根据钻孔崩落椭圆确定地壳应力方向

本文根据钻孔崩落椭圆是由水平地应力引起孔壁在最小水平主应力方向发生剪切破坏的理论,讨论了由崩落椭圆确定水平主应力方向问题.讨论了地层倾角和四臂井径测井的测量方法、资料处理以及识别崩落椭圆的原则,并列举出两个不同类型的实测例子.最后分析了河南濮阳地区的29个钻孔的地层倾角和四臂井径测井资料,得出该地区的平均崩落椭圆长轴方位是 N15E,由此确定的最大水平主应力方位是 N105E.      

根据钻孔崩落资料确定剑川地区应力场方向

本文论述了钻孔崩落的力学机制、产生环境及其与现今构造应力场的关系,介绍了超声波井下电视的测井原理、操作技术和钻孔崩落测井资料分析方法。根据一口800米深钻孔的超声波井下电视测井获得的崩落资料,确定剑川地震活动区最大水平主应力方向为N20°E。这与近两年来在该区采用水压致裂法测定的最大水平主压应力方向N15°E是十分一致的     

Laboratory investigation of borehole breakouts and Multi-step failure model

Based on our experiment of borehole breakouts with a group of sandstone samples described in this paper, a multi-step failure model of borehole breakouts are proposed to quantitatively explain the relationship between the section shape of borehole breakouts and the state of crustal stress. In this model the borehole spalling is not only related to the state of stress at a single point but also the state of stress on its neighboring area. The comparison between the experimental results of borehole breakouts and the calculation results shows a good agreement. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,14, 493–499, 1992. This research is sponsored by the Chinese Joint Seismological Science Foundation under Contract No. 9000025.     

Crustal stress field in Yunnan: implication for crust-mantle coupling

We applied the g CAP algorithm to determine239 focal mechanism solutions 3:0 M We 6:0T with records of dense Chin Array stations deployed in Yunnan,and then inverted 686 focal mechanisms(including 447 previous results) for the regional crustal stress field with a damped linear inversion. The results indicate dominantly strike-slip environment in Yunnan as both the maximum(r1) and minimum(r3) principal stress axes are sub-horizontal. We further calculated the horizontal stress orientations(i.e., maximum and minimum horizontal compressive stress axes: S H and S h, respectively) accordingly and found an abrupt change near *26°N. To the north, S H aligns NW-SE to nearly E-W while S h aligns nearly N-S. In contrast, to the south, both S H and S h rotate laterally and show dominantly fan-shaped patterns. The minimum horizontal stress(i.e., maximum strain axis) S h rotates from NW-SE to the west of Tengchong volcano gradually to nearly E-W in west Yunnan, and further toNE-SW in the South China block in the east. The crustal strain field is consistent with the upper mantle strain field indicated by shear-wave splitting observations in Yunnan but not in other regions. Therefore, the crust and upper mantle in Yunnan are coupled and suffering vertically coherent pure-shear deformation in the lithosphere.     

Stress indications in the Bohemian Massif: Reinterpretation of borehole televiewer data

Summary This paper presents the first results of stress determinations in the Bohemian Massif utilizing televiewer data from deeper boreholes. The televiewer survey was originally carried out by Geological Survey Ostrava for the purpose of studying fractures and bedding in coal basins to depths of 2 km. A reinterpretation of the amplitude logs reveal a large number of stress-induced borehole elongations (breakouts) which occur in a direction perpendicular to the maximum horizontal principal stress (S_H). The breakout analysis in the Upper Silesian, Meno and Kladno Basins indicates a dominant NW-SE direction of S_H which is consistent with the pattern of stress orientation in Western Europe. The NE-SW trend observed in the Plze Basin is less reliable. A model for stress magnitude determinations is formulated as a linear programming problem. If the a priori information on rock strength properties is limited, it reduces to explicit formulas for stress regime estimates. The model is applied to data from the Upper Silesian Basin for which a compressional stress regime is derived.     

Inversion of breakout data from inclined boreholes for stress state of the upper crust in Jizhong depression

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Inversion of breakout data from inclined bore-holes for stress state of the upper crust in Jizhong depression

The forward and inverse problems of studying crustal stress state from breakout data of inclined boreholes are concisely stated. Direction of the maximum horizontal principal stress (compressive) and relative magnitudes of the horizontal stresses to the vertical stress in the upper crust in two regions of the Jizhong depression, the North of China, are obtained by analyzing the breakout data of 6 inclined wells. To get stable results in the analysis we searched for the unknown parameters both forwardly and inversely. The results show that the maximum azimuths of the horizontal principal compressive stresses in the central and southern part of the Jizhong depression are N86°E and N77°E, respectively, while the relative magnitudes of the three principal stresses in the upper crust (about 1000–4000 m) of the depression are variable. In the central part of the Jizhong depression we have foundS _H :S _V :S _h =1.38:1.00:0.57, whereS _H ,S _V andS _h are the maximum horizontal, vertical and minimum horizontal stress, respectively. This indicates that the present stress regime in this area is of strike-slip faulting type. In the southern part of the depression we have obtainedS _H :S _V :S _h =0.80:1.00:0.62, indicating a normal faulting stress regime in the shallow part of the crust.     

Overcoring measurements in the příbram mine area and their relation to the regional stress field

Summary A set of overcoring measurements in deep mines near Píbram is re-interpreted in order to obtain information on the regional component of in situ stress. This is achieved by averaging 17 complete stress tensors measured at the deepest level of the mine, at a depth of 1240 m. The computations indicate that (1) the mean principal stresses act roughly in the horizontal and vertical directions, and (2) the maximum principal stress is horizontal, acting NW - SE, which was also confirmed by the data from all 42 sites of the mine area. The NW - SE orientation of S_H is consistent with the stress pattern in Western Europe and also with borehole breakouts observed within the Bohemian Massif, but the quality of the stress indicator obtained is poor — the standard deviation of the S_H direction is 26°. High variance of the directional data is discussed with respect to stress redistribution due to the mine workings and the contact separating Proterozoic sediments from the Variscan pluton.     

True Triaxial Stresses and the Brittle Fracture of Rock

This paper reviews the efforts made in the last 100 years to characterize the effect of the intermediate principal stress σ ₂ on brittle fracture of rocks, and on their strength criteria. The most common theories of failure in geomechanics, such as those of Coulomb, and Mohr, disregard σ ₂ and are typically based on triaxial testing of cylindrical rock samples subjected to equal minimum and intermediate principal stresses (σ ₃=σ ₂). However, as early as 1915 Böker conducted conventional triaxial extension tests (σ ₁=σ ₂) on the same Carrara marble tested earlier in conventional triaxial compression by von Kármán that showed a different strength behavior. Efforts to incorporate the effect of σ ₂ on rock strength continued in the second half of the last century through the work of Nadai, Drucker and Prager, Murrell, Handin, Wiebols and Cook, and others. In 1971 Mogi designed a high-capacity true triaxial testing machine, and was the first to obtain complete true triaxial strength criteria for several rocks based on experimental data. Following his pioneering work, several other laboratories developed equipment and conducted true triaxial tests revealing the extent of σ ₂ effect on rock strength (e.g., Takahashi and Koide, Michelis, Smart, Wawersik). Testing equipment emulating Mogi's but considerably more compact was developed at the University of Wisconsin and used for true triaxial testing of some very strong crystalline rocks. Test results revealed three distinct compressive failure mechanisms, depending on loading mode and rock type: shear faulting resulting from extensile microcrack localization, multiple splitting along the σ ₁ axis, and nondilatant shear failure. The true triaxial strength criterion for the KTB amphibolite derived from such tests was used in conjunction with logged breakout dimensions to estimate the maximum horizontal in situ stress in the KTB ultra deep scientific hole.     

山西煤矿矿区井下地应力场分布特征研究

采用煤矿井下专用的小孔径水压致裂地应力测量装置,在山西省的晋城、潞安、汾西、华晋、阳泉、平朔、大同等矿区,完成了160个测点的地应力测量,测点地质条件涵盖了山西省煤矿大部分条件.基于实测数据,分析了地应力与测点埋深的关系,不同深度条件下煤矿矿区井下地应力状态;绘制出山西省煤矿矿区井下地应力分布图,并与震源机制解的分析结果进行了比较,得出山西省煤矿矿区井下地应力场分布特征与变化规律.煤矿井下水平应力总体上随着埋深增加而增大,但由于各矿区地质条件差异较大,导致地应力测试数据离散性也较大;埋深小于250 m的岩层应力状态主要为σ_H>σ_h>σ_V型,埋深处于250~500 m的岩层应力状态以σ_H>σ_V>σ_h型为主,埋深较大的矿区主要为σ_V>σ_H>σ_h型;最大水平主应力与垂直主应力的比值绝大部分集中在0.5~2.0之间,而且随着埋深增加,侧压比呈现减小的趋势,并向1附近集中;最大水平主应力与最小水平主应力的比值主要集中在1.5～2.0之间;平均水平主应力与垂直主应力的比值大多处于0.5～1.5,尤以0.5～1.0之间最多;山西省煤矿矿区从北到南,最大水平主应力方向发生了较大变化.北部最大水平主应力方向为NE,往南发生偏转到NNW;靠东部与西部偏向NW;靠东南部出现了多变的方向.井下实测数据与震源机制解相比在部分区域一致性较好,而在另一些区域存在明显的差异.特别是在受较大地质构造影响的区域,水平主应力方向往往发生明显的扭转和变化.     

Is there an active subduction beneath the Gibraltar orogenic arc? Constraints from Pliocene to present-day stress field

We present a new set of brittle microtectonic measurements carried out in the Pliocene and Quaternary rocks outcropping in several key sectors of the western Betic and Rif orogen, the so-called Gibraltar orogenic arc. This data set, along with available earthquake focal mechanisms and borehole breakouts, allowed us to compile the Pliocene and Quaternary stress map of this area. This map provides new constraints for tectonic models and the present-day tectonic activity of the proposed active eastward subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath the Gibraltar Arc and roll-back. The horizontal maximum compressive stress (S_Hmax) is NW-SE in the Betic Orogen and N-S/NNW-SSE in the southern Rif Cordillera. There is a significant consistency between S_Hmax and the displacement field deduced from GPS measurements with respect to the African plate: both appear to reflect the NW-SE convergence between the African and the European plates that is perturbed in the Rif. We propose that part of the eastern Rif behaves as a quasi-rigid block welded to the stable African plate. This block is bounded by important faults that localized most of the deformation disturbing the stress and surface displacement field. Pliocene to Quaternary N-S to NW-SE Africa-Europe plate convergence seem to be associated to the reorganization of the remnant Early Miocene subduction system in a continental–continental collision framework. Three-dimensional reconstruction of available seismic tomography plotted against the intermediate seismicity shows that only part of the old subduction system, whose orientation ranges from N20°E to N100°E, remains active: the portion ranging from N30°E to N40°E, orthogonal to the regional convergence.     

Characteristics of recent tectonic stress field in Jiashi, Xinjiang and adjacent regions

Introduction The Pamirs region where Jiashi is located is one of the most active regions of continental plate dynamics in China. Frequent earthquakes here, especially several strong earthquakes oc- curred in 1997 and 2003, have provided excellent conditions for studying the tectonic stress field in this region and a large number of results (GAO and WEN, 2000; GAO et al, 2004; XU, 2001; ZHOU et al, 2001) have been obtained. Although different methods and data were used, under- standings …     

Estimation of sedimentary layer shear wave velocity using micro-tremor H/V ratio measurements for Bangalore city

For assessing earthquake hazard of metro cities, knowledge of soil amplification, thickness and properties of sedimentary layer are essential. In order to map the soil thickness using microtremor survey method, in Bangalore city, it is required to calibrate the relation between fundamental resonance frequency of the soil layer and its thickness for the region. For this purpose microtremor survey was carried out at 34 locations in the city where borehole log was available. The resonance frequency of the soil is evaluated from the microtremor recordings using the H/V ratio technique. A nonlinear regression relation between the thickness of sedimentary layer h (m), from the borehole logs, and the resonance frequency f_r (Hz), was derived as h=(58.3±8.8)f_r^{−(0.95)±0.1}. Using the model of shear wave velocity increasing with depth at these locations, the derived average shear wave velocity and the corresponding soil thickness were used, to get an empirical relation between V_S (m/s) and depth z(m), as V_s=(174±28)(1+z)^0.16±0.07. This relation also compares reasonably with the fit obtained between simulated V_S and depth from borehole logs for Bangalore city. The calibrated relations can be used at locations in Bangalore city where borehole logs are not available, for finding the thicknesses and shear wave velocities of the local soil layers at the survey locations.     

Quantitative analysis of extensional joints in the southern Adriatic foreland (Italy), and the active tectonics of the Apulia region

The Adriatic foreland of the Apennines comes ashore only in Apulia (easternmost Italy). Its southern part, our study area, lacks any structural analysis devoted to define its recent-to-active tectonics. Throughout the Quaternary, this region was affected by mild brittle deformation with rare faults, characterized by small displacement, and widespread extension joints, frequently organized in sets. Therefore, we conducted a quantitative and systematic analysis of the joint sets affecting Quaternary deposits, by applying an inversion technique ad hoc to infer the orientation and ratio of the principal stress axes, R = (σ₂ ? σ₃)/(σ₁ ? σ₃). Within a general extensional regime, we recognized three deformational events of regional significance. The oldest event, constrained to the early and middle part of the Middle Pleistocene, is characterized by variable direction of extension and R between 0.64 and 0.99. The penultimate event, dated late Middle Pleistocene, is characterized by an almost uniaxial tension, with a horizontal σ₃ striking ～N43°E; R is high, between 0.85 and 0.99. The most recent event is characterized by the lowermost R values, that never exceed 0.47 and are frequently <0.30, indicating a sort of horizontal ‘radial’ extension. This event is not older than the Late Pleistocene and possibly reflects the active stress field still dominating the entire study area.     

Etude des relations entre volcanisme plio-quaternaire et tectonique en Sardaigne à l’aide de l’analyse structurale des dykes

A geochronological and structural study of dykes is used in order to define the stress field in Sardinia. The Plio-quaternary volcanism of Sardinia (between 5 and <0.2 My old) is mostly fissural and contemporaneous with an intraplate regime which reactivated normal faults of various orientations. Dykes in the Logudoro, Montiferro and Monte Arci areas (west-central and northern Sardinia) are 3.4 to 1.8 My old. Their orientations vary around a north-south mean direction which is the most frequent in the Tyrrhenian Basin. The reactivation of normal faults of various orientations may be linked to a stress regime characterised by a maximum vertical principal stressσ ₁ and horizontal principal stressesσ ₂ andσ ₃ having close values and which can easily interchange. In these conditions, the magmatie liquid can intrude into preexisting fractures of different orientations, especially into the fractures that have an orientation close to the planeσ ₁ σ ₂ (with N-S orientation in Sardinia). This plane is concordant with the convergent motion of Europe and Africa plates. The influence of the pre-existing fractures on dyke orientations seems more important in this area than in southern France where there is a different tectonic regime (Féralt) andCampredon, 1983).     

ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL DUE TO A POINT CURRENT SOURCE OVER AN INHOMOGENEOUS ANISOTROPIC EARTH*

A mathematical expression for potential of a direct current point source in an inhomoge-neous anisotropic earth is derived. The coefficient of anisotropy is given by f= (σ_r/σ_z), where σ_r and σ_z are the conductivities parallel and perpendicular to the bedding plane. It is assumed that σ_z varies with depth, whereas σ_r varies transversely. This potential may be useful in interpretation of geoelectrical data in specified geological situations. Master curves for Wenner and Schlumberger configurations are presented     

Transient and steady-state creep of pure forsterite at low stress

Thirty-one single crystals of synthetic forsterite, Fo₁₀₀, were deformed in 69 compressional creep tests in a 0.1-MPa confining atmosphere of H₂ + Ar. Temperature ranged from 1753 to 2023 K and stress σ (= σ₁ - σ₃) from 1.5 to 37.8 MPa. Steady-state creep under these conditions follows an empirical law of the form: strain rate $\text{?}\text{?}\text{= A}{}_{\mathrm{zigma;}}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{exp}\text{(}\text{?Q}\text{RT}\text{)}$ where A, n, and Q are constants. General characteristics of Fo₁₀₀ creep — uniformity of strain, shape change as a function of orientation of σ, relative deformation resistance of different orientations — match those of natural olivine single crystals of composition Fo₉₂. Specific constants in the flow law, however, are distinctly new: for σ oriented along [111]_c (equidistant from the three principal crystallographic axes), values for Fo₁₀₀ are n = 2.9 ± 0.2 and Q = 0.67 ± 0.03 MJ/mol (160 ± 7 kcal/mol). A single law covers the range 3 < σ < 30 MPa and 1753 < T < 1953 K. Steady-state deformation is preceded by a transient period of strain softening. High strain rates at σ ? 10 MPa render the transient barely resolvable; it apparently displaces the steady-state flow law by approximately ?0.5% in strain. At σ ? 7.8 MPa, the amount of strain imparted to a sample of the [101]_c orientation is typically <0.1% after one hour.     

辽河油田大民屯凹陷井壁崩落法地应力测量

文中介绍了井壁崩落法地应力测量的基本原理和方法 ,并利用此方法对辽河油田大民屯凹陷地区 15口井的地层倾角测井资料进行了统计和分析 ,绘制了崩落椭圆长轴优势方位图。结果表明 ,该地区井壁崩落椭圆的长轴优势方位为 35 0°～ 10° ,由此确定的最大主应力方向为 80°～ 10 0° ,平均为 90° ,与用震源机制解得出的结果基本相符 ,说明该地区的构造应力场方向比较稳定 ,处于同一构造应力场的作用之下     

Comparison of the results obtained from different techniques such as overcoring, hydrofracturing, breakouts and focal mechanism solutions

In China, a lot of data derived from focal mechanism solutions, and especially, from overcoring and hydrofracturing stress measurements, as well as borehole breakouts carried out for various aims have contributed to understanding of the state of the crustal stress. We conducted everin situ stress measurements in a borehole with different methods, for the sake of comparison of various measuring techniques. Furthermore, we carried out measurements in different borehole with one or two kinds of techniques. All the observations taken out in these ways showed little variations. So we believe that the data obtained by the techniques can be used to study the tectonic stress field of certain region and thein situ state of the crustal stress. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,14, 149–155, 1992.     

Study on in-situ stress measurement around coastal marginal land in Fujian

Introduction The southeast coastal margin of Chinese mainland is important to understand the mutual movement, matter exchange and energy transfer between ocean and land lithospheres, as well as their effects. The coastal area in Fujian Province is advanced in economy development but it has frequent earthquakes, or even strong earthquakes. Therefore, the current study on in-situ stress state measurement is of great significance for studying continental dynamics, marginal sea dy- namics, seismo…