Static stress changes--Coulomb

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Static stress changes--Coulomb. Coulomb theory. Hypothesis: Faults interact by the transfer of stress. WINCH. SPRING. BRICK. EARTHQUAKE! (only if stick-slip). Force Balance – Brick will not move until : Force on spring Force resisting motion - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Static stress changes--Coulomb

SPRING BRICKWINCH

Force Balance – Brick will not move until:

Force on spring Force resisting motion(its length change x its stiffness) (the weight of the brick x friction on surface)

Modeled after Ross Stein’s Coulomb Training I

Hypothesis: Faults interact by the transfer of stress

EARTHQUAKE! (only if stick-slip)

-Lisa Walsh

SPRING BRICKWINCH

Modeled after Ross Stein’s Coulomb Training I

BRICKSPRING

• Add another spring & brick• If you start cranking winch, PURPLE will move first. Then tension on spring will move GREEN.

EARTHQUAKE! EARTHQUAKE!

Source fault Receiver fault

= shear stress change + (coefficient of friction x normal stress change)

ΔCFS = Δτs+μ' Δσn

Coulomb stress calculationCoulomb

stress change

+ ΔCFS = closer to failure- ΔCFS = farther from failure

-Lisa Walsh

Key concepts:•Source faults•Receiver faults•Optimally oriented faults•Assume receiver faults are close to failure•Triggering lag time is a problem

Change of coulomb stress on faults of specified orientation

Can change spatiallyRemote: Sremote

Induced: Sinduced

Total:Sremote+Sinduced

Can change spatially

From King et al (BSSA, 1994)

From King et al (BSSA, 1994)

From King et al (BSSA, 1994)

Change of coulomb stress on faults of optimal orientation

from Todal et al (JGR, 2005)

from Todal et al (JGR, 2005)

from Todal et al (JGR, 2005)

from Todal et al (JGR, 2005)

Stress changes are permanent but seismicity is not

from Todal et al (JGR, 2005)

LosAngelesLosAngeles

Big Bear M = 6.5 (2nd - 3 hrs later)

Big Bear M = 6.5 (2nd - 3 hrs later)

Landers M = 7.3Landers M = 7.3(1(1stst))

First 3 hr of Landers

aftershocks

plotted

First 3 hr of Landers

aftershocks

plottedfrom Stein (Nature, 2003)

1992 - Landers earthquake triggered Big Bear earthquake 3 hrs later!

Stress trigger zone

Stress Shado

w

LosAngelesLosAngeles

Hector Mine Hector Mine

First 7 yr of

aftershocksplotted

First 7 yr of

aftershocksplotted

…and promotes the M=7.1 Hector Mine shock 7 years later (1999).

from Stein (Nature, 2003)

from Lin & Stein (JGR, 2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR, 2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR, 2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR, 2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR, 2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR,

2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR,

2004)

from Lin & Stein (JGR,

2004)

http://quake.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/animations/index.html

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