Fig. 7: Mohr-Coulomb diagram (normal stress σn - shear stress σs) for the studied omphacitite. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: Mohr-Coulomb diagram (normal stress σn - shear stress σs) for the studied omphacitite.

From: Methane-hydrogen-rich fluid migration may trigger seismic failure in subduction zones at forearc depths

Fig. 7

The diagrams were computed for vertical stresses (σV) of 1 and 2 GPa (a, b, respectively), corresponding to the minimum compressive stress (σ3; see methods for parameters and assumptions). Failure occurs at Δσ of ~ 1.4 a and 3.4 b GPa for hydrostatic pore fluid factor values (λ = 0.4); shear failure occurs at Δσ of 300 MPa for sublithostatic λ values, both hybrid and extension failure occur at Δσ of 114 MPa and 100 MPa for supralithostatic λ values.

Back to article page