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DOI | 10.1029/2018GL081007 |
Precursory Stress Changes and Fault Dilation Lead to Fault Rupture: Insights From Discrete Element Simulations | |
Blank, D. G.; Morgan, J. K. | |
2019-03-28 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 46期号:6页码:3180-3188 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | We use the discrete element method to create numerical analogs to subduction megathrusts with natural roughness and heterogeneous fault friction. Boundary conditions simulate tectonic loading, inducing fault slip. Intermittently, slip develops into complex rupture events that include foreshocks, mainshocks, and aftershocks. We probe the kinematics and stress evolution of the fault zone to gain insight into the physical processes that govern these phenomena. Prolonged, localized differential stress drops precede dynamic failure, a phenomenon we attribute to the gradual unlocking of contacts as the fault dilates prior to rupture. Slip stability in our system appears to be governed primarily by geometrical phenomena, which allow both slow and fast slip to take place at the same areas along the fault. Similarities in slip behavior between simulated faults and real subduction zones affirm that modeled physical processes are also at work in nature. Plain Language Summary Relatively little is known about how earthquakes start, what kind of behavior precedes them, and what physical processes control them. Earthquake precursors could serve as early warning signals and improve our ability to predict upcoming events. However, it is impossible to make direct observations on the earthquake initiation process in nature due to the fact that the earthquake source is buried many kilometers beneath the Earth's surface. To overcome this limitation, we use computer models to simulate earthquakes and make direct observations on the rupture process. We find that slow slip and stress changes take place just prior to large earthquake rupture on our simulated fault. We argue that these processes are controlled by relatively simple geometrical phenomena. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000464650400019 |
WOS关键词 | SLOW-SLIP EVENTS ; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS ; EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATION ; UNSTABLE RUPTURE ; 2014 IQUIQUE ; FRICTION ; MODEL ; ZONE ; ROUGHNESS ; STRENGTH |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/181766 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Rice Univ, Dept Earth Environm & Planetary Sci, Houston, TX 77005 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Blank, D. G.,Morgan, J. K.. Precursory Stress Changes and Fault Dilation Lead to Fault Rupture: Insights From Discrete Element Simulations[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2019,46(6):3180-3188. |
APA | Blank, D. G.,&Morgan, J. K..(2019).Precursory Stress Changes and Fault Dilation Lead to Fault Rupture: Insights From Discrete Element Simulations.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,46(6),3180-3188. |
MLA | Blank, D. G.,et al."Precursory Stress Changes and Fault Dilation Lead to Fault Rupture: Insights From Discrete Element Simulations".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 46.6(2019):3180-3188. |
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