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dc.contributor.authorall | Collettini, C.; Università Sapienza | en |
dc.contributor.authorall | Viti, C.; Università Siena | en |
dc.contributor.authorall | Tesei, T.; Università Perugia | en |
dc.contributor.authorall | Mollo, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-10T11:12:38Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2014-02-10T11:12:38Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8916 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Earthquake slip is facilitated by a number of thermally activated physicochemical processes that are triggered by temperature rise during fast fault motion, i.e., frictional heating. Most of our knowledge on these processes is derived from theoretical and experimental studies. However, additional information can be provided by direct observation of ancient faults exposed at the Earth’s surface. Although fault rock indicators of earthquake processes along ancient faults have been inferred, the only unambiguous and rare evidence of seismic sliding from natural faults is solidifi ed friction melts or pseudotachylytes. Here we document a gamut of natural fault rocks produced by thermally activated processes during earthquake slip. These processes occurred at 2–3 km depth, along a thin (0.3–1.0 mm) principal slip zone of a regional thrust fault that accommodated several kilometers of displacement. In the slip zone, composed of ultrafi ne-grained fault rocks made of calcite and minor clays, we observe the presence of relict calcite and clay, numerous vesicles, poorly crystalline/amorphous phases, and newly formed calcite skeletal crystals. These observations indicate that during earthquake rupture, frictional heating induced calcite decarbonation and phyllosilicate dehydration. These microstructures may be diagnostic for recognizing ancient earthquakes along exhumed faults. | en |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher.name | Geological Society of America | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Geology (Geological Society of America) | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | /41(2013) | en |
dc.subject | Thermal decomposition | en |
dc.title | Thermal decomposition along natural carbonate faults during earthquakes | en |
dc.type | article | en |
dc.description.status | Published | en |
dc.type.QualityControl | Peer-reviewed | en |
dc.description.pagenumber | 927-930 | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.01. Earthquake faults: properties and evolution | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1130/G34421.1 | en |
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico | 2R. Laboratori sperimentali e analitici | en |
dc.description.journalType | JCR Journal | en |
dc.description.fulltext | restricted | en |
dc.relation.issn | 0091-7613 | en |
dc.relation.eissn | 1943-2682 | en |
dc.contributor.author | Collettini, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Viti, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tesei, T. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Mollo, S. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Università Sapienza | en |
dc.contributor.department | Università Siena | en |
dc.contributor.department | Università Perugia | en |
dc.contributor.department | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia | en |
item.openairetype | article | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.grantfulltext | restricted | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Università La Sapienza | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Università degli Studi di Siena, | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Università di Roma "La Sapienza" | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-0178-7672 | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 04. Solid Earth | - |
crisitem.department.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
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