Scientific Drilling * IODP/ICDP Special Issue

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Reports on Deep Earth Sampling and Monitoring

Special Edition No. 1, 2007
ISSN: 1816-8957


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial Preface
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Workshop Report

Joint IODP-ICDP Workshop Examines Challenges of Fault Zone Drilling
by Harold Tobin, Hisao Ito, Jan Behrmann, Steve Hickman, and Gaku Kimura


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Part 1 : Scientific Motivations for Fault Zone Drilling

Fault Zone Drilling in Subduction Zones: The Accomplishments of Ocean Drilling and Associated Studies
by J. Casey Moore


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Fault Characteristics, Energy Estimates, and Earthquake Recurrence: What One Seismologist Wants from
Fault Drilling

by Jim Mori


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Pore Pressure at Plate Boundaries: Insights from Modeling
by Demian Saffer
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Dynamic Rupture Propagation Modeling
by Satoshi Ide

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Fault Zone Complexity and Earthquake Ruptures
by Ryosuke Ando and Teruo Yamashita


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Part 2: Overview of Recent Projects

Structure and Properties of the San Andreas Fault in Central California: Recent Results from the SAFOD Experiment
by Stephen Hickman, Mark Zoback, William Ellsworth, Naomi Boness, Peter Malin, Steven Roecker, and Clifford Thurber


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Drilling of the Chelungpu Fault after the 1999 Chi-Chi Taiwan Earthquake (Mw7.6): Understanding Physics of Faulting
by Kuo-Fong Ma and Hidemi Tanaka


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The Corinth Rift Laboratory or an in situ Investigation on Interactions between Fluids and Active Faults
by François Henri Cornet


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The IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment
by Harold Tobin and Masataka Kinoshita


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Drilling the North Anatolian Fault
by Georg Dresen, Mustafa Aktar, MarcoBohnhoff, and Haluk Eyidogan
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Fault Zone Drilling in the Backstop to the Mediterranean Ridge Accretionary Complex off Crete, Greece
by Achim Kopf and Marco Bohnhoff


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Part 3: Fault Zone Structure, Composition, and Physical Properties

Generation Depth of the Pseudotachylyte from an Out-of-Sequence Thrust in Accretionary Prism-Geothermobarometric Evidence
by Shin'ya Okamoto, Gaku Kimura, Asuka Yamaguchi, Haruka Yamaguchi, and Yoko Kusuba

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Drilling the Seismogenic Zone of an Erosional Convergent Margin: IODP Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project CRISP
by César R. Ranero, Paola Vannucchi, Roland von Huene and the CRISP proponents

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Subsurface Structure, Fault Zone Characteristics,and Stress State in Scientific Drill Holes of Taiwan Chelungpu Fault Drilling Project
by Jih-Hao Hung, Kuo-Fong Ma, Chien-Yin Wang, Shen-Rong Song, Hisao Ito, Weiren Lin, and En-Chao Yeh


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Drilling Investigations on the Mechanics and Structure of Faults
by Kentaro Omura

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Clay Mineral Composition and Diagenesis: Effects on the Location and Behavior of Faults in the Frontal Portions of Subduction Zones
by Michael B. Underwood

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San Andreas Fault Zone Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Physical Properties from SAFOD Cuttings and Core
by John G. Solum, Stephen Hickman, David A. Lockner, Sheryl Tembe, Jim P. Evans, Sarah D. Draper, D.C. Barton, David L. Kirschner, Judith S. Chester, Frederick M. Chester, Ben A. van der Pluijm, Anja M. Schleicher, Diane E. Moore, Carolyn Morrow, Kelly Bradbury, Wendy M. Calvin, and Teng-fong Wong






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Electron Microscopy of Clay Minerals in Mudrocks from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD)
by Anja M. Schleicher, Ben A. van der Pluijm, Laurence N. Warr, and John G. Solum



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Real-time Mud Gas Monitoring: A Technique to Obtain Information on the Composition and Distribution of Gases at Depth While Drilling
by Thomas Wiersberg and Jörg Erzinger



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Low-Velocity Damage Zone on the San Andreas Fault at Depth near SAFOD Site at Parkfield Delineated by Fault-Zone Trapped Waves
by Yong-Gang Li, Peter E. Malin, and John E. Vidal



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High-resolution Imaging of Fault Zone Structures with Seismic Fault Zone Waves
by Yehuda Ben-Zion, Zhigang Peng, Michael Lewis, and Jeff McGuire


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Modern and Ancient Out-of-Sequence Thrust in the Nankai Trough: Insight from Laboratory-Derived Properties and Seismic Data
by Takeshi Tsuji, Hidekazu Tokuyama, Gaku Kimura, and Shinya Okamoto


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Comparison between Three Out-of-Sequence Thrusts from Japan and Alaska: Implications for Nankai Drilling Targets from the Rock Record
by Christie D. Rowe


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Part 4 : The Physics of Earthquake Rupture
Seismology inside the Fault Zone: Applications to Fault-Zone Properties and Rupture Dynamics
by William L. Ellsworth, Peter E. Malin, Kazutoshi Imanishi, Steven W. Roecker, Robert Nadeau, Volker Oye, Clifford H. Thurber, Felix Waldhauser, Namoi L. Boness, Stephen H. Hickman, and Mark D. Zoback




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Monitoring of Rock Mass Behavior at the Closest Proximity to Hypocenters in South African Gold Mines
by Hiroshi Ogasawara and the Research Group for Semi-controlled Earthquake-Generation Experiments in South African Deep Gold Mines



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Dynamics of Earthquake Faulting in Subduction Zones: Inference from Pseudotachylytes and Ultracataclasites in an Ancient Accretionary Complex
by Kohtaro Ujiie



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Precise Temperature Measurements and Earthquake Heat Associated with the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake
by Yasuyuki Kano, Jim Mori, Ryo Fujio, Takashi Yanagidani, Setsuro Nakao, Hisao Ito, Osamu Matsubayashi, and Kuo-Fong Ma



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The Coseismic Fault Weakening Processes Inferred from Frictional and Transport Properties of Fault Rocks, TCDP
by Hiroki Sone, Hiroyuki Noda, and Toshihiko Shimamoto



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Part 5 : Technological Challenges of Drilling, Testing, Sampling and Monitoring in Fault Zones Sampling, and Monitoring in Fault Zones
Drilling and Completion Challenges in Fault Zones: Lessons Learned from ICDP Projects
by Bernhard Prevedel


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Drilling Challenge for the NanTro Fault Zone Drilling by Chikyu
by Kazuhiro Higuchi and Shomei Kobayashi

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Coring Techniques for Scientific Investigation of Faults
by Dennis L. Nielson

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Core Handling and Real-Time Non-Destructive Characterization at the Kochi Core Center: An Example of Core Analysis from the Chelungpu Fault
by Weiren Lin, Tetsuro Hirono, En-Chao Yeh, Wataru Tanikawa, and Wonn Soh



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Third-Party Borehole Seismic Experiments during the Ocean Drilling Program
by Ralph A. Stephen, Stephen A. Swift, S. Thompson Bolmer, and Hartley Hoskins


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Borehole Seismic and Strain Observatories in Seafloor Settings-Experiences after ODP Legs 186, 191, 195 and Future Plans
by Eiichiro Araki and Kiyoshi Suyehiro


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BABHY-A New Strategy of Hydrofracturing for Deep Stress Measurements
by Takatoshi Ito, Kentaro Omura, and Hisao Ito


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Long-term Monitoring in Deep Boreholes in the Nankai Subduction Zone
by Hisao Ito

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Workshop Participants

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Scientific Drilling Journal, Special Edition No. 1, 2007