MR31B
The Physical Properties of Fault Rocks I

Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
302 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Eric C. Ferre, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States
Conveners:  Yu-Min Chou, National Taiwan University, Department of Geosciences, Taiwan, Taiwan, En-Chao Yeh, NTNU National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan and Charles Aubourg, University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Laboratory of Complex Fluids and their Reservoir. UMR 5150. CNRS, Pau, France
Chairs:  Eric C. Ferre, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States, Yu-Min Chou, Department of Geoscience, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Charles Aubourg, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and En-Chao Yeh, NTNU National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Earth Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
OSPA Liaisons:  Eric C. Ferre, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States
08:00
"Frictional processes" in carbonate-bearing rocks at seismic deformation conditions (Invited) (67009)
Giulio Di Toro, University of Manchester, SEAES, Manchester, United Kingdom, Elena Spagnuolo, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Roma 1, Rome, Italy, Marie Violay, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Marieke Rempe, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Steven A.F. Smith, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Stefan Bjorklund Nielsen, University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom, Michele Fondriest, University of Padova, Padova, Italy and Oliver Plumper, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
08:15
Gouge-zone or solid-rock: An experimental view on fault frictional behavior (Invited) (64128)
Zeev Reches, Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
08:30
High-velocity frictional strength across the Tohoku-Oki megathrust determined from surface drilling torque (71774)
Kohtaro Ujiie1, Tomoya Inoue2 and Junya Ishiwata2, (1)University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan
08:45
Beyond Brittle Deformation: Insights into Seismogenic Slip Processes from Natural and Experimental Faults (Invited) (59417)
Robert Holdsworth1, Nicola De Paola1, Rachael J Bullock1, Cristiano Collettini2, Cecilia Viti3 and Stefan Bjorklund Nielsen1, (1)Durham University, Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom, (2)Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, (3)Universita' di Siena, Siena, Italy
09:00
Porosity and permeability evolution of clay faults: in situ experiments (Invited) (66404)
Pierre Henry1, Yves Guglielmi2, Simon Seguy1, Melody Lefevre1, Irfan Ghani1, Guillaume Gent1, Raymi Castilla3, Claude Gout3, Pierre Dick4 and Christophe Nussbaum5, (1)Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD,, CEREGE UM34, Aix en Provence, France, (2)Aix Marseille University, Marseille Cedex 03, France, (3)TOTAL - Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Feger, Pau, France, (4)IRSN Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses cedex, France, (5)Swisstopo, Wabern, Switzerland
09:15
Strength, stability, and microstructure of simulated calcite faults sheared under laboratory conditions spanning the brittle-ductile transition (78168)
Berend Antonie Verberne1, Andre R Niemeijer2, Johannes H P De Bresser2 and Christopher James Spiers3, (1)Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
09:30
Structure, Frictional Melting and Fault Weakening during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake Slip: Observation from the WFSD Drilling Core Samples (76288)
Haibing Li1, Huan Wang1, ChengLong Li2, Jiajia Zhang3, Zhiming Sun2, Jialiang Si4, Dongliang Liu2, Marie-Luce Chevalier4, Liang Han4, Kun Yun4 and Yong Zheng1, (1)Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)CAGS Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China, (4)Institute of Geology, CAGS, Beijing, China
09:45
The Damage Structure of the Gole Larghe Fault Zone Inferred From Laboratory Measurements and Modeling of Physical and Hydraulic Properties (81489)
Marieke Rempe, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Thomas M Mitchell, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Joerg Renner, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Steven A.F. Smith, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand and Giulio Di Toro, University of Padua, Padua, Italy