Analysis of the Mw 4.3 Lorient earthquake sequence: a multidisciplinary approach to the geodynamics of the Armorican Massif, westernmost France

dc.contributor.authorPerrot, J
dc.contributor.authorArroucau, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorGuilbert, J
dc.contributor.authorDeverchere, J
dc.contributor.authorMazabraud, Y
dc.contributor.authorRolet, J
dc.contributor.authorMocquet, Antoine
dc.contributor.authorMousseau, M
dc.contributor.authorMatias, L
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:08:58Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T22:08:58Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T07:21:21Z
dc.description.abstractA Mw 4.3 earthquake occurred on 2002 September 30, in the Armorican Massif, NW France. Since it was one of the largest events ever recorded in this region, this was the opportunity to improve our seismotectonic knowledge of the Armorican Massif. We performed a post-seismic survey (SISBREIZH), which allowed us to locate accurately 62 aftershocks within 14 days. An analysis of the main shock using broadband records provided a normal fault mechanism with a dextral strike-slip component located at 12-km depth. The aftershock sequence exhibits: (1) a combination of almost pure right-lateral strike-slip and dominant normal faulting similar to the main shock; (2) magnitudes ranging from 0.4 to 1.9 and (3) depths ranging from 11.5 to 13.5 km, that is, close to the main shock hypocenter. The distribution of the aftershocks defines a rupture plane dipping 60° to the south with a fault length of ≈2 km consistent with the source parameters of the main shock. Beside the SISBREIZH survey, a morpho-structural analysis has been conducted: we found fault plane solutions with southward-dipping N120-150 normal fault planes. The stress tensor computed after the aftershock focal mechanisms is a strike-slip regime with a NE-SW extensional direction. The Lorient earthquake appears to reactivate Late Hercynian structures and the whole sequence is reflecting the regional-scale tectonic stress field expressed by a combination of strike-slip and normal faulting.
dc.identifier.issn0956-540X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/28824
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceGeophysical Journal International
dc.subjectKeywords: earthquake; geodynamics; normal fault; seismotectonics; structural analysis; Armorican Massif; Bretagne; Eurasia; Europe; France; Western Europe Armorican Massif; Intraplate seismicity; Lorient earthquake; Seismotectonics; Stress tensor
dc.titleAnalysis of the Mw 4.3 Lorient earthquake sequence: a multidisciplinary approach to the geodynamics of the Armorican Massif, westernmost France
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage950
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage935
local.contributor.affiliationPerrot, J, CNRS
local.contributor.affiliationArroucau, Pierre, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationGuilbert, J, LDG/CEA
local.contributor.affiliationDeverchere, J, CNRS
local.contributor.affiliationMazabraud, Y, CNRS
local.contributor.affiliationRolet, J, CNRS
local.contributor.affiliationMocquet, Antoine, Universite de Nantes
local.contributor.affiliationMousseau, M, CNRS
local.contributor.affiliationMatias, L, Universidade de Lisboa
local.contributor.authoremailu4474161@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidArroucau, Pierre, u4474161
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor040402 - Geodynamics
local.identifier.ariespublicationu8802668xPUB60
local.identifier.citationvolume162
local.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02706.x
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33745230027
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu8802668
local.type.statusPublished Version

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