Collaborative Research: Paired paleoseismic and slip rate analysis of the central Garlock fault: Towards a true dated path of incremental slip on a major strike-slip fault

合作研究：加洛克中央断层的成对古地震和滑动率分析：寻找主要走滑断层上增量滑动的真正过时路径

• 批准号: 1650377
• 负责人: James Dolan
• 金额: $ 35.22万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1650377&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Paired; paleoseismic; slip

Knowledge of historic and prehistoric recurrence intervals and slip rates for large faults is important for seismic hazard assessment as well as understanding the fundamentals of earthquake mechanics. Long-term records are essential since recurrence intervals for large earthquakes typically exceed modern instrumental records (e.g. Tohoku, Cascadia, etc.). Paleoseismic studies and slip rate measurements are used to assess recurrence intervals and earthquake potential for active faults or fault networks. These studies suggest earthquakes may cluster both spatially and temporally, slip rates may change significantly over time, and some fault networks demonstrate coordinated behavior, but definitive studies in support of these ideas are sparse. Previous paleoseismic and slip rate studies on the Garlock fault, southern California, suggest that it may have experienced fast slip events that correlate with earthquake clusters that alternated with slow slip events, or seismic lulls, that correlate with decreased rates of strain accumulation. This study would provide a definitive analysis of the prehistoric record of earthquake occurrence and fault slip in order to determine if this behavior is typical for the Garlock fault over the past 15,000 years. The results will help the scientific community better understand what controls the occurrence of large earthquakes on systems of faults so that more informed earthquake forecasts are possible. Other desired societal outcomes include full participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM, improved STEM educator development through a teacher summer research program, and development of a globally competitive STEM workforce through training of undergraduate and graduate students.There is mounting evidence that the occurrence of large earthquakes on both single faults and fault systems is not a random process. For example, earthquakes commonly cluster in both space and time. The growing recognition that earthquake occurrence can be highly irregular in time and space will eventually call for a new and more sophisticated method of seismic hazard analysis that takes this behavior into account. Before such new methods can be developed, however, it is necessary to understand the nature of phenomena such as earthquake clustering and the conditions under which they occur. This project will develop a detailed prehistoric record of fault slip as a function of time for the Garlock fault, a fault known to have produced earthquakes with pronounced clustering over time. For example, the Garlock fault produced four large earthquakes in the past 2,000 years, no earthquakes between 2,000 and 5,000 thousand years ago, and two earthquakes between 5,000 and 7,000 thousand years ago. This project tests whether this clustering, which has been observed at one location on the fault, is also reproducible at two other locations along the fault and extends the record of prehistoric earthquakes farther back in time to document whether the fault has been seismically quiescent for any other millennia. To do so, paleoseismic and incremental slip rate data will be acquired from the central Garlock fault through: (a) excavation of paleoseismic trenches at three sites, two of which were previously un-datable because of the dearth of datable carbon; (b) documentation of incremental fault slip rates at two sites for offsets ranging from 30-80m; (c) dating of additional small (3-18 m) offsets based on analysis of GeoEarthScope lidar data at several sites to better constrain the dated slip-path during the past few earthquakes; (d) compilation of these and previous data into a comprehensive, published record of incremental slip and paleo-earthquake ages for the Garlock fault, facilitating comparison with similar data from other major faults. Utilization of the new post-IR-IRSL225 single-grain luminescence dating method will allow the research team to determine the ages of previously un-datable strata and landforms.

了解大断层的历史和史前复发间隔和滑移率对于地震危险性评估以及了解地震力学的基础知识非常重要。长期记录至关重要，因为大地震的复发间隔通常超过现代仪器记录（例如东北地震、卡斯卡迪亚地震等）。古地震研究和滑移率测量用于评估活动断层或断层网络的复发间隔和地震潜力。这些研究表明地震可能在空间和时间上聚集，滑移率可能随着时间的推移而发生显着变化，并且一些断层网络表现出协调行为，但支持这些想法的明确研究很少。先前对加利福尼亚州南部加洛克断层的古地震和滑移率研究表明，它可能经历过快速滑移事件，这些事件与地震群相关，而慢滑移事件或地震间歇期与应变积累率下降相关。这项研究将对地震发生和断层滑动的史前记录进行明确的分析，以确定这种行为是否是过去 15,000 年来加洛克断层的典型行为。研究结果将帮助科学界更好地了解是什么控制了断层系统大地震的发生，从而可以做出更明智的地震预报。其他期望的社会成果包括妇女和代表性不足的少数族裔充分参与 STEM、通过教师暑期研究计划改善 STEM 教育者的发展，以及通过培训本科生和研究生培养具有全球竞争力的 STEM 劳动力队伍。越来越多的证据表明，无论是单断层还是断层系统的大地震都不是一个随机过程。 例如，地震通常在空间和时间上都聚集。 人们越来越认识到地震发生在时间和空间上可能是高度不规则的，最终将需要一种新的、更复杂的地震危险性分析方法来考虑这种行为。 然而，在开发此类新方法之前，有必要了解地震聚集等现象的本质及其发生的条件。 该项目将开发关于加洛克断层的断层滑动随时间变化的详细史前记录，已知该断层随着时间的推移会产生明显的聚集性地震。 例如，加洛克断层在过去2000年里发生了4次大地震，在2000年到500万年前没有发生地震，在5000年到700万年前发生了两次地震。 该项目测试了在断层上的一个位置观察到的这种聚集是否也可以在断层沿线的其他两个位置重现，并将史前地震的记录延伸到更早的时间，以记录断层是否在任何时间段内都处于地震静止状态。其他千年。为此，将通过以下方式从中央加洛克断层获取古地震和增量滑移率数据： (a) 在三个地点挖掘古地震沟渠，其中两个地点以前由于缺乏可测定数据的碳而无法测定年代； (b) 记录偏移量范围为 30-80m 的两个地点的增量断层滑移率； (c) 根据对几个地点的 GeoEarthScope 激光雷达数据的分析，对额外的小偏移量（3-18 m）进行测年，以更好地限制过去几次地震期间的测年滑移路径； (d) 将这些数据和以前的数据汇编成一份全面的、已发表的关于加洛克断层增量滑移和古地震年龄的记录，以便于与其他主要断层的类似数据进行比较。利用新的后 IR-IRSL225 单晶发光测年方法将使研究小组能够确定以前无法测年的地层和地貌的年龄。