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FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.778811
关键词
fractures; localization; X-ray tomography; crystalline rock; triaxial compression
资金
- Research Council of Norway [300435]
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-SC0016520]
- Sigma2-NIRD [NS9073K]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0016520] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
The study reveals that in the compression process of rocks, the fracture network gradually localizes, but phases of delocalization interrupt this trend, and the proportion of the maximum fracture volume does not increase monotonically, with higher confining stress leading to greater localization. Experiments with different rock types show that monzonite is more prone to localization than granite.
We quantify the spatial distribution of fracture networks throughout six in situ X-ray tomography triaxial compression experiments on crystalline rocks at confining stresses of 5-35 MPa in order to quantify how fracture development controls the final macroscopic failure of the rock, a process analogous to those that control geohazards such as earthquakes and landslides. Tracking the proportion of the cumulative volume of fractures with volumes > 90th percentile to the total fracture volume, n-ary sumation v(90)/v(tot) indicates that the fracture networks tend to increase in localization toward these largest fractures for up to 80% of the applied differential stress. The evolution of this metric also matches the evolution of the Gini coefficient, which measures the deviation of a population from uniformity. These results are consistent with observations of localizing low magnitude seismicity before large earthquakes in southern California. In both this analysis and the present work, phases of delocalization interrupt the general increase in localization preceding catastrophic failure, indicating that delocalization does not necessarily indicate a reduction of seismic hazard. However, the proportion of the maximum fracture volume to the total fracture volume does not increase monotonically. Experiments with higher confining stress tend to experience greater localization. To further quantify localization, we compare the geometry of the largest fractures, with volumes > 90th percentile, to the best fit plane through these fractures immediately preceding failure. The r (2) scores and the mean distance of the fractures to the plane indicate greater localization in monzonite than in granite. The smaller mean mineral diameter and lower confining stress in the granite experiments may contribute to this result. Tracking these various metrics of localization reveals a close association between macroscopic yielding and the acceleration of fracture network localization. Near yielding, n-ary sumation v(90)/v(tot) and the Gini coefficient increase while the mean distance to the final failure plane decreases. Macroscopic yielding thus occurs when the rate of fracture network localization increases.
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