Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230537
Mingming Jiang , Tianyu Zheng , Yumei He
The crustal imprints from multistage tectonic activities in cratons offer valuable insights into continental evolution. Utilizing seismic data from two densely deployed, nearly perpendicular linear arrays, and a newly developed stepwise joint inversion of depth-domain receiver function and surface wave dispersion, we constructed a detailed crustal layering model for the Yangtze Craton. Our analysis revealed elongated double velocity reversal zones as salient features of the crust, which likely record ancient crustal reworking and juvenile crustal growth associated with Neoproterozoic rift-related magmatic processes. The interlayering of low- and high-velocity structures may contribute to the enduring stability of the Yangtze Craton. Additionally, superimposed layers separated by east-dipping interfaces and abrupt changes in crustal thickness in the boundary belts surrounding the Yangtze Craton document the crust's structural responses to intracontinental deformation during continent assembly.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230535
Kazuki Matsuyama , Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
We conducted crystal-fabric analyses of peridotites within the Horoman peridotite complex in the Hidaka metamorphic belt, Hokkaido, Japan. Over fifty oriented peridotite samples were collected and analyzed for olivine fabric strength (J-index) and crystallographic preferred orientations (CPOs). The peridotites contained four olivine CPOs: A, E, D, and AG types. We confirmed that olivine CPOs presented a transitional distribution from E to A to AG type from south to north. Previous experimental studies have demonstrated that E type CPO can merge under hydrous conditions. In addition, magnetotelluric observations suggested that the subducting oceanic plate supplies pore fluid to the basal thrust in the region (the Hidaka Main Thrust). Therefore, we infer that the E type CPO was originated from a local water infiltration event. AG type CPO, on the other hand, was considered as a secondary product enhanced by the synkinematic melts in the northern (geological upper) part, combined with the pressure-temperature path inferred by previous petrological studies. Furthermore, we reconstructed the senses of shear strain using the microstructure and olivine crystal-fabrics. Then we built the tectonic history of the Horoman peridotite complex integrating the structural development of the Hidaka metamorphic belt.
我们对日本北海道日高变质带霍罗曼橄榄岩群中的橄榄岩进行了晶体构造分析。我们收集了五十多个取向橄榄岩样本，并对其橄榄石结构强度（J-指数）和晶体学优选取向（CPO）进行了分析。橄榄岩包含四种橄榄石 CPO：A、E、D 和 AG 型。我们证实橄榄石 CPOs 从南到北呈现出从 E 型到 A 型再到 AG 型的过渡分布。之前的实验研究表明，E 型 CPO 在水合条件下可以合并。此外，磁强计观测表明，俯冲的大洋板块为该地区的基底推力（日高主推力）提供了孔隙流体。因此，我们推断 E 型 CPO 起源于当地的水渗透事件。另一方面，AG 型 CPO 被认为是北部（地质上部）同步熔融强化的次生产物，与之前岩石学研究推断的压力-温度路径相结合。此外，我们还利用微观结构和橄榄石晶格重建了剪切应变的感应。然后，我们结合日高变质带的构造发展，构建了霍罗曼橄榄岩群的构造史。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230534
Xueyuan Huang , Ping Tong
In this study, we conducted seismic tomographic inversions to investigate the velocity and anisotropy structures of northern Sumatra, using 9774 P-wave and 8405 S-wave arrivals from regional earthquakes. Isotropic P-wave velocity, isotropic S-wave velocity, P-wave azimuthal anisotropy, and P-wave radial anisotropy models were generated using eikonal equation-based traveltime tomography methods. The study identified low-velocity zones beneath the Toba and Sinabung volcanoes, potentially indicating the presence of magma reservoirs. Furthermore, low-velocity anomalies above the subduction slab were detected, which were likely caused by the dehydration of the slab and interpreted as channels of upwelling flow. The tomographic results revealed a trench-parallel high-velocity belt in the uppermost mantle, representing the subducting slab of the India-Australian plate. The trench-parallel fast velocity directions in the slab suggested that the subducted oceanic slab retains its frozen-in anisotropy formed at the mid-ocean ridge, or that the anisotropy is induced by the lattice-preferred orientation of the B-type olivine. Negative radial anisotropy in the mantle wedge was observed, reflecting hot upwelling flows and transitions of olivine fabrics in the presence of water due to slab dehydration. The results also indicated a multilevel magma plumbing system beneath the Toba Caldera. In summary, the results of this study provided new insights into the structure and dynamic processes of the northern Sumatra subduction zone.
在这项研究中，我们利用来自区域地震的 9774 个 P 波和 8405 个 S 波到达数据进行了地震层析反演，以研究苏门答腊岛北部的速度和各向异性结构。利用基于 eikonal 方程的行进时间层析成像方法生成了各向同性 P 波速度、各向同性 S 波速度、P 波方位各向异性和 P 波径向各向异性模型。研究确定了多巴火山和西那榜火山下方的低速区，这可能表明存在岩浆储层。此外，还探测到俯冲板块上方的低速异常，这可能是板块脱水造成的，被解释为上升流通道。层析成像结果表明，在最上层地幔中有一条沟槽平行高速带，代表印度-澳大利亚板块的俯冲板块。板块中与海沟平行的快速速度方向表明，俯冲的大洋板块保留了在大洋中脊形成的冻结各向异性，或者说该各向异性是由 B 型橄榄石的晶格偏好取向引起的。在地幔楔中观察到了负径向各向异性，反映了板块脱水导致的热上升流和橄榄石结构在有水的情况下的转变。研究结果还表明，鸟羽破火山口下方存在多级岩浆管道系统。总之，这项研究的结果为了解苏门答腊岛北部俯冲带的结构和动态过程提供了新的视角。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230536
Yasunori Sawaki , Yoshihiro Ito , Emmanuel Soliman M. Garcia , Ayumu Miyakawa , Takuo Shibutani
Seismological heterogeneity in subduction zones provides insights into slow earthquakes and potential megathrust earthquakes. Studies at the Kii Peninsula in the Nankai subduction zone suggest that there are high-density and high-velocity plutonic bodies in the accretionary prism over the subducting slab, potentially influencing megathrust earthquakes. The lateral variation of heterogeneity and the spatial extent of plutonic bodies remain to be investigated well. Our passive-source imaging of receiver-side Green's functions, from widely distributed campaign seismic observations, reveals a sharp negative S-wave velocity contrast on the top surface of the subducting Philippine Sea plate common to all along-dip profiles and a positive phase tilted upward in the forearc crust. The low permeability of the forearc crust prevents the infiltration of slab-dehydrated fluid further into the upper crust. In the western area, we also found positive phases tilted upward in the forearc crust. The negative phase extends towards the deeper extent of slow-earthquake sources. Meanwhile, the positive phase likely represents the top surface of plutonic rocks of the Kumano and Ohmine plutons that span all the way down to the plate interface. Together with observations of gravity anomaly, intraslab seismicity, and seismic tomography, our interpretation supports the presence of plutonic bodies which extend deep beneath the forearc crust as well as laterally over the subducting PHS slab, rather than a serpentinized mantle wedge. The upper plate is generally low in permeability, but areas with localized high permeability may exist on the updip side of tremor sources. This condition, wherein fluid can infiltrate upwards locally, may maintain the relatively less active slow earthquakes in the western area. The lateral variation of the upper-plate lithology likely influences fluid processes and slow earthquake activities.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230538
Wenzheng Gong , Lingling Ye , Shiqing Xu , Yipei Tan , Xiaofei Chen
The 2022 MW 6.6 Luding earthquake occurred on the Moxi segment of the Xianshuihe fault at the southeast margin of Tibetan Plateau, China. To assess the seismic potential of the Moxi segment, we examine the rupture process of the mainshock and aftershock sequence, along with historical seismicity. Our preferred slip model inverted from teleseismic body waves and regional GNSS static displacements shows a dominant southeastward rupture consisting of two distinct, prominent slip patches along strike extending by ∼15 km, with a peak slip of ∼2.8 m, approximately balancing the slip deficit since the last major earthquake in 1786. The northern section of the Moxi segment experienced minor coseismic slip, which, together with the significant slip deficits and positive Coulomb failure stress change induced by the 2022 mainshock indicates a high seismic potential. Several aftershock clusters are distributed along or near the Moxi segment, with strike-slip focal mechanisms around the downdip edge of the coseismic slip area at ∼8‐12 km. At the eastern flank of Mt. Gongga, another cluster of normal faulting aftershocks is located at shallower depths of ∼3‐7 km, with high seismicity rate over ∼9 months including two other M5 sequences in January and February 2023. Similar intense shallow normal faulting activity had occurred after the impoundment of the nearby Dagangshan reservoir in 2015. We speculate that some NW-SE trending normal faults were initially developed by the gravitational collapse of Mt. Gongga underneath the eastern flank, further weakened by fluid flow, as supported by the existence of hot springs and water impoundment, and reactivated by the tensional stress change induced by the 2022 mainshock. These results have important implications for assessing the seismic hazard in and around the Moxi segment, and the potential interplay between strike-slip fault and nearby mountain areas.
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In order to investigate fault strength, healing and stability in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism off Kii Peninsula, Japan, we conducted two series of triaxial friction experiments on gouge of a silty-claystone sample cored from 2183.6 mbsf (meters below seafloor) at IODP Site C0002, at confining pressure (Pc), pore-water pressure () and temperature (T) conditions simulating those in situ at 1000–6000 mbsf there; rate-stepping tests at axial displacement rates (Vaxial) changed stepwise among 0.1, 1 and 10 μm/s, and slide-hold-slide tests at Vaxial = 1 μm/s with hold time (th) ranging from 10 to 104 s.
Experimentally determined steady-state and static friction coefficients, μss and μs, respectively, and the log-linear th dependence of frictional healing, β, exhibit a decrease with simulated depth down to 3000 mbsf at which condition T was 100 °C, followed by an increase toward 6000 mbsf. On the other hand, the rate dependence of μss, a – b, gradually decreases with simulated depth, changing from positive at ≤4000 mbsf through ∼0 at 5000 mbsf to negative at 6000 mbsf at which condition stick slips were observed.
Our experimental results suggest the presence of a low fault-strength and weak fault-healing zone at ∼3000 mbsf beneath IODP Site C0002, possibly due to elevated pore pressure induced by smectite dehydration. This zone correlates well with the previously reported low seismic-velocity zone and the source area of very low-frequency earthquakes to the south. Our experimental results also suggest that faulting beneath IODP Site C0002 is stable and aseismic at ≤4000 mbsf, transitional at 5000 mbsf, and potentially unstable and seismic at 6000 mbsf. In fact, stick slips corresponding to seismic faulting were observed at the 6000 mbsf condition. This implies that faulting along the plate-boundary thrust located at ∼5200 mbsf beneath IODP Site C0002 is potentially seismogenic.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230533
Marco G. Malusà , Alessandro Ellero , Giuseppe Ottria
A reliable identification of the fault responsible for the magnitude 6.8 Al Haouz earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September 2023 has so far been hampered by a lack of accurate tectonic analyses. Here we provide the first updated tectonic framework of the earthquake epicentral area based on original field data. We cast our results into the context of available geomorphological, thermochronological and geophysical constraints, and discuss the earthquake characteristics within the framework of competing tectonic models either based on asthenospheric upwelling or transpressional tectonics. We found that the Al Haouz earthquake was likely generated by rupture along a north-dipping high-angle fault, linking former fault planes belonging to an orogen-scale WSW-ESE transpressional shear zone. The geological evolution and seismotectonic structure of the region are largely governed by the oblique convergence of tectonic plates. The impact of asthenospheric upwelling, if any, remains limited and may only influence the geomorphological evolution of the Western High Atlas, but cannot explain the seismotectonic and geological features observed today at the surface, which are instead effects of transpressional tectonics.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230530
Zhaofei Liu , Zhi Chen , Ying Li , Zhidan Zhao , Shunying Hong , Le Hu , Ling Ma , Chang Lu , Yuanxin Zhao , Hongyi He , Shujuan Su , Ying Zhao , Weiye Shao , Zhengyang Cao , Hanyu Wang
In the region of large gas fields, extensive research has been conducted on earthquakes induced by industrial production in shale gas fields. However, limited attention has been given to the impact of post-earthquake events on shale gas reservoir leakage and fault activation. The Luxian MS 6.0 earthquake, which occurred on 16 September 2021 in the Luzhou shale gas field, has raised concerns about post-earthquake shale gas leakage. Post-earthquake measurements of soil gases (Rn, CO2, CH4, and H2) and isotopic analyses (δ13CCO2, δ13CCH4 and δDCH4) in the Luzhou shale gas field area reveal that the Huayingshan fault zone, a natural pathway for shale gas leakage, was not activated by the Luxian earthquake and did not exhibit any further shale gas leakage after the 2021 earthquake. Furthermore, the seismogenic fault, which was impacted by the earthquake, did not damage the shale gas reservoir, causing shale gas leakage. This study provides an important foundation for future research on shale gas extraction and seismic activity in the region.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230529
Weilin Kong , Luyuan Huang , Yebo Li , Yiwei Tian
The Tian Shan region is a typical example of crustal deformation within an intracontinental environment, where the lithospheric rheological properties are marked by significant spatial heterogeneity. However, the role of lithospheric rheology in crustal strain partitioning within the interior of the Tian Shan orogenic belt remains nebulous. Here, we utilized a two-dimensional viscoplastic model with contact elements constrained by GPS velocities and fault slip rates to investigate the influence of the block's strength on crustal deformation in the southwestern Tian Shan region. Our founding suggests that a weaker lower crust beneath the northern Tian Shan region offers a potential mechanism for the contemporary deformation patterns. Contemporary crustal deformation at Tian Shan is mainly concentrated along the piedmont thrust-and-fold belts and diffuses in the orogen's interior. This pattern of crustal strain partitioning is closely linked to the interplay between fault slips and lithospheric deformation. This finding emphasizes the significant role that the lithospheric rheology and pre-existing faults played in the deformation partitioning in the interior of the Tian Shan orogeny.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230516
Lin Wu , Xingqiang Feng , Lei Zhou , Shuwei Guan , Dongsheng Ji , Yuanlong Tan , Linyan Zhang
The southern Junggar Basin in NW China is an important tectonic unit in the region of the Tibetan Plateau and has been the focus of considerable research into its tectonic processes and geodynamic setting. However, the relationship between deep structural deformation and stress in this region remains unclear. This study investigates the Gaoquan and Hutubi anticlines in the southern Junggar Basin using three-dimensional geophysical data and a finite-element numerical simulation to examine the crustal stress distribution and stress regime at depths of up to 7 km. Numerical simulation results indicate that the stress regime in the southern Junggar Basin changes from west to east. In the western part of the region, including the Gaoquan anticline at depths of 4900–6100 m, the maximum horizontal principal stress shows a peak of 140–200 MPa, the minimum horizontal principal stress is 110–170 MPa, and the vertical principal stress is 115–175 MPa, indicating a mixed stress regime incorporating both compression and strike-slip components. In the eastern part of the region, including the Hutubi anticline at depths of 5400–7800 m, the maximum horizontal principal stress shows a peak of 160–280 MPa, the minimum horizontal principal stress is 155–250 MPa, and the vertical principal stress is 125–215 MPa, indicating a compressive stress regime. The stress magnitude and orientation are affected by the presence of faults and depth in the crust. Combining these results with the regional tectonic setting, it is considered that the geometrical relationship between pre-existing faults and the current stress field is the main control on the west–east differentiation in the stress regime, with spatial variations in the mechanical parameters of the crust and the pressure coefficient being secondary factors. These results provide insights into the relationship between stress and deformation, and support the updated version of the World Stress Map database.
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