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Study on mechanisms of fault slip by monitoring structure of Earth's crust

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K03791
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
Research InstitutionNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention

Principal Investigator

Yamashita Futoshi  国立研究開発法人防災科学技術研究所, 地震津波防災研究部門, 主任研究員 (90374165)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords地殻比抵抗 / Magnetotelluric法 / スロー地震 / 長期的スロースリップ / 地殻内流体 / 間隙水 / 地殻電気伝導度
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To understand the mechanisms of the slow earthquakes by probing the associated structural changes around the plate interface, we processed continuous magnetotelluric (MT) data obtained at the observational sites in Western Shikoku, Japan. For the data processing, we improved the method proposed by Honkura et al. (2013), and then detected changes in the apparent resistivity and the phase accompanying with the occurrence of the deep-low frequency tremors below the observational sites in 2009. Based on the 2D resistivity model by Yamashita and Obara (2009), we estimated the structural change, which can generate the changes in MT parameters consistent with the observed ones. We further detected the long-term temporal changes in MT parameters synchronized with the long-term slow slip event occurred beneath the Bungo Channel in 2010. These results can constrain the model for the mechanisms of the slow earthquakes.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本を含む世界各地のプレート沈み込み帯でスロー地震と呼ばれる地震波をわずかにしか放出しない現象が観測されている。近年の研究により、それらは限られた条件下で発生する特異な現象ではなく、通常の地震にも密接に関連していることが示唆されている。通常の地震との差はプレート境界の間隙水圧によるとの可能性が示されてきたが、本研究で地殻内流体の状態に敏感な電気伝導度の構造変化が検出されたことは、この仮設を裏付けるものである。本成果をさらに検討することにより、スロー地震の発生モデルにさらなる制約を加えることができると期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] Long-term temporal change in crustal resistivity beneath western Shikoku2019

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, F. and Honkura, Y.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of Foreshock Activities Preceding the Main Rupture Observed on a 4m-long Laboratory Fault2018

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, F., Fukuyama, E., Xu, S.
    • Organizer
      10th ACES International Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 4m長模擬断層面で観測された主破壊に至るまでの前震活動の特徴2018

    • Author(s)
      山下太・福山英一・徐世慶
    • Organizer
      2018年日本地震学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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