Internal structure of Longmenshan fault zone at Hongkou outcrop, Sichuan, China, that caused the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

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摘要 ThispaperreportstheinternalstructuresoftheBeichuanfaultzoneofLongmenshanfaultsystemthatcausedthe2008Wenchuanearthquake,atanoutcropinHongkou,Sichuanprovince,China.PresentworkisapartofcomprehensiveprojectofInstituteofGeology,ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,tryingtounderstanddeformationprocessesinLongmenshanfaultzonesandeventuallytoreproduceWenchuanearthquakebymodelingbasedonmeasuredmechanicalandtransportproperties.Outcropstudiescouldbeintegratedwiththoseperformedonsamplesrecoveredfromfaultzonedrilling,duringtheWenchuanEarthquakeFaultScientificDrilling(WFSD)Project,tounderstandalong-faultanddepthvariationoffaultzoneproperties.Thehangingwallsideofthefaultzoneconsistsofweakly-foliated,clayeyfaultgougeofabout1minwidthandofseveralfaultbrecciazonesof30-40mintotalwidth.Wecouldnotfindanypseudotachyliteatthisoutcrop.DisplacementduringtheWenchuanearthquakeishighlylocalizedwithinthefaultgougelayeralongnarrowerslipping-zonesofabout10to20mminwidth.Thisisanimportantconstraintforanalyzingthermalpressurization,animportantdynamicweakeningmechanismoffaults.Overlappingpatternsofstriationsonslickensidesurfacesuggestthatseismicslipatagiventimeoccurredinevennarrowerzoneofafewtoseveralmillimeters,sothatlocalizationofdeformationmusthaveoccurredwithinaslippingzoneduringcoseismicfaultmotion.Faultbrecciazonesareboundedbythinblackgougelayerscontainingamorphouscarbon.Faultgougecontainsilliteandchloriteminerals,butnotsmectite.Clayeyfaultgougenexttocoseismicslippingzonealsocontainsamorphouscarbonandsmallamountsofgraphite.ThestructuralobservationsandmineralogicaldataobtainedfromoutcropexposuresofthefaultzoneoftheWenchuanearthquakecanbecomparedwiththoseobtainedfromtheWFSD-1andWFSD-2boreholes,whichhavebeendrilledveryclosetotheHongkououtcrop.Thepresenceofcarbonandgr
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出处 《地震学报:英文版》 2011年3期
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出版日期 2011年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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