S43C:
Observing Fault Slip in Its Natural Habitat: Field Experiments of Earthquake Physics Posters

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Poster Only Session: This session has been requested by the conveners to only be offered in poster format. No oral sessions will accompany this session. Learn more


Session ID#: 25440

Session Description:
Controlled experiments at the field scale are required to improve our understanding of earthquakes. Scientifically induced seismicity can bridge the gaps between laboratory, theoretical and observational studies on natural systems. Artificially produced earthquakes can provide key information about the forcing mechanisms required to initiate events on natural, pre-stressed faults. The controlled nature of the experiment also provides an opportunity for near-field instrumentation to examine nucleation and the controls on ultimate magnitude posed rupture propagation. We encourage submissions that illuminate earthquake physics utilizing induced seismicity or focus on near-field observables that might be applicable to future controlled field experiments.
Primary Convener:  Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Emily E Brodsky, University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, David W S Eaton, University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada and Margaret S Boettcher, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Chairs:  Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, United States and David W S Eaton, University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada
OSPA Liaison:  Brett M Carpenter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Geosciences, Norman, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

4317 Precursors [NATURAL HAZARDS]
7209 Earthquake dynamics [SEISMOLOGY]
7215 Earthquake source observations [SEISMOLOGY]
8118 Dynamics and mechanics of faulting [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The DSeis Project: Drilling into Seismogenic zones of M2.0 to M5.5 earthquakes in South African gold mines (Invited) (209257)
Yasuo Yabe, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan, Takatoshi Ito, Tohoku University, Institute of Fluid Science, Sendai, Japan, Gerrie van Aswegen, Institute of Mine Seismology, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Raymond J Durrheim, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Artur Cichowicz, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa, Tullis C Onstott, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, Thomas L Kieft, New Mexico Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Socorro, NM, United States, Margaret S Boettcher, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Stefan Wiemer, ETH Zurich, Swiss Seismological Service, Zurich, Switzerland, Martin Ziegler, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, Sergei A Shapiro, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Harsh K Gupta, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India and Phillip Dight, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Permeability evolution associated to creep and episodic slow slip of a fault affecting clay formations: Results from the FS fault activation experiment in Mt Terri (Switzerland). (244425)
Yves Guglielmi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, United States, Christophe Nussbaum, Swisstopo, Wabern, Switzerland, Jens T Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States, Louis De Barros, Géoazur - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, OCA, Valbonne, France and Frederic Cappa, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, IRD, Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Seismic and aseismic fault slip in response to fluid injection observed during field experiments at meter scale (217454)
Frederic Cappa1, Yves Guglielmi2, Louis De Barros3, Nicolas Wynants-Morel4 and Laure Duboeuf4, (1)Université Côte d'Azur, Geoazur, Sophia Antipolis, France, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, United States, (3)Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IRD, OCA, Géoazur, Sophia Antipolis, France, (4)University Côte d'Azur, Geoazur, Sophia Antipolis, France
Data-driven fault mechanics: Inferring fault hydro-mechanical properties from in situ observations of injection-induced aseismic slip (292403)
Pathikrit Bhattacharya, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States and Robert C Viesca, Tufts University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Medford, United States
What can we learn from dynamic rupture modeling? (283216)
Fushen Liu1, Yanhua O. Yuan2, Martin D Lacasse1, Brian deMartin3 and Pablo F Sanz4, (1)ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, United States, (2)ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, United States, (3)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX, United States, (4)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, United States

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