High stresses stored in fault zones: example of the Nojima fault (Japan)

Boullier, Anne-Marie; Robach, Odile; Ildefonse, Benoît; Barou, Fabrice; Mainprice, David; Ohtani, Tomoyuki; Fujimoto, Koichiro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-505-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Solid Earth, 9, 505–529, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-505-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Solid Earth, 9, 505–529, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-505-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article 26 Apr 2018

Research article | 26 Apr 2018

High stresses stored in fault zones: example of the Nojima fault (Japan)

Anne-Marie Boullier et al.

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RC1: 'Comments on 'High Stresses stored in fault zones: example of the Nojima fault (Japan)' by Boullier et al.', Franciscus Aben, 10 Jan 2018
- SC1: 'Answer to the first referee (F. Aben)', Boullier Anne-Marie, 19 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Answer to the first referee (F. Aben)', Boullier Anne-Marie, 19 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “High stresses stored in fault zones : example of the Nojima fault (Japan)”', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jan 2018
- SC2: 'Answer to the second referee', Boullier Anne-Marie, 19 Jan 2018
  - AC1: 'Answer to the first referee (F. Aben)', Boullier Anne-Marie, 19 Jan 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Boullier Anne-Marie on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Mar 2018) by Bernhard Grasemann

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish as is (22 Mar 2018) by Bernhard Grasemann

ED: Publish as is (24 Mar 2018) by CharLotte Krawczyk(Executive Editor)

Short summary

The paper describes microstructures in granitic rocks located 50 m away from the Nojima fault in Japan. Although macroscopically undeformed, the sample displays evidence for intense dynamic damage at the microscopic scale. Elastic strain and high residual stresses stored in quartz grains suggest that they were produced by propagating rupture fronts associated with M6 to M7 earthquakes and contributed to the widening of the damaged fault zone along the Nojima fault during the Paleocene.