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| Title of paper | Can we use electrical conductivity to help understand the earthquake-induced stress-cycle in the ductile region beneath the Alpine Fault, New Zealand? |
| List of authors |
Caldwell, T.G., Bertrand, T., Heise, W., Ogawa, Y., Bannister, S., Bourguignon, S., Haines, J., Wallace, L., Ellis, S., Piazolo, S., Toy, V., Upton, P. |
| Affiliation(s) | GNS Science, GNS Science, GNS Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, GNS Science, GNS Science, GNS Science, GEOMAR - Kiel University, GNS Science, University of Leeds, Johannes Gutenberg Universität-Mainz, GNS Science |
| Summary | Correlation between extent of a conductor located at the down dip projection of the Alpine Fault Fault and the surface strain-rate is consistent with ongoing ductile deformation connecting conductive aqueous-fluid at mineral grain-boundaries. We believe the explanation for this correlation is dissolution-precipitation creep during the process of rock mylonization. Since creep depends on differential stress, the relationship between the conductance and creep-rate may provide a method of assessing the stress state beneath the fault. |
| Session Keyword | 4.0 Tectonics and geodynamics, including magmatism |
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