S-wave velocities and anisotropy in sediments entering the Nankai subduction zone, offshore Japan

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Feb 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010geoji.180..743p&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 180, Issue 2, pp. 743-758.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Controlled Source Seismology, Seismic Anisotropy, Subduction Zone Processes

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P and mode-converted S waves from airgun shots recorded along a line of ocean bottom seismometers were used to construct a 2-D velocity section across the Nankai Trough and the toe of the accretionary complex, offshore southeast Japan. The site was chosen because of plans to drill into the seismogenic zone of the main subduction thrust, which has a history of M ~ 8 earthquakes. The section is constrained by well-log data from three Ocean Drilling Program boreholes. S-wave velocities of the sediments over the entire section, down to >1.1 km below seafloor, range from 107 to 915 ms-1. Shear wave splitting indicates anisotropy in all the sediments except possibly the distal trench fill. If interpreted conventionally as being due to vertical stress-aligned cracks, the anisotropy in both the trench and the toe of the accretionary wedge is consistent with crack orientation NW-SE, parallel to the direction of maximum tectonic compression. Crack density is ~0.01-0.03, consistent with closeness to fracture criticality.

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