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Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakes.

ABSTRACT: Modern geophysics highlights that the slip behaviour response of faults is variable in space and time and can result in slow or fast ruptures. However, the origin of this variation of the rupture velocity in nature as well as the physics behind it is still debated. Here, we first highlight how the different types of fault slip observed in nature appear to stem from the same physical mechanism. Second, we reproduce at the scale of the laboratory the complete spectrum of rupture velocities observed in nature. Our results show that the rupture velocity can range from a few millimetres to kilometres per second, depending on the available energy at the onset of slip, in agreement with theoretical predictions. This combined set of observations bring a new explanation of the dominance of slow rupture fronts in the shallow part of the crust or in areas suspected to present large fluid pressure.

SUBMITTER: Passelegue FX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552404 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

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Initial effective stress controls the nature of earthquakes.

Passelègue François X FX Almakari Michelle M Dublanchet Pierre P Barras Fabian F Fortin Jérôme J Violay Marie M

Nature communications 20201012 1

Modern geophysics highlights that the slip behaviour response of faults is variable in space and time and can result in slow or fast ruptures. However, the origin of this variation of the rupture velocity in nature as well as the physics behind it is still debated. Here, we first highlight how the different types of fault slip observed in nature appear to stem from the same physical mechanism. Second, we reproduce at the scale of the laboratory the complete spectrum of rupture velocities observe ...[more]

PMID: 33046700

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