We monitored the amplitude changes of coda transmission waves around 500 kHz across the frictional interface of a simulated 1. 5-meter-long fault during normal stress holding test.We find that the amplitude of coda tr...We monitored the amplitude changes of coda transmission waves around 500 kHz across the frictional interface of a simulated 1. 5-meter-long fault during normal stress holding test.We find that the amplitude of coda transmission waves increases with the logarithm of stationary contact time. Localized increase amounted to a level ranging from 4% to 16%along the fault is observed during the 1-hour experiment. We discuss that the frictional strength at mesoscopic scale,which is related to the amplitude of coda transmission waves,is responsible for the phenomenon. Combining the reported method with other complementary approaches will enhance the understanding of fault mechanism either at laboratory or on-site applications.展开更多
With the more complete acoustic emission(AE)catalog improved by the multi-channel AE matched-filter technique(MFT),we study the spatiotemporal evolution of the AE activities after laboratory stick-slip events incorpor...With the more complete acoustic emission(AE)catalog improved by the multi-channel AE matched-filter technique(MFT),we study the spatiotemporal evolution of the AE activities after laboratory stick-slip events incorporate with the slip data recorded by displacement transducers on an^1.5 m granite fault.The results show that the number of the AE events identified by MFT is about 9 times larger than that of the traditional method.A logarithmic expansion of early AE events along the fault strike is observed as a function of time,whereas the fault does not slip in the same manner.Thus,we related the expansion of the early AE events along the fault to the stress transfer caused by the adjacent AE events.Moreover,there is a good correlation between the cumulative number of the later AE events and the amount of fault slip.It suggests that the stress change caused by the continuous slip of the simulated fault after the stick-slip events response for the later AE events near or on the simulated fault.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41874061)
文摘We monitored the amplitude changes of coda transmission waves around 500 kHz across the frictional interface of a simulated 1. 5-meter-long fault during normal stress holding test.We find that the amplitude of coda transmission waves increases with the logarithm of stationary contact time. Localized increase amounted to a level ranging from 4% to 16%along the fault is observed during the 1-hour experiment. We discuss that the frictional strength at mesoscopic scale,which is related to the amplitude of coda transmission waves,is responsible for the phenomenon. Combining the reported method with other complementary approaches will enhance the understanding of fault mechanism either at laboratory or on-site applications.
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFE0109300)National Natural Science Foundation of China(41874061 and41802231)。
文摘With the more complete acoustic emission(AE)catalog improved by the multi-channel AE matched-filter technique(MFT),we study the spatiotemporal evolution of the AE activities after laboratory stick-slip events incorporate with the slip data recorded by displacement transducers on an^1.5 m granite fault.The results show that the number of the AE events identified by MFT is about 9 times larger than that of the traditional method.A logarithmic expansion of early AE events along the fault strike is observed as a function of time,whereas the fault does not slip in the same manner.Thus,we related the expansion of the early AE events along the fault to the stress transfer caused by the adjacent AE events.Moreover,there is a good correlation between the cumulative number of the later AE events and the amount of fault slip.It suggests that the stress change caused by the continuous slip of the simulated fault after the stick-slip events response for the later AE events near or on the simulated fault.
