JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development
Online ISSN : 2186-358X
Print ISSN : 1880-1153
ISSN-L : 1880-1153
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Volatile gas analysis released from simulated faults during frictional melting:
experimental technique and preliminary results
Keiko SatoTakehiro HiroseHajimu TamuraHidenori KumagaiKazuo Mizoguchi
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2009 Volume 2009 Pages 51-57

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Frictional melting experiments were performed on fine grain homogeneous gabbroid with high temperatures induced by frictional heating using a high-velocity apparatus. We examined whether rapid fault movement can equilibrate fault rock gas with atmospheric components by measuring volatile gas and noble gas isotopes from a gabbroid sample using a quadrupole mass spectrometer to detect released gas from the simulated fault rock.
The anticipated rapid equilibration of volatiles during the frictional melting of rocks implies that the noble gas and volatile were released and mixed with the atmosphere during this experiment. Gases released from the sample were collected in a small aluminum tube in nitrogen atmosphere before and after the frictional melting experiment. The gas comprised carbon dioxide, water vapor, hydrogen, helium, and other noble gases. The He/Ar ratio and H2 concentration are higher than the pre-analysis of N2 atmosphere. This release of volatiles is consistent with the pseudotachylyte-like post experimental texture of specimen. It is also consistent with the co-seismic geochemical anomaly observed along a natural fault system.
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© 2009 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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