Generation of sintered fault rock and its implications for earthquake energetics and fault healing

Tetsuro Hirono; Shunya Kaneki; Tsuyoshi Ishikawa; Jun Kameda; Naoya Tonoike; Akihiro Ito; Yuji Miyazaki

doi:10.1038/s43247-020-0004-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2020)

Generation of sintered fault rock and its implications for earthquake energetics and fault healing

Tetsuro Hirono,
Shunya Kaneki,
Tsuyoshi Ishikawa,
Jun Kameda,
Naoya Tonoike,
Akihiro Ito,
Yuji Miyazaki

Affiliations

Tetsuro Hirono: Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Shunya Kaneki: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji
Tsuyoshi Ishikawa: Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Jun Kameda: Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University
Naoya Tonoike: Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Akihiro Ito: Analytical Instrument Facility, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Yuji Miyazaki: Research Center for Thermal and Entropic Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0004-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Earthquake-induced sintering of fault rocks may enhance fault healing processes in the period immediately after seismic slip, according to observations of natural and experimental samples.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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