Geophysical characterization of buried active faults: the Concud Fault (Iberian Chain, NE Spain)
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- 作者：Óscar Pueyo Anchuela ; Paloma Lafuente…
- 关键词：Active fault ; Seismic hazard ; Geophysical survey ; Magnetometry ; EM induction ; GPR ; Trench
- 刊名：International Journal of Earth Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：105
- 期：8
- 页码：2221-2239
- 全文大小：5,617 KB
- 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
- 刊物主题：Earth sciences
Geology
Geophysics and Geodesy - 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
- ISSN：1437-3262
- 卷排序：105
文摘
The Concud Fault is a ~14-km-long active fault that extends close to Teruel, a city with about 35,000 inhabitants in the Iberian Range (NE Spain). It shows evidence of recurrent activity during Late Pleistocene time, posing a significant seismic hazard in an area of moderate-to-low tectonic rates. A geophysical survey was carried out along the mapped trace of the southern branch of the Concud Fault to evaluate the geophysical signature from the fault and the location of paleoseismic trenches. The survey identified a lineation of inverse magnetic dipoles at residual and vertical magnetic gradient, a local increase in apparent conductivity, and interruptions of the underground sediment structure along GPR profiles. The origin of these anomalies is due to lateral contrast between both fault blocks and the geophysical signature of Quaternary materials located above and directly south of the fault. The spatial distribution of anomalies was successfully used to locate suitable trench sites and to map non-exposed segments of the fault. The geophysical anomalies are related to the sedimentological characteristics and permeability differences of the deposits and to deformation related to fault activity. The results illustrate the usefulness of geophysics to detect and map non-exposed faults in areas of moderate-to-low tectonic activity where faults are often covered by recent pediments that obscure geological evidence of the most recent earthquakes. The results also highlight the importance of applying multiple geophysical techniques in defining the location of buried faults.