Fault on-off versus strain rate and earthquakes energy

作     者：C.Doglioni S.Barba E.Carminati F.Riguzzi 

作者机构：Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Università Sapienza Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria CNR Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia 

出 版 物：《Geoscience Frontiers》 (地学前缘（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第6卷第2期

页      面：265-276页

核心收录：

学科分类：070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 081304[工学-建筑技术科学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 

基　　金：provided by the Italian Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri-Dipartimento della Protezione Civile(DPC) within the INGV-DPC 2007-2009 agreement(project S1) Sapienza University and CNR-EurocoresTopoEurope 

主　　题：Earthquake generation mode Strain rate Brittle ductile transition Earthquake energy 

摘      要：We propose that the brittle-ductile transition （BDT） controls the seismic cycle. In particular, the movements detected by space geodesy record the steady state deformation in the ductile lower crust, whereas the stick-slip behavior of the brittle upper crust is constrained by its larger friction. GPS data allow analyzing the strain rate along active plate boundaries. In all tectonic settings, we propose that earthquakes primarily occur along active fault segments characterized by relative minima of strain rate, segments which are locked or slowly creeping. We discuss regional examples where large earthquakes happened in areas of relative low strain rate. Regardless the tectonic style, the interseismic stress and strain pattern inverts during the coseismic stage. Where a dilated band formed during the interseismic stage, this will be shortened at the coseismic stage, and vice-versa what was previously shortened, it will be dilated. The interseismic energy accumulation and the coseismic expenditure rather depend on the tectonic setting （extensional, contractional, or strike-slip）. The gravitational potential energy dominates along normal faults, whereas the elastic energy prevails for thrust earthquakes and performs work against the gravity force. The energy budget in strike-slip tectonic setting is also primarily due elastic energy. Therefore, precursors may be different as a function of the tectonic setting. In this model, with a given displacement, the magnitude of an earthquake results from the coseismic slip of the deformed volume above the BDT rather than only on the fault length, and it also depends on the fault kinematics.