Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone
International audience The South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ) is an E-W trending active transform zone with high seismicity. N-S trending right-lateral strike-slip faults accommodate the left-lateral transform motion. Using seismological data recorded from 1991 to 2007, we carried out stress inversio...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00456864v1 2023-12-17T10:32:05+01:00 Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone Plateaux, R. Angelier, Jacques Bergerat, Françoise Cappa, F. Stefansson, R. Géoazur (GEOAZUR 6526) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Business and Natural Sciences University of Akureyri 2010 https://hal.science/hal-00456864 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00919.x en eng HAL CCSD Wiley-Blackwell info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00919.x hal-00456864 https://hal.science/hal-00456864 doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00919.x ISSN: 0954-4879 EISSN: 1365-3121 Terra Nova https://hal.science/hal-00456864 Terra Nova, 2010, 22 (2), pp.79-86. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00919.x⟩ [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00919.x 2023-11-22T17:25:21Z International audience The South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ) is an E-W trending active transform zone with high seismicity. N-S trending right-lateral strike-slip faults accommodate the left-lateral transform motion. Using seismological data recorded from 1991 to 2007, we carried out stress inversion of focal mechanisms of 1340 earthquakes that affected the Skard and Leirubakki faults, eastern SISZ. Not only did the inversion show typical deviations of stress across the faults, it also revealed anticlockwise and clockwise rotations of stress axes with time. Numerical models of the Leirubakki Fault show that these rotations are consistent with the mechanical effect of a lowered friction coefficient during the post-seismic period relative to the pre-seismic period. The Skard Fault reveals a more complex behaviour associated with a higher post-seismic friction, resulting from a higher density of pre-existing fracturing and probable stress interaction between faults. Our results suggest that faults where micro-earthquakes occur during neighbouring major seismic events may undergo significant stress changes at the scale of several kilometres and on time-scales of several years. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Leirubakki ENVELOPE(-20.011,-20.011,63.992,63.992) Skard ENVELOPE(8.305,8.305,62.831,62.831) Terra Nova 22 2 79 86 |
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International audience The South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ) is an E-W trending active transform zone with high seismicity. N-S trending right-lateral strike-slip faults accommodate the left-lateral transform motion. Using seismological data recorded from 1991 to 2007, we carried out stress inversion of focal mechanisms of 1340 earthquakes that affected the Skard and Leirubakki faults, eastern SISZ. Not only did the inversion show typical deviations of stress across the faults, it also revealed anticlockwise and clockwise rotations of stress axes with time. Numerical models of the Leirubakki Fault show that these rotations are consistent with the mechanical effect of a lowered friction coefficient during the post-seismic period relative to the pre-seismic period. The Skard Fault reveals a more complex behaviour associated with a higher post-seismic friction, resulting from a higher density of pre-existing fracturing and probable stress interaction between faults. Our results suggest that faults where micro-earthquakes occur during neighbouring major seismic events may undergo significant stress changes at the scale of several kilometres and on time-scales of several years. |
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Géoazur (GEOAZUR 6526) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Business and Natural Sciences University of Akureyri |
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Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the June 2000 earthquakes, South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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stress changes induced at neighbouring faults by the june 2000 earthquakes, south iceland seismic zone |
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ENVELOPE(-20.011,-20.011,63.992,63.992) ENVELOPE(8.305,8.305,62.831,62.831) |
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ISSN: 0954-4879 EISSN: 1365-3121 Terra Nova https://hal.science/hal-00456864 Terra Nova, 2010, 22 (2), pp.79-86. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00919.x⟩ |
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