RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The discovery of a conjugate system of faults in the Wharton Basin intraplate deformation zone
JF Science Advances
JO Sci Adv
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP e1601689
DO 10.1126/sciadv.1601689
VO 3
IS 1
A1 Singh, Satish C.
A1 Hananto, Nugroho
A1 Qin, Yanfang
A1 Leclerc, Frederique
A1 Avianto, Praditya
A1 Tapponnier, Paul E.
A1 Carton, Helene
A1 Wei, Shengji
A1 Nugroho, Adam B.
A1 Gemilang, Wishnu A.
A1 Sieh, Kerry
A1 Barbot, Sylvain
YR 2017
UL http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1601689.abstract
AB The deformation at well-defined, narrow plate boundaries depends on the relative plate motion, but how the deformation takes place within a distributed plate boundary zone remains a conundrum. This was confirmed by the seismological analyses of the 2012 great Wharton Basin earthquakes [moment magnitude (Mw) 8.6], which suggested the rupture of several faults at high angles to one another. Using high-resolution bathymetry and seismic reflection data, we report the discovery of new N294°E-striking shear zones, oblique to the plate fabric. These shear zones are expressed by sets of normal faults striking at N335°E, defining the direction of the principal compressional stress in the region. Also, we have imaged left-lateral strike-slip faults along reactivated N7°E-oriented oceanic fracture zones. The shear zones and the reactivated fracture zones form a conjugate system of faults, which accommodate present-day intraplate deformation in the Wharton Basin.