Detailed velocity ratio mapping during the aftershock sequence as a tool to monitor the fluid activity within the fault plane

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10331721

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.017" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.017</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.017" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.epsl.2016.08.017</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Detailed velocity ratio mapping during the aftershock sequence as a tool to monitor the fluid activity within the fault plane

Original language description

The rheological properties of Earth materials are expressed by their seismic velocities and V-P/V-S ratio, which is easily obtained by the Wadati method. Its double-difference version based on cross-correlated waveforms enables focusing on very local structures and allows tracking, monitoring and analysing the fluid activity along faults. We applied the method to three 2014 mainshock-aftershock sequences in the West Bohemia/Vogtland (Czech Republic) earthquake swarm area and found pronounced V-P/V-S variations in time and space for different clusters of events located on a steeply dipping fault zone at depths ranging from 7 to 11 km. Each cluster reflects the spatial distribution of earthquakes along the fault plane but also the temporal evolution of the activity. Low values of V-P/V-S ratio down to 1.59 +/- 0.02 were identified in the deeper part of the fault zone whereas higher values up to 1.73 +/- 0.01 were estimated for clusters located on a shallower segment of the fault. Temporally the low V-P/V-S values are associated with the early aftershocks, while the higher V-P/V-S ratios are related only to later aftershocks. We interpret this behaviour as a result of saturation of the focal zone by compressible fluids: in the beginning the mainshock and early aftershocks driven by over-pressured fluids increased the porosity due to opening the fluid pathways. This process was associated with a decrease of the velocity ratio. In later stages the pressure and porosity decreased and the velocity ratio recovered to levels of 1.73, typical for a Poissonian medium and Earth's crust.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DC - Seismology, volcanology and Earth structure

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

ISSN

0012-821X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

453

Issue of the periodical within the volume

November

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

215-222

UT code for WoS article

000383932300021

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84991255923