shan, Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2009, 52(2):564-571. (in China).
53. Wu J.P., Huang Y., Zhang T.Z., Ming Y.H., Fang L.H. Aftershock distribution of the Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake and three dimensional P-wave velocity structure in and around source region. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2009, 52(2):320-328. (in Chinese).
54. Xu X.W., Wen X.Z., Ye J.Q., et al. The Ms8. 0 Wechuan earthquake surface ruptures and its seismogenic structure. Geology and Seismology 2008, 30(3):597-629. (in Chinese).
55. Zhu A., Xu X., Diao G., Su J., Feng X., Sun Q., Wang Y. Relocation of the Ms8. 0 Wenchuan earthquake sequence in part: preliminary seismotectonic analysis. Seismology and Geology 2008, 30(3):759-767. (in Chinese).