Journal
TECTONOPHYSICS
Volume 626, Issue -, Pages 157-169Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.020
Keywords
Tonankai earthquake; Fault gouge; Infrared spectroscopy; Clay mineralogy; Trace-element geochemistry; Isotope geochemistry
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- Japan Society for the Promotion KAKENHI [23684039, 30270979, 21107005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23684039, 24740339, 22224010] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Because a megasplay fault branching from the deep subduction boundary megathrust in the Nankai Trough is thought to be the source of large tsunamis associated with past Tonankai earthquakes, investigation of the heat signal due to frictional slip recorded in the fault is important for estimating the earthquake slip parameters. We performed X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopic analyses of a megasplay fault-rock sample and re-examined previously reported trace-element and isotope compositions, but observed no specific change related to high temperature (>= 250 degrees C). In addition, although a qualitative increase of the illite content in illite/smectite mixed-layer minerals within the slip-zone sample was previously reported, our kinetic evaluation of illitization, taking into consideration the coseismic temperature change due to frictional heating and heat conduction, revealed that the illitization reaction hardly progresses at temperatures under 250 degrees C. Alternatively, we suggest that the illite content in mixed-layer minerals might increase progressively via a comminution-dissolution-recrystallization process during multiple past slips. Accurate assessment of the slip behavior of the megasplay fault could be efficiently obtained by drilling to penetrate the fault zone at a deeper depth of approximately 1.5 km, where records of high temperatures would be detectable. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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