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Parry, W. T., and R. L. Bruhn. "Fluid pressure transients on seismogenic normal faults." Tectonophysics 179, no. 3-4 (July 1990): 335–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(90)90299-n.
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Liao, Chun-Fu, Strong Wen, Chau-Huei Chen, and Ying-Nien Chen. "Exploring the Rheology of a Seismogenic Zone by Applying Seismic Variation." Applied Sciences 11, no. 19 (September 23, 2021): 8847. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11198847.
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Although the study of spatiotemporal variation of a subsurface velocity structure is a challenging task, it can provide a description of the fault geometry as well as important information on the rheological changes caused by fault rupture. Our main objective is to investigate whether rheological changes of faults can be associated with the seismogenic process before a strong earthquake. For this purpose, a 3D tomographic technique is applied to obtain P- and S-wave velocity structures in central Taiwan using travel time data. The results show that temporal variations in the Vs structure in the source area demonstrate significant spatiotemporal variation before and after the Chi-Chi earthquake. We infer that, before the mainshock, Vs began to decrease (and Vp/Vs increased) at the hanging wall of the Chelungpu fault, which may be induced by the increasing density of microcracks and fluid. However, in the vicinity of the Chi-Chi earthquake’s source area, Vs increased (and Vp/Vs decreased), which may be attributed to the closing of cracks or migration of fluid. The different physical characteristics at the junctional zone may easily generate strong earthquakes. Therefore, seismic velocity changes are found to be associated with a subsurface evolution around the source area in Taiwan. Our findings suggest that monitoring the Vp and Vs (or Vp/Vs) structures in high seismic potential zones is an important ongoing task, which may minimize the damage caused by future large earthquakes.
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Marchesini, Barbara, Paolo Stefano Garofalo, Luca Menegon, Jussi Mattila, and Giulio Viola. "Fluid-mediated, brittle–ductile deformation at seismogenic depth – Part 1: Fluid record and deformation history of fault veins in a nuclear waste repository (Olkiluoto Island, Finland)." Solid Earth 10, no. 3 (June 13, 2019): 809–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-10-809-2019.
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Abstract. The dynamic evolution of fault zones at the seismogenic brittle–ductile transition zone (BDTZ) expresses the delicate interplay between numerous physical and chemical processes. Deformation and fluid flow at the BDTZ are closely related and mutually dependent during repeating and transient cycles of frictional and viscous deformation. Despite numerous studies documenting in detail seismogenic faults exhumed from the BDTZ, uncertainties remain as to the exact role of fluids in facilitating broadly coeval brittle and ductile deformation at that structural level. We combine structural analysis, fluid inclusion, and mineral chemistry data from synkinematic and authigenic minerals to reconstruct the temporal variations in fluid pressure (Pf), temperature (T), and bulk composition (X) of the fluids that mediated deformation and steered strain localization along BFZ300, a strike–slip fault originally active at the BDTZ. BFZ300 deforms the Paleoproterozoic migmatitic basement of southwestern Finland and hosts in its core two laterally continuous quartz veins formed by two texturally distinct types of quartz – Qtz I and Qtz II, with Qtz I older than Qtz II. Veins within the damage zone are formed exclusively by Qtz I. Mesostructural and microstructural analysis combined with fluid compositional data indicate recurrent cycles of mutually overprinting brittle and ductile deformation triggered by oscillations of fluid pressure peaking at 210 MPa. Fluid inclusion microthermometry and mineral pair geothermometry indicate that the two documented quartz types precipitated from different fluid batches, with bulk salinities in the 1 wt % NaCleq–5 wt % NaCleq range for Qtz I and in the 6 wt % NaCleq–11 wt % NaCleq range for Qtz II. The temperature of the fluids involved with initial strain localization and later fault reactivation evolved through time from > 350 ∘C during Qtz I precipitation to < 300 ∘C at the time of Qtz II crystallization. The peak fluid pressure estimates constrain pore pressure oscillations between 80 and 210 MPa during the recorded faulting episodes. Our results suggest variability of the physico-chemical conditions of the fluids steering deformation (Pf, T, X), reflecting the ingress and effects of multiple batches of fluid in the fault zone. Initial fluid-mediated embrittlement generated a diffuse network of joints and/or hybrid–shear fractures in the damage zone; subsequent strain localization led to more localized deformation within the fault core. Localization was guided by cyclically increasing fluid pressure and transient embrittlement of a system that was otherwise under overall ductile conditions. Our analysis suggests that fluid overpressure at the BDTZ can play a key role in the initial embrittlement of the deforming rock and steer subsequent strain localization.
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Wen, Yangmao, Zhuohui Xiao, Ping He, Jianfei Zang, Yang Liu, and Caijun Xu. "Source Characteristics of the 2020 Mw 7.4 Oaxaca, Mexico, Earthquake Estimated from GPS, InSAR, and Teleseismic Waveforms." Seismological Research Letters 92, no. 3 (February 3, 2021): 1900–1912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220200313.
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Abstract On 23 June 2020, an Mw 7.4 earthquake struck offshore Oaxaca, Mexico, providing a unique opportunity to understand the seismogenic tectonics of the Mexican subduction zone. In this study, near-field coseismic deformation caused by the event was retrieved from Global Positioning System (GPS) observations and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) measurements. Given static geodetic measurements, high-rate GPS waveforms, and teleseismic waveforms, the fault geometry and rupture process for the 2020 Oaxaca earthquake were robustly determined by nonlinear joint inversions. The main slip was located at a depth of 20–30 km with a peak slip of 3.4 m near the epicenter. The total released moment was 1.70×1020 N·m, corresponding to Mw 7.4. The whole rupture process lasted 14 s, with the dominant rupture slip occurring 5–8 s after initial rupture. The mainshock rupture mostly occurred along the fault strike, covering a size of ∼55 km(along strike)×∼35 km(along dip) and totally overlapping with the 1965 Mw 7.5 rupture zone. We speculate that this 2020 earthquake is a repeat event following that in 1965. Fluid percolation under the slab may be one of the key factors affecting the seismogenic depth in the Oaxaca region.
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Qu, Rui, Yingfeng Ji, Weiling Zhu, Youjia Zhao, and Ye Zhu. "Fast and Slow Earthquakes in Alaska: Implications from a Three-Dimensional Thermal Regime and Slab Metamorphism." Applied Sciences 12, no. 21 (November 3, 2022): 11139. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122111139.
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Fast and slow earthquakes are predominantly generated along faults constituting active plate boundaries. Characterized by repeated devastating earthquakes and frequent slow slip events and tremors, the Alaska megathrust presents a chance to understand the complicated dynamics of a subduction system changing from steep to shallow dips associated with enigmatically abundant fast and slow seismic events. Based on three-dimensional thermal modeling, we find that the downgoing metamorphosed oceanic crust containing bound water releases a large amount of fluid and causes the recurrence of fast and slow earthquakes by elevated pore fluid pressure and hydrofracturing. The seismogenic interface and the slow slip events (SSEs) identified beneath the Upper Cook Inlet coincide well with the slab metamorphic dehydration regions. The observed slow earthquakes with quasi-stable fault slips preferentially occur, accompanied by high dehydration and temperature downdip along the transition zone.
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Liu, Qinqin, Angelo De Santis, Alessandro Piscini, Gianfranco Cianchini, Guido Ventura, and Xuhui Shen. "Multi-Parametric Climatological Analysis Reveals the Involvement of Fluids in the Preparation Phase of the 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan and 2013 Ms 7.0 Lushan Earthquakes." Remote Sensing 12, no. 10 (May 22, 2020): 1663. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12101663.
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A multi-parametric approach was applied to climatological data before the Ms 8.0 2008 Wenchuan and Ms 7.0 2013 Lushan earthquakes (EQs) in order to detect anomalous changes associated to the preparing phase of those large seismic events. A climatological analysis for seismic Precursor Identification (CAPRI) algorithm was used for the detection of anomalies in the time series of four parameters (aerosol optical depth, AOD; skin temperature, SKT; surface latent heat flux, SLHF and total column water vapour, TCWV). Our results show a chain of processes occurred within two months before the EQs: AOD anomalous response is the earliest, followed by SKT, TCWV and SLHF in the EQs. A close spatial relation between the seismogenic Longmenshan fault (LMSF) zone and the extent of the detected anomalies indicates that some changes occurred within the faults before the EQs. The similarity of time sequence of the anomalies between the four parameters may be related to the same process: we interpret the observed anomalies as the consequence of the upraising of gases from a fluid-rich middle/upper crust along pre-existing seismogenic faults, and of their release into the atmosphere. Our multi-parametric analytical approach is able to capture phenomena related to the preparation phase of strong EQs.
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Petrosino, Simona, and Paola Cusano. "Low frequency seismic source investigation in volcanic environment: the Mt. Vesuvius atypical case." Advances in Geosciences 52 (June 10, 2020): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-52-29-2020.
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Abstract. We present a detailed analysis of the low frequency seismicity occurred at Mt. Vesuvius in the time range 2003–2018. This kind of seismicity is atypical for the volcano and poorly studied, therefore we characterized it in terms of spectral analysis, waveform cross-correlation, location and polarization properties. The different decay patterns of the spectra, the existence of both earthquake families as well as single events, the relatively wide seismogenic volume inferred from the locations and polarization features, indicate that the events are caused by distinct source mechanisms: slow brittle failure in dry rocks and resonance of fluid-filled cracks. On these basis, we classified the earthquakes as Low Frequency (LF) and Long Period (LP). Despite the differences between the two classes, both the event types are ascribable to the dynamics of the deep hydrothermal reservoir which induces variations of the fluid pore pressure in the medium. The fluid amount involved in the generation process, as well as the physical-chemical properties of the surrounding rocks are the essential factors that control the occurrence of a mechanism rather than the other.
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Hidayat, Wahyu, David P. Sahara, Sri Widiyantoro, Suharsono Suharsono, Ridho Kresna Wattimena, Sari Melati, I. Putu Raditya Ambara Putra, Septian Prahastudhi, Eric Sitorus, and Erwin Riyanto. "Testing the Utilization of a Seismic Network Outside the Main Mining Facility Area for Expanding the Microseismic Monitoring Coverage in a Deep Block Caving." Applied Sciences 12, no. 14 (July 19, 2022): 7265. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12147265.
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In the case of mining in an inclined intrusion using the block caving method, the highest stress is usually concentrated in the seismogenic and abutment zones, especially in the front of the sloping area. In an inclined intrusion of more than 40°, the seismometer network is usually distributed in the facility area where the footwall area is also located. This causes a limitation in microseismic monitoring due to ray coverage. In this study, we conduct a seismometer deployment outside a mining facilities area with borehole seismometers. The study aims to maximize the resolution and minimize the monitoring uncertainty of underground mines. We created two scenarios of seismometer deployment: (i) seismometers are deployed following the intrusion mining level in the mining facility area; and (ii) additional seismometers are deployed in off-facilities areas. Both areas were tested for their raypath responses and sensitivity using the Checkerboard Resolution Test (CRT). The monitoring resolution influenced by the additional borehole seismometers in the off-facilities area can be quantified. The results suggest that the additional seismometers in the off-facilities areas can increase resolution by 30% in the seismogenic and abutment zones.
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Console, Rodolfo, Paola Vannoli, and Roberto Carluccio. "Physics-Based Simulation of Sequences with Foreshocks, Aftershocks and Multiple Main Shocks in Italy." Applied Sciences 12, no. 4 (February 16, 2022): 2062. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12042062.
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We applied a new version of physics-based earthquake simulator upon a seismogenic model of the Italian seismicity derived from the latest version of the Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS). We elaborated appropriately for their use within the simulator all fault systems identified in the study area. We obtained synthetic catalogs spanning hundreds of thousands of years. The resulting synthetic seismic catalogs exhibit typical magnitude, space and time features that are comparable to those obtained by real observations. A typical aspect of the observed seismicity is the occurrence of earthquake sequences characterized by multiple main shocks of similar magnitude. Special attention was devoted to verifying whether the simulated catalogs include this notable aspect, by the use of an especially developed computer code. We found that the phenomenon of Coulomb stress transfer from causative to receiving source patches during an earthquake rupture has a critical role in the behavior of seismicity patterns in the simulated catalogs. We applied the simulator to the seismicity of the northern and central Apennines and compared the resulting synthetic catalog with the observed seismicity for the period 1650–2020. The result of this comparison supports the hypothesis that the occurrence of sequences containing multiple mainshocks is not just a casual circumstance.
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Si, Kai, Zhendong Cui, Ruidong Peng, Leilei Zhao, and Yan Zhao. "Crack Propagation Process and Seismogenic Mechanisms of Rock Due to the Influence of Freezing and Thawing." Applied Sciences 11, no. 20 (October 15, 2021): 9601. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11209601.
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A common problem in cold regions is the influence of freeze–thaw damage on the stability of rock engineering. Therefore, a series of uniaxial compression tests of sandstone after freeze–thaw treatment was carried out in this study. The purpose was to express the initial damage of rock after freezing and thawing treatment more quantitatively and to study the influence of freeze–thaw damage on the rock crack growth process to provide some reference for the stability evaluation of rock engineering in cold regions. The results showed that the number of freeze–thaw cycles and the lowest freeze–thaw temperature had a significant effect on the rock damage and characteristic stress value, and the number of cycles had a more obvious effect: with an increase in the number of freeze–thaw cycles and a decrease in the freeze–thaw temperature, the initial damage DNT had an increasing trend. In addition, the intrinsic mechanism of the freeze–thaw effect on the rock characteristic stress was explained from the perspective of a meso-mechanical mechanism. From the inversion results of the acoustic emission (AE) moment tensor, it was found that the proportion of tensile cracks gradually increased with the increase in the initial damage of the rock in the stable and unsteady stages of the rock crack propagation.
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Li, Wei, Yutong Huang, Xiaohang Wang, Xin Jiang, Xiaotong Li, Xukang Xie, Qianwen Wang, and Haowen Yan. "Source Model and Seismogenic Environment of the Ms 6.4 Yangbi Earthquake in Yunnan, China—Based on InSAR Observation." Applied Sciences 12, no. 12 (June 10, 2022): 5908. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12125908.
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On 21 May 2021, an Ms 6.4 earthquake struck Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, which is the largest earthquake to hit this area since 1976. In this paper, we obtained the coseismic deformation of the Yangbi earthquake in Yunnan Province based on the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) observation. After that, we obtained the fault geometry and slip distribution model of this earthquake via the two-step inversion method. The maximum deformation in the ascending orbit along the line of sight (LOS) direction was 7.3 cm, and the maximum deformation in the descending orbit along the LOS direction was 8.9 cm; the slip distribution model showed that the slip distribution of this earthquake was concentrated at a depth of 1–14 km, and the maximum slip was 0.6 m at a depth of 5 km. Based on the modeling result, it was inferred that the seismogenic fault of this earthquake was a dextral strike-slip fault on the west side of the Weixi-Qiaohou–Weishan fault. Combining the existing geological data and the changes in Coulomb stress caused by this earthquake, the seismic hazard and seismogenic structure in the area near the epicenter were analyzed and discussed, and the results showed that, in the northwest of the Weixi-Qiaohou fault zone, there will be an increased hazard of a future earthquake in the NW trend; thus, we should pay attention to this area.
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Lobkovsky, Leopold I., Irina S. Vladimirova, Yurii V. Gabsatarov, and Dmitry A. Alekseev. "Keyboard Model of Seismic Cycle of Great Earthquakes in Subduction Zones: Simulation Results and Further Generalization." Applied Sciences 11, no. 19 (October 8, 2021): 9350. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11199350.
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Catastrophic megaearthquakes (M > 8) occurring in the subduction zones are among the most devastating hazards on the planet. In this paper we discuss the seismic cycles of the megathrust earthquakes and propose a blockwise geomechanical model explaining certain features of the stress-deformation cycle revealed in recent decades from seismological and satellite geodesy (GNSS) observations. Starting with an overview of the so-called keyboard model of the seismic cycle by L. Lobkovsky, we outline mathematical formalism describing the motion of seismogenic block system assuming viscous rheology beneath and between the neighboring elastic blocks sitting on top of the subducting slab. By summarizing the GNSS-based evidence from our previous studies concerning the transient motions associated with the 2006–2007 Simushir earthquakes, 2010 Maule earthquake, and 2011 Tohoku earthquake, we demonstrate that those data support the keyboard model and reveal specific effect of the postseismic oceanward motion. However, since the seismogenic blocks in subduction systems are mostly located offshore, the direct analysis of GNSS-measured displacements and velocities is hardly possible in terms of the original keyboard model. Hence, the generalized two-segment keyboard model is introduced, containing both frontal offshore blocks and rear onshore blocks, which allows for direct interpretation of the onshore-collected GNSS data. We present a numerical computation scheme and a series of simulated data, which exhibits the consistency with measured motions and enables estimating the seismic cycle characteristics, important for the long-term earthquake forecasting.
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Jiménez-Millán, J., I. Abad, P. Hernández-Puentes, and R. Jiménez-Espinosa. "Influence of phyllosilicates and fluid–rock interaction on the deformation style and mechanical behaviour of quartz-rich rocks in the Carboneras and Palomares fault areas (SE Spain)." Clay Minerals 50, no. 5 (December 2015): 619–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/claymin.2015.050.5.06.
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AbstractDeformed quartzitic rocks from the Carboneras and Palomares fault areas (SE Spain) are enriched in phyllosilicates compared to their respective protoliths. Deformation is mainly localized in highly foliated chlorite-rich bands. Quartz-rich bands show brittle deformation developing dolomite-rich cross-cutting veins re-cementing microcataclasite areas. Undamaged lenses within the cataclastic rocks contain patches of phyllosilicates with randomly oriented chlorite and mica. Mg, Fe, water, As and Zn enrichment of the damaged rocks suggests a process of hydrothermal chloritization associated with the Cabo de Gata volcanism. Petrographic characteristics indicate that hydrothermal alteration that produced chlorite and mica-enrichment occurred before faulting. Phyllosilicates provided lubricating properties to the quartzitic rocks, favouring the predominance of creep over seismic stick-slip and reducing the possibility of large seismogenic events. Dolomite cementation as a consequence of fluid–rock interaction processes would have a limited effect, due to the presence of weak phyllosilicate surfaces.
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Behr, Whitney M., and Roland Bürgmann. "What’s down there? The structures, materials and environment of deep-seated slow slip and tremor." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 379, no. 2193 (February 2021): 20200218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0218.
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Deep-seated slow slip and tremor (SST), including slow slip events, episodic tremor and slip, and low-frequency earthquakes, occur downdip of the seismogenic zone of numerous subduction megathrusts and plate boundary strike-slip faults. These events represent a fascinating and perplexing mode of fault failure that has greatly broadened our view of earthquake dynamics. In this contribution, we review constraints on SST deformation processes from both geophysical observations of active subduction zones and geological observations of exhumed field analogues. We first provide an overview of what has been learned about the environment, kinematics and dynamics of SST from geodetic and seismologic data. We then describe the materials, deformation mechanisms, and metamorphic and fluid pressure conditions that characterize exhumed rocks from SST source depths. Both the geophysical and geological records strongly suggest the importance of a fluid-rich and high fluid pressure habitat for the SST source region. Additionally, transient deformation features preserved in the rock record, involving combined frictional-viscous shear in regions of mixed lithology and near-lithostatic fluid pressures, may scale with the tremor component of SST. While several open questions remain, it is clear that improved constraints on the materials, environment, structure, and conditions of the plate interface from geophysical imaging and geologic observations will enhance model representations of the boundary conditions and geometry of the SST deformation process. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Understanding earthquakes using the geological record’.
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Villiger, Linus, Valentin Samuel Gischig, Joseph Doetsch, Hannes Krietsch, Nathan Oliver Dutler, Mohammadreza Jalali, Benoît Valley, et al. "Influence of reservoir geology on seismic response during decameter-scale hydraulic stimulations in crystalline rock." Solid Earth 11, no. 2 (April 28, 2020): 627–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-11-627-2020.
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Abstract. We performed a series of 12 hydraulic stimulation experiments in a 20m×20m×20m foliated, crystalline rock volume intersected by two distinct fault sets at the Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland. The goal of these experiments was to improve our understanding of stimulation processes associated with high-pressure fluid injection used for reservoir creation in enhanced or engineered geothermal systems. In the first six experiments, pre-existing fractures were stimulated to induce shear dilation and enhance permeability. Two types of shear zones were targeted for these hydroshearing experiments: (i) ductile ones with intense foliation and (ii) brittle–ductile ones associated with a fractured zone. The second series of six stimulations were performed in borehole intervals without natural fractures to initiate and propagate hydraulic fractures that connect the wellbore to the existing fracture network. The same injection protocol was used for all experiments within each stimulation series so that the differences observed will give insights into the effect of geology on the seismo-hydromechanical response rather than differences due to the injection protocols. Deformations and fluid pressure were monitored using a dense sensor network in boreholes surrounding the injection locations. Seismicity was recorded with sensitive in situ acoustic emission sensors both in boreholes and at the tunnel walls. We observed high variability in the seismic response in terms of seismogenic indices, b values, and spatial and temporal evolution during both hydroshearing and hydrofracturing experiments, which we attribute to local geological heterogeneities. Seismicity was most pronounced for injections into the highly conductive brittle–ductile shear zones, while the injectivity increase on these structures was only marginal. No significant differences between the seismic response of hydroshearing and hydrofracturing was identified, possibly because the hydrofractures interact with the same pre-existing fracture network that is reactivated during the hydroshearing experiments. Fault slip during the hydroshearing experiments was predominantly aseismic. The results of our hydraulic stimulations indicate that stimulation of short borehole intervals with limited fluid volumes (i.e., the concept of zonal insulation) may be an effective approach to limit induced seismic hazard if highly seismogenic structures can be avoided.
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Li, Aitang, Chaodi Xie, Yingfeng Ji, Weiling Zhu, Yan Xu, Guangming Wang, and Xiaoyan Zhao. "Stress Inversion and Fault Instability in the Source Region of the 2021 (MS 5.0) Yingjiang Earthquake." Applied Sciences 13, no. 2 (January 10, 2023): 957. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13020957.
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On 12 June 2021, an earthquake with MS 5.0 occurred in Yingjiang, adjacent to eastern Myanmar, where seismic activity is frequent due to plate collision. To explore the mechanism of this earthquake, the regional stress field of the Yingjiang zone was inverted using the focal mechanisms of 187 historical earthquakes in this area. Furthermore, based on the obtained orientation of the principal stress axes and the stress shape ratio, the fault slip tendency (Ts) was also estimated to evaluate fault instability in the study area. The stress variation results show that the diffusion and migration of the aftershocks suggested strike–slip-type stress accumulation in Yingjiang with a principal compressive stress axis direction-oriented NNE‒SSW. Fault slip tendency results show that the seismogenic faults feature strikes within the ranges of 40~80° and 110~150° and dips of 60~90° and exhibit enhanced stress coupling. The distribution of the aftershock sequence is conjectured to have a high correlation with local fluid migration and was likely controlled by the hydrated rock-induced ruptures of the stressed fault systems near the source region. This study provides insights into potential earthquake risks in this region.
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Xie, Chaodi, Ye Zhu, Yingfeng Ji, Weiling Zhu, Rui Qu, Yan Xu, and Aitang Li. "Coseismic Stress Change and Viscoelastic Relaxation after the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake." Applied Sciences 12, no. 19 (September 24, 2022): 9585. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12199585.
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Long-term stress accumulation influenced by coseismic stress changes and postseismic viscoelastic relaxation is considered critical to triggering giant earthquakes. Nevertheless, how the stress increase is interrupted by aftershocks and how it influences the megaseismic cycle remain enigmatic. In this study, based on the Mohr–Coulomb failure criterion at the nucleated segments of the 2008 great Sichuan earthquake, the stress variation associated with four M > 6 aftershocks was calculated for the period from 2010 to 2017. The results show that (1) the spatial distribution of coseismic stress change is correlated with the rupture pattern of large events and has a fundamental impact on triggering subsequent earthquakes and (2) postseismic viscoelastic relaxation leads to increased Coulomb stress accumulation at the northern and southern edges of the seismogenic Longmenshan fault, which results in enhanced fault instability and the potential for future large events.
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Hashimoto, Yoshitaka, Noriaki Doi, and Takeshi Tsuji. "Difference in acoustic properties at seismogenic fault along a subduction interface: Application to estimation of effective pressure and fluid pressure ratio." Tectonophysics 600 (July 2013): 134–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.03.016.
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Prando, Francesca, Luca Menegon, Mark Anderson, Barbara Marchesini, Jussi Mattila, and Giulio Viola. "Fluid-mediated, brittle–ductile deformation at seismogenic depth – Part 2: Stress history and fluid pressure variations in a shear zone in a nuclear waste repository (Olkiluoto Island, Finland)." Solid Earth 11, no. 2 (April 8, 2020): 489–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-11-489-2020.
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Abstract. The microstructural record of fault rocks active at the brittle–ductile transition zone (BDTZ) may retain information on the rheological parameters driving the switch in deformation mode and on the role of stress and fluid pressure in controlling different fault slip behaviours. In this study we analysed the deformation microstructures of the strike-slip fault zone BFZ045 in Olkiluoto (SW Finland), located in the site of a deep geological repository for nuclear waste. We combined microstructural analysis, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and mineral chemistry data to reconstruct the variations in pressure, temperature, fluid pressure, and differential stress that mediated deformation and strain localization along BFZ045 across the BDTZ. BFZ045 exhibits a mixed ductile–brittle deformation, with a narrow (<20 cm thick) brittle fault core with cataclasites and pseudotachylytes that overprint a wider (60–100 cm thick) quartz-rich mylonite. Mylonitic deformation took place at 400–500 ∘C and 3–4 kbar, typical of the greenschist facies metamorphism at the base of the seismogenic crust. We used the recrystallized grain size piezometry for quartz to document a progressive increase in differential stress, from ca. 50 to ca. 120 MPa, towards the shear zone centre during mylonitization and strain localization. Syn-kinematic quartz veins formed along the mylonitic foliation due to transiently high pore fluid pressure (up to lithostatic value). The overprint of the veins by dynamic recrystallization and mylonitic creep is further evidence of the occurrence of brittle events under overall ductile conditions. We propose a conceptual model in which the ductile–brittle deformation cycle was controlled by transient oscillations in fluid pressure and progressively higher differential stress, possibly occurring in a narrowing shear zone deforming towards the peak strength of the crust at the BDTZ.
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Cucci, Luigi, and Francesca R. Cinti. "In Search of the 1654 Seismic Source (Central Italy): An Obscure, Strong, Damaging Earthquake Occurred Less than 100 km from Rome and Naples." Applied Sciences 12, no. 3 (January 22, 2022): 1150. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12031150.
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The M6.3 earthquake that occurred in southern Lazio (Central Italy) in 1654 is the strongest seismic event to have occurred in the area. However, our knowledge about this earthquake is scarce and no study has been devoted to the individuation of its causative source. The main purpose of this study is putting together all of the information available for this shock to provide reliable landmarks to identify its seismic source. To this end, we present and discuss historical, hydrological, geological, and seismological data, both reviewed and newly acquired. An important, novel part of this study relies on an analysis of the coseismic hydrological changes associated with the 1654 earthquake and on the comparison of their distribution with models of the coseismic strain field induced by a number of potential seismogenic sources. We find more satisfactory results when imposing a lateral component of slip to the faults investigated. In particular, oblique left-lateral sources display a better fit between strain and hydrological signatures. Finally, the cross-analysis between the results from modeling and the other pieces of evidence collected point to the Sora fault, with its trend variability, as the probable causative source of the 1654 earthquake.
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Lima, A., R. J. Bodnar, B. De Vivo, F. J. Spera, and H. E. Belkin. "Interpretation of Recent Unrest Events (Bradyseism) at Campi Flegrei, Napoli (Italy): Comparison of Models Based on Cyclical Hydrothermal Events versus Shallow Magmatic Intrusive Events." Geofluids 2021 (October 14, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2000255.
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Several recent models that have been put forth to explain bradyseism at Campi Flegrei (CF), Italy, are discussed. Data obtained during long-term monitoring of the CF volcanic district has led to the development of a model based on lithological-structural and stratigraphic features that produce anisotropic and heterogeneous permeability features showing large variations both horizontally and vertically; these data are inconsistent with a model in which bradyseism is driven exclusively by shallow magmatic intrusions. CF bradyseism events are driven by cyclical magmatic-hydrothermal activity. Bradyseism events are characterized by cyclical, constant invariant signals repeating over time, such as area deformation along with a spatially well-defined seismogenic volume. These similarities have been defined as “bradyseism signatures” that allow us to relate the bradyseism with impending eruption precursors. Bradyseism is governed by an impermeable shallow layer (B-layer), which is the cap of an anticlinal geological structure culminating at Pozzuoli, where maximum uplift is recorded. This B-layer acts as a throttling valve between the upper aquifer and the deeper hydrothermal system that experiences short (1-102 yr) timescale fluctuations between lithostatic/hydrostatic pressure. The hydrothermal system also communicates episodically with a cooling and quasi-steady-state long timescale (103-104 yr) magmatic system enclosed by an impermeable carapace (A layer). Connectivity between hydrostatic and lithostatic reservoirs is episodically turned on and off causing alternatively subsidence (when the systems are connected) or uplift (when the systems are disconnected), depending on whether permeability by fractures is established or not. Earthquake swarms are the manifestation of hydrofracturing which allows fluid expansion; this same process promotes silica precipitation that seals cracks and serves to isolate the two reservoirs. Faults and fractures promote outgassing and reduce the vertical uplift rate depending on fluid pressure gradients and spatial and temporal variations in the permeability field. The miniuplift episodes also show “bradyseism signatures” and are well explained in the context of the short timescale process.
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Lima, A., R. J. Bodnar, B. De Vivo, F. J. Spera, and H. E. Belkin. "Interpretation of Recent Unrest Events (Bradyseism) at Campi Flegrei, Napoli (Italy): Comparison of Models Based on Cyclical Hydrothermal Events versus Shallow Magmatic Intrusive Events." Geofluids 2021 (October 14, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2000255.
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Several recent models that have been put forth to explain bradyseism at Campi Flegrei (CF), Italy, are discussed. Data obtained during long-term monitoring of the CF volcanic district has led to the development of a model based on lithological-structural and stratigraphic features that produce anisotropic and heterogeneous permeability features showing large variations both horizontally and vertically; these data are inconsistent with a model in which bradyseism is driven exclusively by shallow magmatic intrusions. CF bradyseism events are driven by cyclical magmatic-hydrothermal activity. Bradyseism events are characterized by cyclical, constant invariant signals repeating over time, such as area deformation along with a spatially well-defined seismogenic volume. These similarities have been defined as “bradyseism signatures” that allow us to relate the bradyseism with impending eruption precursors. Bradyseism is governed by an impermeable shallow layer (B-layer), which is the cap of an anticlinal geological structure culminating at Pozzuoli, where maximum uplift is recorded. This B-layer acts as a throttling valve between the upper aquifer and the deeper hydrothermal system that experiences short (1-102 yr) timescale fluctuations between lithostatic/hydrostatic pressure. The hydrothermal system also communicates episodically with a cooling and quasi-steady-state long timescale (103-104 yr) magmatic system enclosed by an impermeable carapace (A layer). Connectivity between hydrostatic and lithostatic reservoirs is episodically turned on and off causing alternatively subsidence (when the systems are connected) or uplift (when the systems are disconnected), depending on whether permeability by fractures is established or not. Earthquake swarms are the manifestation of hydrofracturing which allows fluid expansion; this same process promotes silica precipitation that seals cracks and serves to isolate the two reservoirs. Faults and fractures promote outgassing and reduce the vertical uplift rate depending on fluid pressure gradients and spatial and temporal variations in the permeability field. The miniuplift episodes also show “bradyseism signatures” and are well explained in the context of the short timescale process.
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Che, Yong-Tai, Wu-Zhou Liu, Jin-Zi Yu, and Ji-Hua Wang. "A hypothesis on seismogenic process in a hard interacalary strata in the crust and promoting earthquakes by fluids for intraplate strong earthquake." Acta Seismologica Sinica 13, no. 1 (January 2000): 105–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11589-000-0088-6.
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Movchan, Igor B., Zilya I. Shaygallyamova, Alexandra A. Yakovleva, and Alexander B. Movchan. "Increasing Resolution of Seismic Hazard Mapping on the Example of the North of Middle Russian Highland." Applied Sciences 11, no. 11 (June 7, 2021): 5298. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11115298.
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The standard problem of engineering geophysics, solved for road and house building and other construction types, is in the localization of areas with increased mobility in the upper part of a geological cross-section and in the parameterization of this mobility in terms of seismic intensity. There is a standard approach, according to which researchers assess the elastic strength characteristics of the core to a depth of about 30 m, implement the accumulation of seismogram observations, simulate accelerograms for particular conditions and, taking into account the data of complex geophysical methods, calculate the increment of seismic intensity as one of the parameters of a seismic hazard. The final result of this approach has the form of a seismogenic hazard map and a set of recommendations including the consideration of identified areas with a significant increasing seismic intensity increment, due to the peculiarities of the geological structure of polygons. This result is reliable, but very expensive, and requires the development of primary estimations of the rock massif with reduced resistance to external loads, which would optimize the efforts in engineering drilling and in field geophysical measurements in order to densify their spatial grid in the vicinity of a priori known positions with an increased seismogenic hazard. In addition, relatively sparse grids of wells, as well as local geophysical profiles laid under conditions of a complicated landscape, do not accurately localize risky areas in order to focus the attention of builders on strengthening the specific part of raised constructions. Following the wishes of our customers and relying on long-term testing of our interpretational developments, we formed an approach to primary hazard forecasting based on remote sensing data and digital elevation models, which can be classified as data with relatively free access. This article presents the results of research which was based on these free-of-charge data and which was developed in the field of construction of ground engineering structures for agricultural purposes, where one of the factors of mobility in the upper part of a cross-section is intensive karstification. Basically, the construction area according to the general seismic zoning maps is seismologically passive, though the relatively fast dynamics of karst determines the relevance of the detailed seismic zoning. The results of our interpretations are verified by deep geological and structural reconstructions based on wave analogies. The representativeness of the final forecast was confirmed by subsequent seismic assessments, which is related to the scientific novelty of the presented article. The authors’ technology for the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of remote sensing data and digital elevation models with high resolution provides the opportunity to increase the spatial resolution of seismic microzonation forecasts, implemented by standard geophysical methods, and it determines the practical significance of completed research.
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Zhang, Jianlong, Ye Zhu, Yingfeng Ji, Weiling Zhu, Rui Qu, Zhuoma Gongqiu, and Chaodi Xie. "Earthquake Risk Probability Evaluation for Najin Lhasa in Southern Tibet." Applied Sciences 12, no. 18 (September 19, 2022): 9394. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12189394.
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The probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) method is effectively used in an earthquake risk probability evaluation in seismogenic regions with active faults. In this study, by focusing on the potential seismic source area in Najin Lhasa, southern Tibet, and by incorporating the PSHA method, we determined the seismic activity parameters and discussed the relationship of ground motion attenuation, the seismic hazard probability, and the horizontal bedrock ground motion acceleration peak value under different transcendence probabilities in this area. The calculation results show that the PSHA method divides the potential source area via specific tectonic scales and detailed tectonic markers, which reduces the scale of the potential source area and better reflects the uneven spatial distribution of seismic activity in the vicinity of Najin. The corrected attenuation relationship is also in line with the actual work requirements and is suitable for earthquake risk analysis. In addition, the major influences on the peak acceleration of ground motion in the study area are mainly in the potential source areas of Qushui (M7.5), Dangxiong (M8.5), and Kangma (M7.5). The peak horizontal ground motion acceleration (PGA) with a transcendence probability of 10% in 50 years is 185.9 cm/s2, and that with a transcendence probability of 2% in 50 years is 265.9 cm/s2.
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Chen, Xiaolin, Guang Hu, and Xiaoli Liu. "Recognition of Earthquake Surface Ruptures Using Deep Learning." Applied Sciences 12, no. 22 (November 16, 2022): 11638. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app122211638.
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Investigating post-earthquake surface ruptures is important for understanding the tectonics of seismogenic faults. The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images to identify post-earthquake surface ruptures has the advantages of low cost, fast data acquisition, and high data processing efficiency. With the rapid development of deep learning in recent years, researchers have begun using it for image crack detection. However, due to the complex background and diverse characteristics of the surface ruptures, it remains challenging to quickly train an effective automatic earthquake surface rupture recognition model on a limited number of samples. This study proposes a workflow that applies an image segmentation algorithm based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to extract cracks from post-earthquake UAV images. We selected the 16-layer visual geometry group (VGG16) network as the primary network architecture. Then, we improved the VGG16 network and deleted several convolutional layers to reduce computation and memory consumption. Moreover, we added dilated convolution and atrous spatial pyramid pooling (ASPP) to make the network perform well in the surface crack identification of post-earthquake UAV images. We trained the proposed method using the data of the MS 7.4 Maduo earthquake and obtained a model that could automatically identify and draw small and irregular surface ruptures from high-resolution UAV images.
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Bilau, Antonin, Yann Rolland, Stéphane Schwartz, Nicolas Godeau, Abel Guihou, Pierre Deschamps, Benjamin Brigaud, Aurélie Noret, Thierry Dumont, and Cécile Gautheron. "Extensional reactivation of the Penninic frontal thrust 3 Myr ago as evidenced by U–Pb dating on calcite in fault zone cataclasite." Solid Earth 12, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 237–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-12-237-2021.
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Abstract. In the Western Alps, the Penninic frontal thrust (PFT) is the main crustal-scale tectonic structure of the belt. This thrust transported the high-pressure metamorphosed internal units over the non-metamorphosed European margin during the Oligocene (34–29 Ma). Following the propagation of the compression toward the European foreland, the PFT was later reactivated as an extensional detachment associated with the development of the High Durance extensional fault system (HDFS). This inversion of tectonic displacement along a major tectonic structure has been widely emphasized as an example of extensional collapse of a thickened collisional orogen. However, the inception age of the extensional inversion remains unconstrained. Here, for the first time, we provide chronological constraints on the extensional motion of an exhumed zone of the PFT by applying U–Pb dating on secondary calcites from a fault zone cataclasite. The calcite cement and veins of the cataclasite formed after the main fault slip event, at 3.6 ± 0.4–3.4 ± 0.6 Ma. Cross-cutting calcite veins featuring the last fault activity are dated at 2.6 ± 0.3–2.3 ± 0.3 Ma. δ13C and δ18O fluid signatures derived from these secondary calcites suggest fluid percolation from deep-seated reservoir at the scale of the Western Alps. Our data provide evidence that the PFT extensional reactivation initiated at least ∼ 3.5 Myr ago with a reactivation phase at ∼ 2.5 Ma. This reactivation may result from the westward propagation of the compressional deformation toward the external Alps, combined with the exhumation of external crystalline massifs. In this context, the exhumation of the dated normal faults is linked to the eastward translation of the HDFS seismogenic zone, in agreement with the present-day seismic activity.
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Liu, Dong, Jiancheng Li, Zhe Ni, Yufei Zhao, Qiuyue Zheng, and Bin Du. "Correlation of Gravity and Magnetic Field Changes Preceding Strong Earthquakes in Yunnan Province." Applied Sciences 12, no. 5 (March 4, 2022): 2658. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12052658.
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The annual variation trend of the gravity and lithospheric magnetic field for adjacent periods are analyzed by using the observation of rover gravity and geomagnetic fields in Yunnan from 2011 to 2021, which tend to be consistent every year during the seismogenic process of a strong earthquake. Thus, this study normalizes the annual value of the adjacent periods for the gravity and lithospheric magnetic field. The normalized values are converted into two classifications that can be compared within [−1,1]. In Yunnan Province, a grid of 0.1° × 0.1° was used to compare the data correlation between the variation of gravity and the variation in the lithospheric magnetic field at the same location. The results are as follows. First, the variation trend of the gravity field and total magnetic field tend to be synchronous year to year in strong earthquake years. The range of consistency increases gradually with the approach of the earthquake year reaching its maximum one year before the earthquake. Throughout the region, the overlap number of normalized annual variations in gravity and magnetic field reaches its maximum, and the peak difference of kernel density curve reaches its minimum. Second, the correlation coefficient of the annual variation in the gravity and magnetic field increases year to year during the development of a strong earthquake within a smaller region surrounding the event. The maximum appears one year before the earthquake, and after the earthquake, the correlation decreases. The analysis of gravity and magnetic fusion characteristics can be employed for the prediction of strong earthquakes.
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Li, Shuai, Lihua Fang, Zhuowei Xiao, Yijian Zhou, Shirong Liao, and Liping Fan. "FocMech-Flow: Automatic Determination of P-Wave First-Motion Polarity and Focal Mechanism Inversion and Application to the 2021 Yangbi Earthquake Sequence." Applied Sciences 13, no. 4 (February 9, 2023): 2233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13042233.
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P-wave first-motion polarity is important for the inversion of earthquake focal mechanism solutions. The focal mechanism solution can further contribute to our understanding of the source rupture process, the fault structure, and the regional stress field characteristics. By using the abundant focal mechanism solutions of small and moderate earthquakes, we can deepen our understanding of fault geometry and the seismogenic environment. In this paper, we propose an automatic workflow, FocMech-Flow (Focal Mechanism-Flow), for identifying P-wave first-motion polarity and focal mechanism inversion with deep learning and applied it to the 2021 Yangbi earthquake sequence. We use a deep learning model named DiTingMotion to detect the P-wave first-motion polarity of 2389 waveforms, resulting in 98.49% accuracy of polarity discrimination compared with human experts. The focal mechanisms of 112 earthquakes are obtained by using the CHNYTX program, which is 3.7 times more than that of the waveform inversion method, and the results are highly consistent. The analysis shows that the focal mechanisms of the foreshock sequence of the Yangbi earthquake are highly consistent and are all of the strike-slip type; the focal mechanisms of the aftershock sequence are complex, mainly the strike-slip type, but there are also reverse and normal fault types. This study shows that the deep learning method has high reliability in determining the P-wave first-motion polarity, and FocMech-Flow can obtain a large number of focal mechanism solutions from small and moderate earthquakes, having promising application in fine-scale stress inversion.
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Jiang, Changsheng, Libo Han, Feng Long, Guijuan Lai, Fengling Yin, Jinmeng Bi, and Zhengya Si. "Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of <i>b</i> values revealed by a data-driven approach for the 17 June 2019 <i>M</i><sub>S</sub> 6.0 Changning earthquake sequence, Sichuan, China." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 21, no. 7 (July 23, 2021): 2233–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2233-2021.
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Abstract. The spatiotemporal heterogeneity of b values has great potential for helping in understanding the seismogenic process and assessing seismic hazard. However, there is still much controversy about whether it exists or not, and an important reason is that the choice of subjective parameters has eroded the foundations of much research. To overcome this problem, we used a recently developed non-parametric method based on a data-driven concept to calculate b values. The major steps of this method include (1) performing a large number of Voronoi tessellations and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) value calculation, selecting the optimal models for the study area, and (2) using the ensemble median (Q2) and median absolute deviation (MAD) value to represent the final b value and its uncertainty. We investigated spatiotemporal variations in b values before and after the 2019 Changning MS=6.0 earthquake in the Sichuan Basin, China. The results reveal a spatial volume with low pre-mainshock b values near the mainshock source region, and its size corresponds roughly with the rupture area of the mainshock. The anomalously high pre-mainshock b values distributed in the NW direction of the epicenter were interpreted to be related to fluid invasion. The decreases in b values during the aftershock sequence along with the occurrences of several strong aftershocks imply that b values could be an indicator of the stress state. In addition, we found that although the distribution characteristics of b values obtained from different methods of investigation are qualitatively consistent, they differ significantly in terms of their specific values, suggesting that the best way to study the heterogeneous pattern of b values is in the joint dimension of space-time rather than separately in time and space. Overall, our study emphasizes the importance of b-value studies in assessing earthquake hazards.
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Angiboust, Samuel, Armel Menant, Taras Gerya, and Onno Oncken. "The rise and demise of deep accretionary wedges: A long-term field and numerical modeling perspective." Geosphere 18, no. 1 (November 22, 2021): 69–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges02392.1.
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Abstract Several decades of field, geophysical, analogue, and numerical modeling investigations have enabled documentation of the wide range of tectonic transport processes in accretionary wedges, which constitute some of the most dynamic plate boundary environments on Earth. Active convergent margins can exhibit basal accretion (via underplating) leading to the formation of variably thick duplex structures or tectonic erosion, the latter known to lead to the consumption of the previously accreted material and eventually the forearc continental crust. We herein review natural examples of actively underplating systems (with a focus on circum-Pacific settings) as well as field examples highlighting internal wedge dynamics recorded by fossil accretionary systems. Duplex formation in deep paleo–accretionary systems is known to leave in the rock record (1) diagnostic macro- and microscopic deformation patterns as well as (2) large-scale geochronological characteristics such as the downstepping of deformation and metamorphic ages. Zircon detrital ages have also proved to be a powerful approach to deciphering tectonic transport in ancient active margins. Yet, fundamental questions remain in order to understand the interplay of forces at the origin of mass transfer and crustal recycling in deep accretionary systems. We address these questions by presenting a suite of two-dimensional thermo-mechanical experiments that enable unravelling the mass-flow pathways and the long-term distribution of stresses along and above the subduction interface as well as investigating the importance of parameters such as fluids and slab roughness. These results suggest the dynamical instability of fluid-bearing accretionary systems causes either an episodic or a periodic character of subduction erosion and accretion processes as well as their topographic expression. The instability can be partly deciphered through metamorphic and strain records, thus explaining the relative scarcity of paleo–accretionary systems worldwide despite the tremendous amounts of material buried by the subduction process over time scales of tens or hundreds of millions of years. We finally stress that the understanding of the physical processes at the origin of underplating processes as well as the forearc topographic response paves the way for refining our vision of long-term plate-interface coupling as well as the rheological behavior of the seismogenic zone in active subduction settings.
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Molli, Giancarlo, Luca Menegon, and Alessandro Malasoma. "Switching deformation mode and mechanisms during subduction of continental crust: a case study from Alpine Corsica." Solid Earth 8, no. 4 (July 13, 2017): 767–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-8-767-2017.
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Abstract. The switching in deformation mode (from distributed to localized) and mechanisms (viscous versus frictional) represent a relevant issue in the frame of crustal deformation, being also connected with the concept of the brittle–ductile transition and seismogenesis. In a subduction environment, switching in deformation mode and mechanisms and scale of localization may be inferred along the subduction interface, in a transition zone between the highly coupled (seismogenic zone) and decoupled deeper aseismic domain (stable slip). However, the role of brittle precursors in nucleating crystal-plastic shear zones has received more and more consideration being now recognized as fundamental in some cases for the localization of deformation and shear zone development, thus representing a case in which switching deformation mechanisms and scale and style of localization (deformation mode) interact and relate to each other. This contribution analyses an example of a millimetre-scale shear zone localized by brittle precursor formed within a host granitic protomylonite. The studied structures, developed in ambient pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions of low-grade blueschist facies (temperature T of ca. 300 °C and pressure P ≥ 0. 70 GPa) during involvement of Corsican continental crust in the Alpine subduction. We used a multidisciplinary approach by combining detailed microstructural and petrographic analyses, crystallographic preferred orientation by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and palaeopiezometric studies on a selected sample to support an evolutionary model and deformation path for subducted continental crust. We infer that the studied structures, possibly formed by transient instability associated with fluctuations of pore fluid pressure and episodic strain rate variations, may be considered as a small-scale example of fault behaviour associated with a cycle of interseismic creep and coseismic rupture or a new analogue for episodic tremors and slow-slip structures. Our case study represents, therefore, a fossil example of association of fault structures related to stick-slip strain accommodation during subduction of continental crust.
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Fan, Caiyuan, Jinfeng Liu, Luuk B. Hunfeld, and Christopher J. Spiers. "Frictional slip weakening and shear-enhanced crystallinity in simulated coal fault gouges at slow slip rates." Solid Earth 11, no. 4 (July 26, 2020): 1399–422. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1399-2020.
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Abstract. Previous studies show that organic-rich fault patches may play an important role in promoting unstable fault slip. However, the frictional properties of rock materials with nearly 100 % organic content, e.g., coal, and the controlling microscale mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we report seven velocity stepping (VS) experiments and one slide–hold–slide (SHS) friction experiment performed on simulated fault gouges prepared from bituminous coal collected from the upper Silesian Basin of Poland. These experiments were performed at 25–45 MPa effective normal stress and 100 ∘C, employing sliding velocities of 0.1–100 µm s−1 and using a conventional triaxial apparatus plus direct shear assembly. All samples showed marked slip-weakening behavior at shear displacements beyond ∼ 1–2 mm, from a peak friction coefficient approaching ∼0.5 to (nearly) steady-state values of ∼0.3, regardless of effective normal stress or whether vacuum-dry or flooded with distilled (DI) water at 15 MPa pore fluid pressure. Analysis of both unsheared and sheared samples by means of microstructural observation, micro-area X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy suggests that the marked slip-weakening behavior can be attributed to the development of R-, B- and Y-shear bands, with internal shear-enhanced coal crystallinity development. The SHS experiment performed showed a transient peak healing (restrengthening) effect that increased with the logarithm of hold time at a linearized rate of ∼0.006. We also determined the rate dependence of steady-state friction for all VS samples using a full rate and state friction approach. This showed a transition from velocity strengthening to velocity weakening at slip velocities >1 µm s−1 in the coal sample under vacuum-dry conditions but at >10 µm s−1 in coal samples exposed to DI water at 15 MPa pore pressure. The observed behavior may be controlled by competition between dilatant granular flow and compaction enhanced by the presence of water. Together with our previous work on the frictional properties of coal–shale mixtures, our results imply that the presence of a weak, coal-dominated patch on faults that cut or smear out coal seams may promote unstable, seismogenic slip behavior, though the importance of this in enhancing either induced or natural seismicity depends on local conditions.
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Shapiro, S. A. "Seismogenic Index of Underground Fluid Injections and Productions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123, no. 9 (September 2018): 7983–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018jb015850.
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An, Zhen-Wen, Lin-Ying Wang, Yao Chen, and Han-Meng Pan. "Exploring nonlinear characteristics in seismogenic process." Acta Seismologica Sinica 6, no. 4 (November 1993): 923–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02651827.
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Bruhn, Ronald L., William A. Yonkee, and William T. Parry. "Structural and fluid-chemical properties of seismogenic normal faults." Tectonophysics 175, no. 1-3 (March 1990): 139–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(90)90135-u.
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Raimbourg, Hugues, Vincent Famin, Giulia Palazzin, Mathieu Mayoux, Laurent Jolivet, Claire Ramboz, and Asuka Yamaguchi. "Fluid properties and dynamics along the seismogenic plate interface." Geosphere 14, no. 2 (February 9, 2018): 469–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges01504.1.
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Fleischmann, Karl Henry. "Shallow fluid pressure transients caused by seismogenic normal faults." Geophysical Research Letters 20, no. 20 (October 22, 1993): 2163–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/93gl02413.
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Johnson, H. Paul, Evan A. Solomon, Robert N. Harris, Marie S. Salmi, and Richard D. Berg. "Heat Flow and Fluid Flux in Cascadia's Seismogenic Zone." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 94, no. 48 (November 26, 2013): 457–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013eo480001.
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Douillet, G. A., B. Taisne, È. Tsang-Hin-Sun, S. K. Müller, U. Kueppers, and D. B. Dingwell. "Syn-eruptive, soft-sediment deformation of deposits from dilute pyroclastic density current: triggers from granular shear, dynamic pore pressure, ballistic impacts and shock waves." Solid Earth 6, no. 2 (May 21, 2015): 553–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-6-553-2015.
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Abstract. Soft-sediment deformation structures can provide valuable information about the conditions of parent flows, the sediment state and the surrounding environment. Here, examples of soft-sediment deformation in deposits of dilute pyroclastic density currents are documented and possible syn-eruptive triggers suggested. Outcrops from six different volcanoes have been compiled in order to provide a broad perspective on the variety of structures: Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Tungurahua (Ecuador), Ubehebe craters (USA), Laacher See (Germany), and Tower Hill and Purrumbete lakes (both Australia). The variety of features can be classified in four groups: (1) tubular features such as pipes; (2) isolated, laterally oriented deformation such as overturned or oversteepened laminations and vortex-shaped laminae; (3) folds-and-faults structures involving thick (>30 cm) units; (4) dominantly vertical inter-penetration of two layers such as potatoids, dishes, or diapiric flame-like structures. The occurrence of degassing pipes together with basal intrusions suggest fluidization during flow stages, and can facilitate the development of other soft-sediment deformation structures. Variations from injection dikes to suction-driven, local uplifts at the base of outcrops indicate the role of dynamic pore pressure. Isolated, centimeter-scale, overturned beds with vortex forms have been interpreted to be the signature of shear instabilities occurring at the boundary of two granular media. They may represent the frozen record of granular, pseudo Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities. Their recognition can be a diagnostic for flows with a granular basal boundary layer. Vertical inter-penetration and those folds-and-faults features related to slumps are driven by their excess weight and occur after deposition but penecontemporaneous to the eruption. The passage of shock waves emanating from the vent may also produce trains of isolated, fine-grained overturned beds that disturb the surface bedding without occurrence of a sedimentation phase in the vicinity of explosion centers. Finally, ballistic impacts can trigger unconventional sags producing local displacement or liquefaction. Based on the deformation depth, these can yield precise insights into depositional unit boundaries. Such impact structures may also be at the origin of some of the steep truncation planes visible at the base of the so-called "chute and pool" structures. Dilute pyroclastic density currents occur contemporaneously with seismogenic volcanic explosions. They can experience extremely high sedimentation rates and may flow at the border between traction, granular and fluid-escape boundary zones. They are often deposited on steep slopes and can incorporate large amounts of water and gas in the sediment. These are just some of the many possible triggers acting in a single environment, and they reveal the potential for insights into the eruptive and flow mechanisms of dilute pyroclastic density currents.
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Sibson, Richard H. "Dual-Driven Fault Failure in the Lower Seismogenic Zone." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 110, no. 2 (January 28, 2020): 850–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120190190.
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ABSTRACT Frictional instability leading to fault rupture may be driven by increasing differential stress or by increases in pore-fluid pressure within the rock mass. Geological evidence (from hydrothermal vein systems in exhumed faults) together with geophysical information around active faults support the localized invasion of near lithostatically overpressured hydrothermal fluids, derived from prograde metamorphism at greater depths, into lower portions of the crustal seismogenic zone at depths of about 10–15 km (250°C<T<350°C). This is especially true of compressional–transpressional tectonic regimes that lead to crustal thickening and dewatering and are better at containing overpressure. Extreme examples are associated with areas undergoing active compressional inversion where existing faults, originally formed as normal faults during crustal extension, undergo reverse-slip reactivation during subsequent shortening though poorly oriented for reactivation. Extreme fault-valve action is likely widespread in such settings with failure driven by a combination of rising fluid pressure in the lower seismogenic zone lowering fault frictional strength, as well as by rising tectonic shear stress—dual-driven fault failure. Localized overpressure affects rupture nucleation sites, but dynamic rupturing may extend well beyond the regions of intense overpressuring. Postfailure, enhanced fracture permeability along fault rupture zones promotes fault-valve discharge throughout the aftershock period, increasing fault frictional strength before hydrothermal sealing occurs and overpressures begin to reaccumulate. The association of rupture nucleation sites with concentrated fluid overpressure is consistent with selective invasion of overpressured fluid into the roots of major fault zones and with nonuniform spacing of major vein systems along exhumed brittle–ductile shear zones.
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Bonnet, G., P. Agard, S. Angiboust, P. Monié, M. Fournier, B. Caron, and J. Omrani. "Structure and metamorphism of a subducted seamount (Zagros suture, Southern Iran)." Geosphere 16, no. 1 (November 21, 2019): 62–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges02134.1.
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Abstract Millions of seamounts on modern and past seafloor end up being subducted, and only small pieces are recovered in suture zones. How they are metamorphosed and deformed is, however, critical to understand how seamount subduction can impact subduction zone geometry, fluid circulation or seismogenic conditions, and more generally to trace physical conditions along the subduction boundary. Since geophysical studies mostly reach the shallowest subducted seamounts and miss internal structures due to low resolution, there is a high need for fossil seamount exposures. We herein report on a fully exposed, 3D example of seamount that we discovered in the Siah Kuh massif, Southern Iran. Through a series of sections across the whole massif and the combination of magmatic-metamorphic-sedimentary petrological data, we document several distinct stages associated with seamount build-up on the seafloor and with subduction. In particular, we constrain different stages of metamorphism and associated mineralogy, with precise conditions for subduction-related metamorphism around 250 °C and 0.7 GPa, in the middle of the seismogenic zone. Extensive examination of the seismogenic potential of the Siah Kuh seamount reveals that it was not a large earthquake asperity (despite the report of a rare example of cm-scale, high-pressure pseudotachylyte in this study), and that it possibly behaved as a barrier to earthquake propagation. Finally, we discuss the nature of high-pressure fluid circulation preserved in this seamount.
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Samaroo, Mahendra, Rick Chalaturnyk, Maurice Dusseault, Judy F. Chow, and Hans Custers. "Assessment of the Brittle–Ductile State of Major Injection and Confining Formations in the Alberta Basin." Energies 15, no. 19 (September 20, 2022): 6877. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15196877.
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Subsurface interaction between critically stressed seismogenic faults and anthropogenic fluid injection activities has caused several earthquakes of concern over the last decade. Proactive detection of the reverse and strike-slip faults inherent in the Alberta Basin is difficult, while identification of faults likely to become seismogenic is even more challenging. We present a conceptual framework to evaluate the seismogenic potential of undetected faults, within the stratigraphic sequence of interest, during the site-selection stage of fluid injection projects. This method uses the geomechanical properties of formations present at sites of interest and their current state of stress to evaluate whether hosted faults are likely to be brittle or ductile since the hazard posed by faults in brittle-state formations is generally significantly higher than that of faults in ductile-state formations. We used data from approximately 3100 multi-stress triaxial tests to calculate the Mogi brittle–ductile state line for 51 major injection and confining formations in the Alberta Basin and in situ stress and pore pressure data from approximately 1200 diagnostic fracture-injection tests to assess the last-known brittle–ductile state of each formation. Analysis of these data shows that the major injection formations assessed in the Alberta Basin were in a ductile state, with some confining (caprock) formations in a brittle state at the time of the stress measurements. Once current site-specific in situ stress data are available, our method enables site-specific assessment of the current brittle–ductile state of geologic formations within the zone of influence of large-volume fluid-injection projects and an evaluation of the associated potential for fault seismogenesis.
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Fisher, Donald M., John N. Hooker, Andrew J. Smye, and Tsai-Wei Chen. "Insights from the geological record of deformation along the subduction interface at depths of seismogenesis." Geosphere 17, no. 6 (November 4, 2021): 1686–703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges02389.1.
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Abstract Subduction interfaces are loci of interdependent seismic slip behavior, fluid flow, and mineral redistribution. Mineral redistribution leads to coupling between fluid flow and slip behavior through decreases in porosity/permeability and increases in cohesion during the interseismic period. We investigate this system from the perspective of ancient accretionary complexes with regional zones of mélange that record noncoaxial strain during underthrusting adjacent to the subduction interface. Deformation of weak mudstones is accompanied by low-grade metamorphic reactions, dissolution along scaly microfaults, and the removal of fluid-mobile chemical components, whereas stronger sandstone blocks preserve veins that contain chemical components depleted in mudstones. These observations support local diffusive mass transport from scaly fabrics to veins during interseismic viscous coupling. Underthrusting sediments record a crack porosity that fluctuates due to the interplay of cracking and precipitation. Permanent interseismic deformation involves pressure solution slip, strain hardening, and the development of new shears in undeformed material. In contrast, coseismic slip may be accommodated within observed narrow zones of cataclastic deformation at the top of many mélange terranes. A kinetic model implies interseismic changes in physical properties in less than hundreds of years, and a numerical model that couples an earthquake simulator with a fluid flow system depicts a subduction zone interface governed by feedbacks between fluid production, permeability, hydrofracturing, and aging via mineral precipitation. During an earthquake, interseismic permeability reduction is followed by coseismic rupture of low permeability seals and fluid pressure drop in the seismogenic zone. Updip of the seismogenic zone, there is a post-seismic wave of higher fluid pressure that propagates trenchward.
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Shapiro, Serge A., Carsten Dinske, Cornelius Langenbruch, and Friedemann Wenzel. "Seismogenic index and magnitude probability of earthquakes induced during reservoir fluid stimulations." Leading Edge 29, no. 3 (March 2010): 304–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.3353727.
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Matthäi, S. K., and G. Fischer. "Quantitative modeling of fault-fluid-discharge and fault-dilation-induced fluid-pressure variations in the seismogenic zone." Geology 24, no. 2 (1996): 183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0183:qmoffd>2.3.co;2.
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Wen, Strong, Yu-Lien Yeh, Yi-Zen Chang, and Chieh-Hung Chen. "The seismogenic process of the 2016 Meinong earthquake, southwest Taiwan." Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 28, no. 5 (2017): 651–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3319/tao.2017.02.17.01.
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Evison, F. F., and D. A. Rhoades. "Long-term seismogenic process for major earthquakes in subduction zones." Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 108, no. 3 (July 1998): 185–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9201(98)00104-6.
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Li, Yujiang, Yongsheng Li, Xingping Hu, and Haoqing Liu. "Fault Geometry and Mechanism of the Mw 5.7 Nakchu Earthquake in Tibet Inferred from InSAR Observations and Stress Measurements." Remote Sensing 13, no. 24 (December 17, 2021): 5142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13245142.
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Different types of focal mechanism solutions for the 19 March 2021 Mw 5.7 Nakchu earthquake, Tibet, limit our understanding of this earthquake’s seismogenic mechanism and geodynamic process. In this study, the coseismic deformation field was determined and the geometric parameters of the seismogenic fault were inverted via Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) processing of Sentinel-1 data. The inversion results show that the focal mechanism solutions of the Nakchu earthquake are 237°/69°/−70° (strike/dip/rake), indicating that the seismogenic fault is a NEE-trending, NW-dipping fault dominated by the normal faulting with minor sinistral strike-slip components. The regional tectonic stress field derived from the in-situ stress measurements shows that the orientation of maximum principal compressive stress around the epicenter of the Nakchu earthquake is NNE, subparallel to the fault strike, which controlled the dominant normal faulting. The occurrence of seven M ≥ 7.0 historical earthquakes since the M 7.0 Shenza earthquake in 1934 caused a stress increase of 1.16 × 105 Pa at the hypocenter, which significantly advanced the occurrence of the Nakchu earthquake. Based on a comprehensive analysis of stress fields and focal mechanisms of the Nakchu earthquake, we propose that the dominated normal faulting occurs to accommodate the NE-trending compression of the Indian Plate to the Eurasian Plate and the strong historical earthquakes hastened the process. These results provide a theoretical basis for understanding the geometry and mechanics of the seismogenic fault that produced the Nakchu earthquake.
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Wang, Bei, Honn Kao, Hongyu Yu, Ryan Visser, and Stuart Venables. "Physical factors controlling the diverse seismogenic behavior of fluid injections in Western Canada." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 589 (July 2022): 117555. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117555.
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