Susan Ellis , Steven A.F. Smith , Matthew S. Tarling , Marianne Negrini
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Slip and stress in block-in-matrix shear zones: 2. numerical modelling of a serpentine-filled dilational jog
We use 2-D numerical models to explore slip and stress dynamics in a fault-bound dilational jog, informed by a field example from the Dun Mountain Ophiolite in New Zealand. The jog is hosted in a metre-scale phacoid of massive serpentinite embedded in a “block-in-matrix” creeping serpentinite shear zone. The models show how periodic exceedance of the tensile strength of the contact between the sealed jog and host rock leads to episodic opening and deposition of a new crack-seal band, with a thickness limited by the release of stress around the tips of the stepover-bounding faults. Jog stress release in the model is lower than that predicted from linear elastic fracture mechanics because additional crack opening can occur slowly due to post-failure creep on the bounding faults. For 10 km overburden and constant high fluid pressure, we predict event stress release of ca. 16 MPa and total crack opening of ∼22 μm on either side of the jog, consistent with crack-seal band widths in the field example. Because our models show that total crack width reflects both initial cracking and subsequent creep, we suggest caution when using crack-seal band widths to directly infer stress release in similar shear zone settings.
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The Journal of Structural Geology publishes process-oriented investigations about structural geology using appropriate combinations of analog and digital field data, seismic reflection data, satellite-derived data, geometric analysis, kinematic analysis, laboratory experiments, computer visualizations, and analogue or numerical modelling on all scales. Contributions are encouraged to draw perspectives from rheology, rock mechanics, geophysics,metamorphism, sedimentology, petroleum geology, economic geology, geodynamics, planetary geology, tectonics and neotectonics to provide a more powerful understanding of deformation processes and systems. Given the visual nature of the discipline, supplementary materials that portray the data and analysis in 3-D or quasi 3-D manners, including the use of videos, and/or graphical abstracts can significantly strengthen the impact of contributions.