IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v13y2022i1d10.1038_s41467-022-30798-3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Transient evolution of permeability and friction in a slowly slipping fault activated by fluid pressurization

Author

Listed:
  • Frédéric Cappa

    (Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, IRD, Géoazur
    Institut Universitaire de France)

  • Yves Guglielmi

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

  • Louis Barros

    (Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, IRD, Géoazur)

Abstract

The mechanisms of permeability and friction evolution in a natural fault are investigated in situ. During three fluid injection experiments at different places in a fault zone, we measured simultaneously the fluid pressure, fault displacements and seismic activity. Changes in fault permeability and friction are then estimated concurrently. Results show that fault permeability increases up to 1.58 order of magnitude as a result of reducing effective normal stress and cumulative dilatant slip, and 19-to-60.8% of the enhancement occurs without seismic emissions. When modeling the fault displacement, we found that a rate-and-state friction and a permeability dependent on both slip and slip velocity together reasonably fit the fault-parallel and fault-normal displacements. This leads to the conclusion that the transient evolution of fault permeability and friction caused by a pressure perturbation exerts a potentially dominant control on fault stability during fluid flow.

Suggested Citation

  • Frédéric Cappa & Yves Guglielmi & Louis Barros, 2022. "Transient evolution of permeability and friction in a slowly slipping fault activated by fluid pressurization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-30798-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30798-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30798-3
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-022-30798-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Christopher H. Scholz, 1998. "Earthquakes and friction laws," Nature, Nature, vol. 391(6662), pages 37-42, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Hongyu Sun & Matej Pec, 2021. "Nanometric flow and earthquake instability," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Elisenda Bakker & John Kaszuba & Sabine den Hartog & Suzanne Hangx, 2019. "Chemo‐mechanical behavior of clay‐rich fault gouges affected by CO2‐brine‐rock interactions," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 9(1), pages 19-36, February.
    3. Stuart Fraser & William Power & Xiaoming Wang & Laura Wallace & Christof Mueller & David Johnston, 2014. "Tsunami inundation in Napier, New Zealand, due to local earthquake sources," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 70(1), pages 415-445, January.
    4. Sandro Andrés & David Santillán & Juan Carlos Mosquera & Luis Cueto-Felgueroso, 2019. "Thermo-Poroelastic Analysis of Induced Seismicity at the Basel Enhanced Geothermal System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-18, December.
    5. Nkomom, Théodule Nkoa & Okaly, Joseph Brizar & Mvogo, Alain, 2021. "Dynamics of modulated waves and localized energy in a Burridge and Knopoff model of earthquake with velocity-dependant and hydrodynamics friction forces," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 583(C).
    6. D.Sornette & J.V. Andersen & A. Helmstetter & S.Gluzman & J.R.Grasso & V. Pisarenko, 2003. "Slider-Block Friction Model for Landslides: Application to Vaiont and Laclapière Landslides," THEMA Working Papers 2003-33, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
    7. Pelap, F.B. & Kagho, L.Y. & Fogang, C.F., 2016. "Chaotic behavior of earthquakes induced by a nonlinear magma up flow," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 71-83.
    8. Shoubiao Zhu, 2013. "Numerical simulation of dynamic mechanisms of the 2008 Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake: implications for earthquake prediction," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 69(2), pages 1261-1279, November.
    9. Nkomom, Théodule Nkoa & Ndzana, Fabien II & Okaly, Joseph Brizar & Mvogo, Alain, 2021. "Dynamics of nonlinear waves in a Burridge and Knopoff model for earthquake with long-range interactions, velocity-dependent and hydrodynamics friction forces," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
    10. Songlin Shi & Meng Wang & Yonatan Poles & Jay Fineberg, 2023. "How frictional slip evolves," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    11. R. Tiwari & Ashutosh Chamoli, 2015. "Is tidal forcing critical to trigger large Sumatra earthquakes?," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 77(1), pages 65-74, May.
    12. Bahman Bohloli & Magnus Soldal & Halvard Smith & Elin Skurtveit & Jung Chan Choi & Guillaume Sauvin, 2020. "Frictional Properties and Seismogenic Potential of Caprock Shales," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-19, November.
    13. Cunpeng Du & Haitao Yin & Shengwen Yu & Le Yang & Yuan Jia, 2023. "Effects of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake on the Locking Characteristics and Seismic Risk of the Yishu Fault Zone in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-20, February.
    14. Mahendra Samaroo & Rick Chalaturnyk & Maurice Dusseault & Judy F. Chow & Hans Custers, 2022. "Assessment of the Brittle–Ductile State of Major Injection and Confining Formations in the Alberta Basin," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-23, September.
    15. Gaucher, Emmanuel & Schoenball, Martin & Heidbach, Oliver & Zang, Arno & Fokker, Peter A. & van Wees, Jan-Diederik & Kohl, Thomas, 2015. "Induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs: A review of forecasting approaches," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 1473-1490.
    16. Kostić, Srđan & Vasović, Nebojša & Todorović, Kristina & Franović, Igor, 2018. "Nonlinear dynamics behind the seismic cycle: One-dimensional phenomenological modeling," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 310-316.
    17. Philippe Danré & Louis Barros & Frédéric Cappa & Luigi Passarelli, 2024. "Parallel dynamics of slow slips and fluid-induced seismic swarms," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
    18. Caishan Yan & Hsuan-Yi Chen & Pik-Yin Lai & Penger Tong, 2023. "Statistical laws of stick-slip friction at mesoscale," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    19. Wei Feng & Lu Yao & Chiara Cornelio & Rodrigo Gomila & Shengli Ma & Chaoqun Yang & Luigi Germinario & Claudio Mazzoli & Giulio Di Toro, 2023. "Physical state of water controls friction of gabbro-built faults," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-30798-3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.