On the transient response of serpentine (antigorite) gouge to stepwise changes in slip velocity under high-temperature conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Takahashi, Miki ^a   Uehara, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^c   Shimizu, Ichiko ^d   Okazaki, Keishi ^e   Masuda, Koji ^a  

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

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGORITE; DEFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; FRICTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POREWATER; RHEOLOGY; SERPENTINE; SLIDING; SLIP; SLIP RATE;

EID: 80054985227     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008062     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Ando, R., R. Nakata, and T. Hori (2010), A slip pulse model with fault heterogeneity for low-frequency earthquakes and tremor along plate interface, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L10310, doi:10.1029/2010GL043056.
2. Blanpied, M. L., C. J. Marone, D. A. Lockner, J. D. Byerlee, and D. P. King (1998), Quantitative measure of the variation in fault rheology due to fluid-rock interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 9691-9712, doi:10.1029/ 98JB00162.
3. Brune, J. N., T. L. Henyey, and R. F. Roy (1969), Heat flow, stress and rate of slip along the San Andreas fault, California, J. Geophys. Res., 74, 3821-3827, doi:10.1029/JB074i015p03821.
4. Chernak, L. J., and G. Hirth (2010), Deformation of antigorite serpentine at high temperature and pressure, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 296, 23-33, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.035.
5. Christensen, N. (1972), The Abundance of Serpentinites in the Oceanic Crust, J. Geol., 80, 709-719, doi:10.1086/627796.
6. Collettini, C., A. Niemeijer, C. Viti, and C. Marone (2009), Fault zone fabric and fault weakeness, Nature, 462, 907-910, doi:10.1038/nature08585.
7. Dieterich, J.H.(1979), Modeling ofrock friction: 1. Experimental results and constitutive equations, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 2161-2168, doi:10.1029/JB084iB05p02161.
8. Dieterich, J. H. (1981), Constitutive properties of faults with simulated gouge, in Mechanical Behavior of Crustal Rocks, Geophys. Monogr. Ser, vol. 24, edited by N. L. Carter, J. M. Logan, and D. W. Stearns, pp. 103-120, AGU, Washington, D. C.
9. Dieterich, J. H., and B. D. Kilgore (1994), Direct observation of frictional contacts; new insights for state-dependent properties, Pure Appl. Geophys., 143, 283-302, doi:10.1007/BF00874332.
10. Evans, B. W., W. Johannes, H. Oterdoom, and V. Trommsdorff (1976), Stability of chrysotile and antigorite in the serpentine multisystems, Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 56, 79-93.
11. Fischer, G. J., and M. S. Paterson (1992), Measurement of permeability and storage capacity in rocks during deformation at high temperature and pressure, in Fault Mechanics and Transport Properties of Rocks, edited by B. Evans and T.-F. Wang, pp. 213-252, Elsevier, New York, doi:10.1016/S0074- 6142(08)62824-7.
12. Hacker, B. R., S. M. Peacock, G. A. Abers, and S. D. Holloway (2003a), Subduction factory 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds, and H2O contents, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2030, doi:10.1029/2001JB001129.
13. Hacker, B. R., S. M. Peacock, G. A. Abers, and S. D. Holloway (2003b), Subduction factory: 2. Are intermediate-depth earthquakes in subducting slabs linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions?, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B1), 2030, doi:10.1029/2001JB001129.
14. Hatano, T. (2011), Power-law rheology and the dynamical heterogeneity in a sheared granular material, J. Phys. Conf. Ser., in press.
15. Hilairet, N., and B. Reynard (2009), Stability and dynamics of serpentinite layer in subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 465, 24-29, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.005.
16. Hilairet, N., B. Reynard, Y. Wang, I. Daniel, S. Merkel, N. Nishiyama, and S. Petitgirard (2007), High-pressure creep of serpentine, interseismic deformation, and initiation of subduction, Science, 318, 1910-1913, doi:10.1126/Science.1148494.
17. Ide, S., G. C. Beroza, D. R. Shelly, and T. Uchide (2007), A scaling law for slow earthqates, Nature, 447, 76-79, doi:10.1038/nature05780. (Pubitemid 46685844)
18. Iwamori, H. (1998), Transportation of H2O and melting in subduction zones, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 160, 65-80, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X (98)00080-6. (Pubitemid 28534328)
19. Jung, H., H. W. Green II, and L. F. Dobrzhinetskaya (2004), Intermediate-depth earthquake faulting by dehydration embrittlement with negative volume change, Nature, 428, 545-549, doi:10.1038/nature02412. (Pubitemid 38480535)
20. Jung, H., Y. Fei, P. G. Silver, and H. W. Green II (2009), Frictional sliding in serpentine at very high pressure, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 277, 273-279, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.019.
21. Kamiya, S., and Y. Kobayashi (2000), Seismological evidence for the existence of serpentinized wedge mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 819-822, doi:10.1029/1999GL011080.
22. Kawamoto, E., and T. Shimamoto (1998), The strength profile for bimineralic shear zones; an insight from high-temperature shearing experiments on calcite-halite mixtures, Tectonophysics, 295, 1-14, doi:10.1016/S0040- 1951(98)00112-7.
23. Kronenberg, A., S. Kirby, and J. Pinkston (1990), Basal slip and mechanical anisotropy of biotite, J. Geophys. Res., 95(B12), 19,257-19,278, doi:10.1029/JB095iB12p19257.
24. Logan, J. M., and K. A. Rauenzahn (1987), Frictional dependence of gouge mixed of quartz montmorillonite on velocity, composition and fabric, Tectonophysics, 144, 87-108, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(87)90010-2.
25. Marone, C. (1998), Laboratory-derived friction laws and their application to seismic faulting, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 26, 643-696, doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.26.1.643. (Pubitemid 28456647)
26. Marone, C., and S. J. Cox (1994), Scaling of rock friction constitutive parameters: The effect of surface roughness and cumulative offset on friction of gabbro, Pure Appl. Geophys., 143, 359-385, doi:10.1007/BF00874335.
27. Masuda, K., K. Fujimoto, and T. Arai (2002), A new gas-medium, high-pressure and high-temperature deformation apparatus at AIST, Japan, Earth Planets Space, 54, 1091-1094. (Pubitemid 40849458)
28. Matsubara, M., K. Obara, and K. Kasahara (2009), High-VP/VS zone accompanying non-volcanic tremors and slow-slip events beneath southwestern Japan, Tectonophysics, 472, 6-17, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.06.013.
29. Moore, D. E., and D. A. Lockner (2004), Crystallographic controls on the frictional behavior of dry and water-saturated sheet structure minerals, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B03401, doi:10.1029/2003JB002582.
30. Moore, D. E., and D. A. Lockner (2008), Talc friction in the temperature range 25°-400°C: Relevance for fault-zone weakening, Tectonophysics, 449, 120-132, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.039.
31. Moore, D. E., and D. A. Lockner (2011), Frictional strength of talc-serpentine and talc-quarts mixtures, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B01403, doi:10.1029/2010JB007881.
32. Moore, D. E., and M. J. Rymer (2007), Talc-bearing serpentinite and the creeping section of the San Andreas fault, Nature, 448, 795-797, doi:10.1038/nature06064. (Pubitemid 47271823)
33. Moore, D. E., R. Summers, and J. D. Byerlee (1986), The effects of sliding velocity on the frictional and physical properties of heated fault gouge, Pure Appl. Geophys., 124, 31-52, doi:10.1007/BF00875718.
34. Moore, D. E., D. A. Lockner, R. Summer, M. Shengli, and J. D. Byerlee (1996), Strength of chrysotile-serpentinite gouge under hydrothermal conditions: Can it explain a weak San Andreas fault?, Geology, 24, 1041-1044, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024〈1041:SOCSGU〉2.3.CO;2.
35. Moore, D., D. Lockner, M. Shengli, R. Summers, and J. Byerlee (1997), Strengths of serpentinite gouges at elevated temperatures, J. Geophys. Res., 102(B7), 14,787-14,801, doi:10.1029/97JB00995.
36. Morrow C. A., D. E. Moore, and D. A. Lockner(2000), The effect of mineral bond strength and adsorbed water on fault gouge frictional strength, Geophys. Res. Lett.27(6),815-818, doi:10.1029/1999GL008401.
37. Nagata, K., M. Nakatani, and S. Yoshida (2008), Monitoring frictional strength with acoustic wave transmission, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L06310, doi:10.1029/2007GL033146. (Pubitemid 351738324)
38. Nakatani, M. (2001), Conceptual and physical clarification of rate and state friction: Frictional sliding as a thermally activated rheology, J. Geophys. Res., 106(B7), 13,347-13,380, doi:10.1029/2000JB900453.
39. Noda, H., and T. Shimamoto (2009), Constitutive properties of clayey fault gouge from the Hanaore fault zone, southwest Japan, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B04409, doi:10.1029/2008JB005683.
40. Noda, H., and T. Shimamoto (2010), A rate-and state-dependent ductile flow law of polycrystalline halite under large shear strain and implications for transition to brittle deformation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09310, doi:10.1029/2010GL042512.
41. Obara, K. (2002), Nonvolcanic deep tremor associated with subduction in southwest Japan, Science, 296, 1679-1681, doi:10.1126/science.1070378. (Pubitemid 34579163)
42. Peacock, S. M. (2001), Are the lower planes of double seismic zones caused by serpentine dehydration in subducting oceanic mantle?, Geology, 29, 299-302, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029〈0299:ATLPOD〉2.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 35302044)
43. Peacock, S. M. (2009), Thermal and metamorphic environment of subduction zone episodic tremor and slip, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B00A07, doi:10.1029/2008JB005978.
44. Raleigh, C. B., and M. S. Paterson (1965), Experimental deformation of ser-pentinite and its tectonic implications, J. Geophys. Res., 70, 3965-3985, doi:10.1029/JZ070i016p03965.
45. Reinen, L., and J. Weeks (1993), Determination of rock friction constitutive parameters using an iterative least squares inversion method, J. Geophys. Res., 98(B9), 15,937-15,950, doi:10.1029/93JB00780.
46. Reinen, L. A., J. D. Weeks, and T. E. Tullis (1991), The frictional behavior of serpentinte: Indicatetions for aseismic creep on shallow crustal faults, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18(10), 1921-1924, doi:10.1029/91GL02367.
47. Reinen, L. A., T. E. Tullis, and J. D. Weeks (1992), Two-mechanism model for frictional sliding of serpentinite, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19(15), 1535-1538, doi:10.1029/92GL01388. (Pubitemid 23384781)
48. Reinen, L. A., J. D. Weeks, and T. E. Tullis (1994), The frictional behavior of lizardite and antigoarite serpentinites: Experiments, constitutive models implications for natural faults, Pure Appl. Geophys., 143(1-3), 317-358, doi:10.1007/BF00874334.
49. Seno, T., D. Zhao, Y. Kobayashi, and M. Nakamura (2001), Dehydration of serpentinized slab mantle: Seismic evidence from southwest Japan, Earth Planets Space, 53, 861-871. (Pubitemid 40836696)
50. Shimamoto, T. (1985), The origin of large or great thrust-type earthquakes along subducting plate boundaries, Tectonophysics, 119, 37-65, doi:10.1016/0040-1951(85)90032-0. (Pubitemid 17484379)
51. Takahashi, M., K. Mizoguchi, K. Kitamura, and K. Masuda (2007), Effects of clay content on the frictional strength and fluid transport property of faults, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B08206, doi:10.1029/2006JB004678. (Pubitemid 47578259)
52. Takahashi, M., K. Mizoguchi, and K. Masuda (2009), Potential of phyllo-silicate dehydration and dehydroxylation reactions to trigger earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B02207, doi:10.1029/2008JB005630.
53. Ulmer, P., and V. Trommsdorff (1995), Serpentine stability to mantle depths and subduction-related magmatism, Science, 268, 858-861, doi:10.1126/science.268.5212.858.
54. Weeks, J., and T. Tullis (1985), Frictional sliding of dolomite: A variation in constitutive behavior, J. Geophys. Res., 90(B9), 7821-7826, doi:10.1029/JB090iB09p07821.
55. Zoback, M. D., et al. (1987), New evidence for the state of stress on the San Andreas fault system, Science, 238, 1105-1111, doi:10.1126/science. 238.4830.1105.