Role of Fluids in Faulting Inferred from Stress Field Signatures

  • Jeanne L. Hardebeck
    Seismological Laboratory, MC 252-21, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
  • Egill Hauksson
    Seismological Laboratory, MC 252-21, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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公開日
1999-07-09
DOI
  • 10.1126/science.285.5425.236
公開者
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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<jats:p>The stress orientation signature of weak faults containing high-pressure fluids has been observed for segments of the San Andreas fault system in southern California. The inferred lithostatic fluid pressures extend into the surrounding relatively intact rock in a zone scaling with the width of the interseismic strain accumulation. Repeated strain-related fracturing and crack sealing may have created low-permeability barriers that seal fluids into the network of currently active fractures.</jats:p>

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    Science 285 (5425), 236-239, 1999-07-09

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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