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Fracture network characterisation of the Balmuccia peridotite using drone-based photogrammetry,implications for active-seismic site survey for scientific drilling

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The presence of discontinuities(e.g.faults,fractures,veins,layering)in crystalline rocks can be chal-lenging for seismic interpretations because the wide range of their size,orientation,and intensity,which controls the mechanical properties of the rock and elastic wave propagation,resulting in equally varying seismic responses at different scales.The geometrical characterisation of adjacent outcrop discontinuity networks allows a better understanding of the nature of the subsurface rocks and aids seismic inter-pretation.In this study,we characterise the discontinuity network of the Balmuccia peridotite(BP)in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone(IVZ),northwestern Italy.This geological body is the focus of the Drilling the Ivrea-Verbano zonE(DIVE),an international continental scientific drilling project,and two active seismic surveys,SEismic imaging of the Ivrea ZonE(SEIZE)and high-resolution SEIZE(Hi-SEIZE),which aim to resolve the subsurface structure of the DIVE drilling target through high-resolution seismic imaging.For fracture characterisation,we developed two drone-based digital outcrop models(DOMs)at two different resolutions(10-3-10 m and 10-1-103 m),which allowed us to quantitatively characterise the orienta-tion,size,and intensity of the main rock discontinuities.These properties affect the seismic velocity and consequently the interpretation of the seismic data.We found that(i)the outcropping BP discontinuity network is represented by three more sets of fractures with respect to those reported in the literature;(ii)the discontinuity sizes follow a power-law distribution,indicating similarity across scales,and(iii)discontinuity intensity is not uniformly distributed along the outcrop.Our results help to explain the seismic behaviour of the BP detected by the SEIZE survey,suggesting that the low P-wave velocities observed can be related to the discontinuity network,and provide the basic topological parameters(orientation,density,distribution,and aperture)of the fracture network unique to the BP.These,in turn,can be used for interpretation of the Hi-SEIZE seismic survey and forward modelling of the seismic response.

Remote sensingFracture intensityDigital outcrop model(DOM)Rock discontinuityFaultSEismic imaging of the Ivrea ZonE(SEIZE)Ivrea-Verbano Zone(IVZ)Crystalline rock

Niccolò Menegoni、Yuri Panara、Andrew Greenwood、Davide Mariani、Alberto Zanetti、György Hetényi

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Ali I.Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,Thuwal,23955-6900,Saudi Arabia

Chair of Applied Geophysics,Montanuniversität Leoben,Leoben,Austria

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,University of Pavia,Pavia,Italy

Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources,National Research Council(IGG-CNR),Pavia,Italy

Institute of Earth Sciences,University of Lausanne,1015,Lausanne,Switzerland

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Swiss National Science FoundationSwiss National Science Foundation

PP00P2_187199OROG3NY

2024

10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.03.012

岩石力学与岩土工程学报(英文版)
中国科学院武汉岩土力学所中国岩石力学与工程学会武汉大学

岩石力学与岩土工程学报(英文版)

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影响因子：0.404
ISSN：1674-7755
年,卷(期)：2024.16(10)