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Article history: The slip vector on a fault is an important parameter in the study of the movement history of a fault and
Received 4 September 2015 its faulting mechanism. Although there exist many graphical programs to represent the shear stress (or
Received in revised form slickenline) orientations on faults, programs to quantitatively calculate the orientation of fault slip based
17 March 2016
on a given stress field are scarce. In consequence, we develop Slicken 1.0, a software to rapidly calculate
Accepted 22 July 2016
the orientation of maximum shear stress on any fault plane. For this direct method of calculating the
resolved shear stress on a planar surface, the input data are the unit vector normal to the involved plane,
Keywords: the unit vectors of the three principal stress axes, and the stress ratio. The advantage of this program is
Resolved shear that the vertical or horizontal principal stresses are not necessarily required. Due to its nimble design
Fault reactivation
using Java SE 8.0, it runs on most operating systems with the corresponding Java VM. The software
Stress regime
program will be practical for geoscience students, geologists and engineers and will help resolve a de-
ficiency in field geology, and structural and engineering geology.
& 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
n
Corresponding author. where ni is the unit vector normal to the plane and sij the stress
E-mail address: sxu@geociencias.unam.mx (S. Xu). tensor (e.g. Ramsay, 1967; Moeck et al., 2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2016.07.015
0098-3004/& 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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2 2 1
n
n
T
Sli n
3 3
1
1 2 3 p
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X1
North 1 (
X1 North
East X2 East
X2 2 (
u
3 (
X3
Downward X3 Downward
(a) (b)
Fig. 2. (a) Geographic reference axes (X1, X2, X3). X1–axis points northward, X2–axis points eastward, and X3–axis is oriented vertically downward φ is clockwise measured
from the geographic north (0 r φr 360). Plunge (δ) is positive when the end of u points downward ( 90r δ r90). (b) The trend and plunge of the s1, s2 and s3 in the
coordinate system (X1, X2, X3) are (φ1, δ1), (φ2, δ2), and (φ3, δ3), respectively.
Because the axes X1, X2 and X3 are perpendicular to each other, the d
→ c
matrix Tr is an orthogonal matrix, and Tr 1 ¼ TrT . The vector vsh Dip
can be converted into the vector in the geographical coordinate dir
→ ect
system ( v g′ ) by ion
(
⎡ vg1 ⎤ ⎡l l l ⎤⎡ Vs1 ⎤ b
⎢ ⎥ −1 ⎢ 1 2 3 ⎥⎢ ⎥
v
vg′ = ⎢ g2 ⎥ = Tr Vsh = ⎢ m1 m2 m3⎥⎢ Vs2 ⎥
⎢⎣ vg 3⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ n1 n2 n3 ⎥⎦⎢⎣ V ⎥⎦ Fig. 3. Fault block diagram. Plane abdf is a fault plane on which ad is the slip line. α
s3 (12) is the dip angle of the fault; θ is the angle between the strike and the slip line on
→ the fault; δ is plunge angle of the slip line; φs is the fault strike; γ is the acute
Then, the unit vector of v g′ can be calculated by intersection angle between the dip direction of the fault and the trend of the slip
line.
⎡ v1g ⎤ →′
→ ⎢v ⎥ vg
vg = ⎢ 2g ⎥ = → the slip are defined by
′
⎢⎣ v3g ⎥⎦ ‖ v g ‖
(13) φp = φ − γ (17)
This is the unit vector of the resolved shear stress in the geo-
graphical coordinate system. According to Eq. (13), the plunge (δg) γp = θ (18)
of the vector ⇀ vg (possible slickenlines) is given by
For v3g 4 0 and cosθ r0, the trend (φp) and the rake (γp) of
δg = arcsin v3g (14) the slip are defined by
The angle between the dip direction (φ) of the fault plane and φp = φ + γ (19)
the trend of the slickenline is calculated by (see Xu et al., 2004;
Fig. 3) rp = θ (20)
(
γ = arccos tan δg / tan α ) (15) For v3g r 0 and cosθ 4 0, the values of φp and γp are calcu-
Let us define the strike of the plane φs ¼ φ 90°, the unit lated by the following equations
→
vector of the strike can be written as vs ¼ (cosφs, sinφs, 0) (All- φp = φ + γ (21)
mendinger et al., 2012). Then the angle between the strike and the
slip on the plane is
γp = 360 − θ (22)
→→
cos θ = vg ⋅ vs (16)
For v3g o 0 and cosθ r 0, the values of φp and γp are calcu-
For v3g Z 0 and cosθ 4 0, the trend (φp) and the rake (γp) of lated by the equations
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φp = φ − γ (23) shown in Fig. 6. For an error of 5° in dip angle, the rake errors are
less than 8° for the fault dip less than 80°. However, when the dip
γp = 360 − θ is close to 90°, the errors dramatically increase (Fig. 6b). For an
(24)
error of 5° in dip direction, the rake errors are larger than 8° for
For (Eqs. (14)–24), the angles are in degrees and their ranges the regime of strike–slip, whereas the errors are generally less
are: 0° r γ r90°, 90° r δg r90°, 0° r θ r180°, 0° r φp r 360°, than 5° for the regimes of extension and compression. For all re-
and 0° r γp r360°, respectively. gimes of deformation, the errors are larger than 5° when the dip
direction approaches 90° or 0°, which is the trend of s1,s2 or s3
(Fig. 6a). Based on the above results, the program will display a
4. Description of the software warning pop-up indicating that the resultant data may not be
accurate when θa o 5° and θb o 5° for the regimes of extension,
Slicken 1.0 is a program for applied geologists, engineers, stu- θb o5° and θc o 5° for the regime of compression, and θa o 5° and
dents and academics. The software is designed using Java SE 8.0, θc o 5° for the regime of strike–slip. The value of θa is calculated
thus it runs on most operating systems with the corresponding by
Java VM. The general algorithm of the program is shown in Fig. 4. →→
For using Slicken 1.0 the user needs to know the direction cosines θa = 180 − arccos( n3⋅ n ) (25)
of the principal stresses, which generally are obtained from fault- The values of θb and θc are calculated by
slip data inversion, or direct measurements. For all cases, the input
→ →
data are: (a) dip direction and dip of the fault plane; (b) stress θb = 180 − arccos( n2⋅ n ) (26)
ratio; (c) trend of s1, s2 and s3; and (d) plunge of s1, s2 and s3. In
all the cases, the decimal degree system is used for angular data. →→
θc = 180 − arccos( n1⋅ n ) (27)
Before the step of “Save data”, the rake error due to measurement
deviation is evaluated. It is done when a window will pop up to When, in measuring the strike or dip direction of a fault plane,
remind user that the rake error is beyond the critical value. The the compass is not held exactly horizontal then a direction of
user can decide whether the calculated result is used. strike will be measured that deviates from the true strike. The
The graphical user interface has one main window (Fig. 5). This maximum operator error, ε0 is 7 5° or less. For a plane with dip α,
interface is comprised of two tabs; the first to input data for the the resultant strike error (ε) can be calculated by (Ragan, 2009,
calculation, and the other with a brief instruction manual. The p.14)
output data include: the rake angle (γp), the trend (φp), the plunge
→ ε = arctan( tan ε0/ tan α ) (28)
angle (δg) and the unit vector ( n ) of the shear, and the unit vector
→
normal to the fault plane ( vg ). At the same time, the results are The calculated results from this equation show that for very
displayed in the lower part of the interface. small dip angles, the maximum possible strike error is large and
For ease of use and reference, all input and output data can be approaches 90° as α - 0 (Fig. 7). For the extension regime, when ε
saved as custom .slc2 files for future application or re-calculation 4 8°, the rake error due to the error of dip direction (ε) will be so
(Fig. 5); they can be loaded from the Slicken 1.0 program for later large that the inferred rake direction by using the program cannot
use. The program deals with each calculation as an object and be used. On the other hand, for the compression and strike–slip
stores it in the RAM of the computer. Consequently, the program regimes, we denote the critical value of ε to be 10°. When clicking
can manipulate amounts of fault-slip data depending on the the display button, a warning window will pop up.
memory of the host computer. The output data can be copied by The error function (28) is similar to that suggested by Wood-
pressing CtrlþC. cock (1976). By using plunge tolerance, Woodcock (1976) esti-
mated that potential strike errors are large on gently dipping
surfaces. It is better to use the system where the plunge and
5. Explanations for the “Warning pop-ups” plunge direction of the linear structure is recorded, because the
errors of plunge and plunge direction are commonly less than the
For the measurement deviations of 5° or below (Ragan, 2009, strike errors in the circumstances of gentle surfaces (Woodcock,
p.9–15), the errors of resultant rakes obtained by the program are 1976). Therefore, in the field works, we should measure the dip
Start: Calculation of orientation of fault slip
b
Vg n
i
Regime: compresion,
R=-1/(1- ,eqs. 5-8, b
13-28. c
Save data
Input data:
Fig. 4. Sketch map showing flow process of the program Slicken 1.0.
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(a)
Normal Reverse Strike slip Normal Reverse Strike slip (b)
fault regime fault regime fault regime fault regime fault regime fault regime
Fig. 6. Deviation of rake angle based on the error of the field measurement. (a). Rake error of the shear stress vector due to a deviation of 5° of the fault dip direction. The dip
angle of fault is 50°. (b) Rake error of the shear stress vector due to deviation of fault dip. Dip direction of the plane is 080° with the dip angle from 10° to 90° with error 5°of
dip angle. The fault dip is 50° with fault dip direction varying from 0°-90° with error of 5° of dip direction. For both figures, the value ρ is 0.5, and the orientations of the
principal stresses: for the normal fault regime: s1:180/90°, s2:000/00° and s3:090/00°; for the reverse fault regime: s1:000/00°, s2:090/00° and s3:180/90°; and for the
strike–slip regime: s1:000/00° s2:180/90° and s3:090/00°.
For the program Slicken 1.0 we define eight types of slip sense
according to the values of rake (γp): (1) Normal-sinistral:
Fig. 7. The maximum trend error (ε) for a fault plane arising from a measurement 5° o γp o 85°; (2) Normal-dextral: 95° o γp o175°; (3) Reverse-si-
error (ε0) of 2° and 3° as a function of the dip of the measured plane. nistral: 185° o γp o 265°; (4) Reverse-dextral: 275° o γp o355°.
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Fig. 8. Rake of the shear stress vector under different tectonic regimes. ρ – stress ratio, φ –dip direction of the plane, and α–dip angle of the plane. In Fig. 8g and 8h, the
directions of the principal stresses are shown by their trends and plunges.
(5) Sinistral lateral: 0° r γp r 5° and 355° r γp r 360°, (6) Dextral sense will be different. For example, given stress state as s1: north
lateral: 175°r γp r185°; (7) Pure normal: 85° r γp r 95°; (8) Pure and s2: east, s3: downward, ρ ¼0.5, dip angle (α) ¼ 30°, then for
reverse: 265° r γp r 275°. The test results for the given stress φ ¼90° (s1-parallel fault), rake (γp) is 270°, the fault shows pure
states in Figs. 8a–f indicate that the slip direction can have a reverse sense, whereas for φ ¼98°, rake (γp) is 278°, the fault
strike–slip component in all three Andersonian tectonic regimes, shows reverse-dextral sense, and for φ ¼ 82°, rake (γp) is 262°, the
that a normal component of the slip can occur in both the ex- fault shows reverse-sinistral sense (Fig. 8c). These results imply
tension and strike–slip Andersonian regimes, and that a reverse that the planes with orientation close to a principal plane of stress
component can occur in both the compression and strike–slip have unstable shear stress direction greatly affected by small
Andersonian regimes. Nevertheless, under the three non-Ander- changes in the plane orientation. This situation corresponds to
sonian tectonic regimes, the dip component can be either reverse very low shear stress on the plane.
or normal, depending on the values of the fault-plane dip direction Note that in Slicken 1.0, the term ‘rake’ is used, rather than
(φ), and dip angle (α), and the stress state (Figs. 8g and 8h). The ‘pitch’. The rake and pitch are two terms for a measurement of a
orientation fields between normal and reverse faults can be slickenline on a fault surface. The convention of Slicken 1.0 is that
marked out by the slip sense curves on stereogram for any stress the angle of rake (γp) is measured clockwise within the fault plane
tensor (Lisle et al., 2001). being considered, from the right strike when viewing the plane
When the fault dip direction(φ) is close parallel to the principal from above (Fig. 9a). Nevertheless, the pitch is measured from the
stresses, for small changes of the value of ϕ, the fault type of slip two strikes to the slickenline or the shear regardless of the sense
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(a) (b)
0°
Pitch
270°
Rake 0° (360°) 0° 90°
Pitch
Rake
Rake
Fig. 9. Definitions for the rake (a) and the pitch (b) of slickenlines or shear on a fault.
of the slickenline (Fig. 9b). measurement error of fault trend in the field works affect the re-
sults of the calculated values of slip vector on a plane. On the other
hand, it is a special case when the fault dip direction is parallel to
7. Discussion the principal stresses. Then, when the difference between the dip
direction and one of principal stresses is less than 5°, a pop-up will
Slicken 1.0 is a direct method that follows the reverse proce- remind user if the resultant data is used.
dure to stress inversion methods. The software is used to predict
the slip directions (vectors) along faults under a stress field. Unlike
the stress inversion methods, software related to direct stress Acknowledgment
methods are scarce in the community of geosciences, although a
software implementation for the calculation and graphical pre- This work is supported by the Conacyt Projects 08967 and
sentation of fault slip has been published (Pascal, 2004). Slicken 8014. The helpful comments from Lisle, R.J. and an anonymous
1.0 has three different aspects in comparing it to the software of reviewer are appreciated.
Pascal (2004). Firstly, Slicken 1.0 can run in a Windows environ-
ment and provides an easy-to-use graphical interface. Secondly,
Slicken 1.0 quantitatively produces data of fault slip instead of Appendix A. Supplementary material
graphic presentation. Thirdly, it does not require that one of the
principal stresses should be vertical. Supplementary data associated with this article can be found in
Another technique involved direct stress approach is to de- the online version at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2016.07.015.
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