Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution
Conceptual models for the evolution of dilatant faults in volcanic rift settings involve a step-wise growth pattern, involving upward propagation of subsurface faults, surface monocline formation, which are breached by subvertical, open faults. Immature, discontinuous normal faults are considered re...
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crescholarship:10.31223/osf.io/zmt54 2024-04-07T07:53:31+00:00 Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution Bubeck, Alodie Walker, Richard Imber, Jonathan MacLeod, Chris 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/zmt54 unknown California Digital Library (CDL) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode posted-content 2017 crescholarship https://doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/zmt54 2024-03-08T03:58:03Z Conceptual models for the evolution of dilatant faults in volcanic rift settings involve a step-wise growth pattern, involving upward propagation of subsurface faults, surface monocline formation, which are breached by subvertical, open faults. Immature, discontinuous normal faults are considered representative of the early stages of mature, linked faults that accommodate extensional strains. We consider the evolution of surface-breaching normal faults using a comparison of the distribution and geometry of normal faults from two volcanic rift zones: the Koaʻe fault system, Hawaiʻi, and the Krafla fissure swarm, NE Iceland. Field mapping highlights similarities to current predicted geometries, but also prominent differences that are not reconciled by current models. Variable deformation styles record magma supply changes within the rift zones, which drive local strain rate gradients. Building on existing studies, we present a conceptual model of fault growth that accounts for spatial and temporal changes in strain rate within the deforming regions. We propose that faults in separate rift systems may not advance through the same stages of evolution and that faults within individual rift systems can show differing growth patterns. Variations in surface strains may be indicative of subsurface magmatic system changes, with important implications for our understanding of volcano-tectonic coupling. Other/Unknown Material Iceland eScholarship Repository (University of California) Krafla ENVELOPE(-16.747,-16.747,65.713,65.713) |
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Conceptual models for the evolution of dilatant faults in volcanic rift settings involve a step-wise growth pattern, involving upward propagation of subsurface faults, surface monocline formation, which are breached by subvertical, open faults. Immature, discontinuous normal faults are considered representative of the early stages of mature, linked faults that accommodate extensional strains. We consider the evolution of surface-breaching normal faults using a comparison of the distribution and geometry of normal faults from two volcanic rift zones: the Koaʻe fault system, Hawaiʻi, and the Krafla fissure swarm, NE Iceland. Field mapping highlights similarities to current predicted geometries, but also prominent differences that are not reconciled by current models. Variable deformation styles record magma supply changes within the rift zones, which drive local strain rate gradients. Building on existing studies, we present a conceptual model of fault growth that accounts for spatial and temporal changes in strain rate within the deforming regions. We propose that faults in separate rift systems may not advance through the same stages of evolution and that faults within individual rift systems can show differing growth patterns. Variations in surface strains may be indicative of subsurface magmatic system changes, with important implications for our understanding of volcano-tectonic coupling. |
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Bubeck, Alodie Walker, Richard Imber, Jonathan MacLeod, Chris Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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Bubeck, Alodie Walker, Richard Imber, Jonathan MacLeod, Chris |
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Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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Normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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normal fault growth in layered basaltic rocks: the role of strain rate in fault evolution |
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2017 |
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