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Field evidences for the role of static friction on fracture orientation in extensional relays along strike-slip faults: Comparison with photoelasticity and 3-D numerical modeling

Roger Soliva
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Frantz Maerten
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Jean-Pierre Petit

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Fault friction is a parameter that is difficult to assess along fault zones since its determination depends on the knowledge of any factor controlling the state of stress around faults. In brittle homogeneous rocks, a limited number of these factors, such as the shape of the fault surface, the vicinity of fault tips or the remote stress ratio, are crucial to constrain for this determination. In this paper, we propose to analyse a field example in which all these properties are met and where the nature of the slipped structure suggest differences in static friction. We compare the orientations of branching fractures at strike-slip relay zones between en echelon stylolites and en echelon joints both reactivated in shear. The field data are compared with both photoelastic and 3-D numerical models that consider the remote stress conditions and the role of the geometry of the strike-slip segments. Based on field observations, these analyses quantitatively demonstrate the significant role of fault friction on the local stress field orientation and subsequent fracture formation. This work points out that estimations of fault friction based on analyses of fracture patterns or in situ stresses must be accompanied with a thorough investigation of the 3-D fault shape, its segmentation and the remote stress state.

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hal-00560999 , version 1 (31-01-2011)

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Roger Soliva, Frantz Maerten, Jean-Pierre Petit, Vincent Auzias. Field evidences for the role of static friction on fracture orientation in extensional relays along strike-slip faults: Comparison with photoelasticity and 3-D numerical modeling. Journal of Structural Geology, 2010, 32 (11), pp.1721-1731. ⟨10.1016/j.jsg.2010.01.008⟩. ⟨hal-00560999⟩
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