MR41E:
Pore Fluids, Faulting, and (A)seismicity II


Session ID#: 7583

Session Description:
Recent studies highlight the important role pore fluids play in controlling fault slip and seismicity. Fluids are hypothesized to be first-order controls on: slow slip in subduction zones, dynamic weakening of mature plate boundary faults, and triggered seismicity associated with fluid injection. We invite contributions that investigate the mechanical and chemical effects of pore fluids on rock deformation and fault slip. Approaches that merge results of rock deformation experiments and field observations to understand geophysical observations, as well as those that use geophysical observations to infer mechanical processes, are particularly encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Melodie E French, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  John D Platt, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States, David L Goldsby, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Thomas Matthew Mitchell, University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom
Chairs:  John D Platt, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States, David L Goldsby, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Thomas Matthew Mitchell, University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom and Melodie E French, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Melodie E French, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Co-Organized with:
Mineral and Rock Physics, and Tectonophysics

Cross-Listed:
  • S - Seismology
  • T - Tectonophysics
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Paul Segall, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Robert C Viesca, Tufts University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Medford, United States
David R Shelly1, William L Ellsworth2, Stephanie G Prejean3, David P Hill1, Jeanne Hardebeck4 and Paul A Hsieh1, (1)US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States, (3)Alaska Volcano Observatory Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States
William L Ellsworth, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Michael Manga, University of California, Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States and Chi-Yuen Wang, University of California Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA, United States
Jacek Scibek, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Lian Xue1, Emily E Brodsky2, Jon Erskine3, Patrick M Fulton4 and Reed Carter3, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States, (3)Graniterock, Watsonville, CA, United States, (4)Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States
Patrick M Fulton, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States and Emily E Brodsky, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States