Estimation of the paleostress field from the 3-D orientation distribution of microcracks and their geothermal conditions in the Toki Granite, central Japan

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  • Takagi Hideo
    Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
  • Miwa Shigenori
    Department of Earth Sciences and Environmental and Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
  • Yokomizo Yoshiyuki
    Department of Earth Sciences, School of Education, Waseda University
  • Nishijima Kei
    Department of Earth Sciences and Environmental and Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
  • Enjoji Mamoru
    Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
  • Mizuno Takashi
    Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  • Amano Kenji
    Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

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  • 土岐花崗岩中の石英に発達するマイクロクラックの三次元方位分布による古応力場の復元と生成環境
  • トキ カコウガンチュウ ノ セキエイ ニ ハッタツスル マイクロクラック ノ 3ジゲン ホウイ ブンプ ニ ヨル コオウリョクバ ノ フクゲン ト セイセイ カンキョウ
  • Estimation of the paleostress field from 3-D orientation distribution of microcracks and their geothermal conditions in the Toki Granite, central Japan

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Based on the 3-D orientations of intracrystalline healed, sealed and open extension microcracks in quartz grains in the Late Cretaceous Toki Granite, we discuss the paleostress field and the history of microcracking combining the microthermometry of fluid inclusions in healed microcracks and sealing material identification in sealed microcracks. Twenty one oriented samples are collected from the DH-15 core (240-1000 mabh) drilled by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and additionally five oriented samples from outcrops in the Tono region. 3-D orientations of healed microcracks indicate the σHmax orientation of N-S to NW-SE in almost all sites, whereas those of sealed and open microcracks indicate the dominant σHmax orientation of E-W. Two or three orthogonal sets of microcracks are common in both healed and sealed (+open) microcracks. The formation of these sets can be attributed to the switch of principal stress axis due to stress release just after the crack formation. Healed microcracks probably reflect more regional paleostress field because of consistency of the orientations than the case of sealed and open microcracks that show rather scattering orientations. N-S to NW-SE trending healed microcracks are formed around 60 Ma on the basis of K-Ar biotite ages of the Toki Granite and formation temperature (c. 300-400°C) of fluid inclusions estimated from microthermometry in the case of intrusion depth (3.5 km=100 MPa) of the Toki Granite. Thus the σHmax orientation trended NW-SE after the restoration of clockwise rotation of SW Japan at c. 15 Ma. Following the healed microcrack formation, E-W trending high-angle sealed microcracks filled with carbonate mineral are formed. Open microcracks presumably formed at near-surface at the last stage of sealed microcrack formation after c. 20 Ma when the Mizunami Group deposited unconformably on the granite.

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