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Hydrologically-driven crustal stresses and seismicity in the New Madrid seismic zone / Timothy J. Craig in Nature communications, vol 8 (2017)  

Public [article]  inNature communications > vol 8 (2017) . - art 2143 Titre : Hydrologically-driven crustal stresses and seismicity in the New Madrid seismic zone Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Timothy J. Craig, Auteur ; Kristel Chanard , Auteur ; Eric Calais, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Projets : SINAPS / Article en page(s) : art 2143 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] Amérique du nord [Termes IGN] analyse de spectre singulier [Termes IGN] déformation de la croute terrestre [Termes IGN] données GPS [Termes IGN] données GRACE [Termes IGN] eau de surface [Termes IGN] faille géologique [Termes IGN] levé gravimétrique [Termes IGN] séisme [Termes IGN] sismicité [Termes IGN] tectonique des plaques Résumé : (auteur) The degree to which short-term non-tectonic processes, either natural and anthropogenic, influence the occurrence of earthquakes in active tectonic settings or ‘stable’ plate interiors, remains a subject of debate. Recent work in plate-boundary regions demonstrates the capacity for long-wavelength changes in continental water storage to produce observable surface deformation, induce crustal stresses and modulate seismicity rates. Here we show that a significant variation in the rate of microearthquakes in the intraplate New Madrid Seismic Zone at annual and multi-annual timescales coincides with hydrological loading in the upper Mississippi embayment. We demonstrate that this loading, which results in geodetically observed surface deformation, induces stresses within the lithosphere that, although of small amplitude, modulate the ongoing seismicity of the New Madrid region. Correspondence between surface deformation, hydrological loading and seismicity rates at both annual and multi-annual timescales indicates that seismicity variations are the direct result of elastic stresses induced by the water load. Numéro de notice : A2017-864 Affiliation des auteurs : LASTIG LAREG+Ext (2012-mi2018) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1038/s41467-017-01696-w Date de publication en ligne : 15/12/2017 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01696-w Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89865 [article]