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Extracting microphysical fault friction parameters from laboratory and field injection experiments
Martijn P. A. van den Ende
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Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Géoazur, France
Marco M. Scuderi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Frédéric Cappa
Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Géoazur, France
Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
Jean-Paul Ampuero
Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Géoazur, France
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Calcite twinning is a common deformation mechanism that mainly occurs at low temperatures. Twinning activation appears at a critical strength value, which is poorly documented and still debated. Temperature is known to influence twin thickness and shape; however, few studies have been conducted on calcite deformation at low temperatures. The goal of this work is to determine if thickness is mainly due to high temperatures and to establish the validity of a threshold twinning activation value.
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Short summary
The injection of fluids (like wastewater or CO2) into the subsurface could cause earthquakes when existing geological faults inside the reservoir are (re-)activated. To assess the hazard associated with this, previous studies have conducted experiments in which fluids have been injected into centimetre- and decimetre-scale faults. In this work, we analyse and model these experiments. To this end, we propose a new approach through which we extract the model parameters that govern slip on faults.
The injection of fluids (like wastewater or CO2) into the subsurface could cause earthquakes...
