Dual seismic migration velocities reveal imbricated fluid diffusion and aseismic slip In a Corinth Gulf  swarm (Greece)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis De Barros ◽  
Pierre Dublanchet ◽  
Frédéric Cappa ◽  
Anne Deschamps
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Normal Fault ◽  
Mechanical Modeling ◽  
Aseismic Slip ◽  
Seismic Migration ◽  
Corinth Gulf ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Earthquake Sequences ◽  
Fluid Diffusion

<p>Fluid induced earthquake sequences generally appear as expanding swarms activating a particular fault. Such swarms are generally interpreted as fluid diffusion, which ignores the possibility of static, dynamic or aseismic triggering, and the existence of rapid migration. Here, we study the temporal evolution of a seismic swarm that occurred over a 10-day period in October 2015 in the extensional rift of the Corinth Gulf (Greece) using high-resolution earthquakes relocations. The seismicity radially migrates on a normal fault at a fluid diffusion velocity (~125 m/day). However, this migration occurs intermittently, with periods of fast expansion (2-to-10 km/day) during short seismic bursts alternating with quiescent periods. Moreover, the growing phases of the swarm illuminate a high number of repeaters. Therefore, we propose a new model to explain the combination of multiple driving processes for such swarms.  Fluid up flow in the fault may induce aseismic slip episodes, separated by phases of fluid pressure build-up. The stress perturbation due to aseismic slip may activate small asperities in the fault that produce bursts of seismicity during the most intense phase of the swarm. We then validated this model through hydro-mechanical modeling, where earthquakes consist in the failure of asperities on a creeping fault infiltrated by fluid. For that, we couple rate‐and‐state friction, non‐linear diffusivity and elasticity along a 1D interface. This model reproduces the dual migration speeds observed in real swarms. We show that migration speeds increase linearly with the mean pressurization, and are not dependent on the hydraulic diffusivity, as traditionally suggested.</p>

scholarly journals Fault valving and pore pressure evolution in simulations of earthquake sequences and aseismic slip

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiqiang Zhu ◽  
Kali L. Allison ◽  
Eric M. Dunham ◽  
Yuyun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Fault Zone ◽  
Fluid Pressure ◽  
Seismogenic Zone ◽  
Permeability Evolution ◽  
Aseismic Slip ◽  
Effective Normal Stress ◽  
Pressure Stress ◽  
Cyclic Changes ◽  
Earthquake Sequences ◽  
Pressure Evolution

Abstract Fault-zone fluids control effective normal stress and fault strength. While most earthquake models assume a fixed pore fluid pressure distribution, geologists have documented fault valving behavior, that is, cyclic changes in pressure and unsteady fluid migration along faults. Here we quantify fault valving through 2-D antiplane shear simulations of earthquake sequences on a strike-slip fault with rate-and-state friction, upward Darcy flow along a permeable fault zone, and permeability evolution. Fluid overpressure develops during the interseismic period, when healing/sealing reduces fault permeability, and is released after earthquakes enhance permeability. Coupling between fluid flow, permeability and pressure evolution, and slip produces fluid-driven aseismic slip near the base of the seismogenic zone and earthquake swarms within the seismogenic zone, as ascending fluids pressurize and weaken the fault. This model might explain observations of late interseismic fault unlocking, slow slip and creep transients, swarm seismicity, and rapid pressure/stress transmission in induced seismicity sequences.

scholarly journals Imbricated Aseismic Slip and Fluid Diffusion Drive a Seismic Swarm in the Corinth Gulf, Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis De Barros ◽  
Frédéric Cappa ◽  
Anne Deschamps ◽  
Pierre Dublanchet
Keyword(s):  
Aseismic Slip ◽  
Corinth Gulf ◽  
Seismic Swarm ◽  
Fluid Diffusion

Near-Fault Monitoring Reveals Combined Seismic and Slow Activation of a Fault Branch within the Istanbul–Marmara Seismic Gap in Northwest Turkey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Martínez-Garzón ◽  
Virginie Durand ◽  
Stephan Bentz ◽  
Grzegorz Kwiatek ◽  
Georg Dresen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Gap ◽  
Marmara Region ◽  
Fault Rupture ◽  
Aseismic Slip ◽  
Near Fault ◽  
Fault Monitoring ◽  
Aftershock Sequences ◽  
Borehole Strainmeter ◽  
Seismic Moment Release ◽  
Fluid Diffusion

Abstract Various geophysical observations show that seismic and aseismic slip on a fault may occur concurrently. We analyze microseismicity recordings from a temporary near-fault seismic network and borehole strainmeter data from the eastern Marmara region in northwest Turkey to track seismic and aseismic deformation around the hypocentral region of an Mw 4.5 earthquake in 2018. A slow transient is observed that lasted about 30 days starting at the time of the Mw 4.5 event. We study about 1200 microseismic events that occurred during 417 days after the Mw 4.5 event around the mainshock fault rupture. The seismicity reveals a strong temporal clustering, including four episodic seismic sequences, each containing more than 30 events per day. Seismicity from the first two sequences displayed typical characteristics driven by aseismic slip and/or fluids, such as the activation of a broader region around the mainshock and swarm-like topology. The third and fourth sequences correspond to typical mainshock–aftershock sequences. These observations suggest that slow slip and potentially fluid diffusion along the fault plane could have controlled the seismicity during the initial 150 days following the Mw 4.5 event. In contrast, stress redistribution and breaking of remaining asperities may have caused the activity after the initial 150 days. Our observation from a newly installed combined dense seismic and borehole strainmeter network follows an earlier observation of a slow transient occurring in conjunction with enhanced local seismic moment release in the same region. This suggests a frequent interaction of seismic and aseismic slip in the Istanbul–Marmara seismic gap.

scholarly journals Seismogenesis in Central Apennines, Italy: an integrated analysis of minor earthquake sequences and structural data in the Amatrice-Campotosto area

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Boncio ◽  
G. Lavecchia ◽  
G. Milana ◽  
B. Rozzi
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Normal Fault ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Fault Plane Solutions ◽  
Small Magnitude ◽  
Fault Surface ◽  
Displacement Profile ◽  
Earthquake Sequences

We present a seismotectonic study of the Amatrice-Campotosto area (Central Italy) based on an integrated analysis of minor earthquake sequences, geological data and crustal rheology. The area has been affected by three small-magnitude seismic sequences: August 1992 (M=3.9), June 1994 (M=3.7) and October 1996 (M=4.0). The hypocentral locations and fault plane solutions of the 1996 sequence are based on original data; the seismological features of the 1992 and 1994 sequences are summarised from literature. The active WSWdipping Mt. Gorzano normal fault is interpreted as the common seismogenic structure for the three analysed sequences. The mean state of stress obtained by inversion of focal mechanisms (WSW-ENE-trending deviatoric tension) is comparable to that responsible for finite Quaternary displacement, showing that the stress field has not changed since the onset of extensional tectonics. Available morphotectonic data integrated with original structural data show that the Mt. Gorzano Fault extends for ~28 km along strike. The along-strike displacement profile is typical of an isolated fault, without significant internal segmentation. The strong evidence of late Quaternary activity in the southern part of the fault (with lower displacement gradient) is explained in this work in terms of displacement profile readjustment within a fault unable to grow further laterally. The depth distribution of seismicity and the crustal rheology yield a thickness of ~15 km for the brittle layer. An area of ~530 km2 is estimated for the entire Mt. Gorzano Fault surface. In historical times, the northern portion of the fault was probably activated during the 1639 Amatrice earthquake (I = X, M~ 6.3), but this is not the largest event we expect on the fault. We propose that a large earthquake might activate the entire 28 km long Mt. Gorzano Fault, with an expected Mmax up to 6.7.

scholarly journals The stones of the Sanctuary of Delphi – Northern shore of the Corinth Gulf – Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Marilou de Vals ◽  
Renaldo Gastineau ◽  
Amélie Perrier ◽  
Romain Rubi ◽  
Isabelle Moretti
Keyword(s):  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Hanging Wall ◽  
Normal Fault ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Corinth Gulf ◽  
Gulf Of Corinth ◽  
Tethys Ocean ◽  
Open Question

The choice of stones by the ancient Greeks to build edifices remains an open question. If the use of local materials seems generalized, allochthonous stones are usually also present but lead to obvious extra costs. The current work aims to have an exhaustive view of the origins of the stones used in the Sanctuary of Delphi. Located on the Parnassus zone, on the hanging wall of a large normal fault related to the Corinth Rift, this Apollo Sanctuary is mainly built of limestones, breccia, marbles, as well as more recent poorly consolidated sediments generally called pôros in the literature. To overpass this global view, the different lithologies employed in the archaeological site have been identified, as well as the local quarries, in order to find their origins. The different limestones are autochthons and come from the Upper Jurassic – Cretaceous carbonate platform of the Tethys Ocean involved in the Hellenides orogen. Those limestones of the Parnassus Massif constitute the majority of the rock volume in the site; a specific facies of Maastrichtian limestone called “Profitis Ilias limestone” has been used for the more prestigious edifices such as the Apollo Temple. The corresponding ancient quarry is located few kilometers west of the sanctuary. Then, slope breccia has been largely used in the sanctuary: it crops out in and around the site and is laying on top of the carbonates. Finally, the pôros appear to be very variable and seven different facies have been documented, including travertine, oolitic grainstone, marine carbonates and coarse-grained sandstones. All these recent facies exist in the south-east shore of the Gulf of Corinth, although – except for the grainstone – the quarries are not yet known.

scholarly journals Extreme events in computational turbulence

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (41) ◽  
pp. 12633-12638 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Yeung ◽  
X. M. Zhai ◽  
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Events ◽  
Isotropic Turbulence ◽  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Energy Dissipation Rate ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Homogeneous And Isotropic Turbulence ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Grid Points ◽  
Vortex Tubes

We have performed direct numerical simulations of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence in a periodic box with 8,1923grid points. These are the largest simulations performed, to date, aimed at improving our understanding of turbulence small-scale structure. We present some basic statistical results and focus on “extreme” events (whose magnitudes are several tens of thousands the mean value). The structure of these extreme events is quite different from that of moderately large events (of the order of 10 times the mean value). In particular, intense vorticity occurs primarily in the form of tubes for moderately large events whereas it is much more “chunky” for extreme events (though probably overlaid on the traditional vortex tubes). We track the temporal evolution of extreme events and find that they are generally short-lived. Extreme magnitudes of energy dissipation rate and enstrophy occur simultaneously in space and remain nearly colocated during their evolution.

ENTANGLEMENT OF A GENERAL FORMALISM Ξ-TYPE THREE-LEVEL ATOM INTERACTING WITH A SINGLE-MODE FIELD IN THE PRESENCE OF NONLINEARITIES

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (09) ◽  
pp. 2269-2283 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.-S. F. OBADA ◽  
A. A. EIED ◽  
G. M. ABD AL-KADER
Keyword(s):  
Unitary Operator ◽  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Initial Density ◽  
Photon Number ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Field Coupling ◽  
Mode Field ◽  
Level Atom ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Careful Investigation

We investigate the evolution of the atomic quantum entropy and the atom-field entanglement in a system of a Ξ-configuration three-level atom interacting with a single-mode field with additional forms of nonlinearities of both the field and the intensity-dependent atom-field coupling. With the derivation of the unitary operator within the frame of the dressed state and the exact results for the state of the system, we perform a careful investigation of the temporal evolution of the entropy. A factorization of the initial density operator is assumed, considering the field to be initially in a squeezed coherent or binomial state. The effects of the mean photon number, detuning, Kerr-like medium and the intensity-dependent coupling functional on the entropy are analyzed.

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