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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1047-2024
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Research article
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23 Aug 2024
Research article |
| 23 Aug 2024
| 23 Aug 2024
Stress state at faults: the influence of rock stiffness contrast, stress orientation, and ratio
Technical University Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Robin Seithel
GHJ – Ingenieurgesellschaft für Geo- und Umwelttechnik mbH & Co. KG, Am Hubengut 4, 76149 Karlsruhe, Germany
Thomas Niederhuber
Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Oliver Heidbach
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Applied Geosciences, TU Berlin, 10587 Berlin, Germany
Thomas Kohl
Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Birgit Müller
Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Mojtaba Rajabi
School of the Environment, University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Karsten Reiter
Institute of Applied Geosciences, TU Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Luisa Röckel
Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Resolving blind mid-crustal earthquake deformation with InSAR time-series: the 2021 Mw 6.4 San Juan earthquake and implications for a non-optimal fault reactivation in the Andean Fold and Thrust Belt, Argentina P. León-Ibáñez & F. Delgado https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf394
- Inversion of Two-Dimensional In Situ Stress Field Constrained by Multisource Data: A Case Study of Logging-Seismic Integrated Fault Identification K. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr14101567
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Short summary
The rotation of the principal stress axes in a fault structure because of a rock stiffness contrast has been investigated for the impact of the ratio of principal stresses, the angle between principal stress axes and fault strike, and the ratio of the rock stiffness contrast. A generic 2D geomechanical model is employed for the systematic investigation of the parameter space.
The rotation of the principal stress axes in a fault structure because of a rock stiffness...
