花崗岩体上部に発達する低角度亀裂の空間分布特性と地質学的解釈; 瑞浪超深地層研究所周辺の土岐花崗岩からの知見

Characterization and tectonic significance of low-angle fracture distribution in the upper part of a granite body; New insight from the Toki Granite around the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU), central Japan

栗原 新; 天野 健治  ; Liu, C.*; 小池 克明*

Kurihara, Arata; Amano, Kenji; Liu, C.*; Koike, Katsuaki*

岩盤中の地下水の流動経路や物質の移動経路となる亀裂の空間分布を精度よく把握することは、地層処分システムの安全評価や地下施設の設計・施工の信頼性向上の観点から、特に重要な課題である。本研究では、瑞浪超深地層研究所のボーリング孔に分布する土岐花崗岩中の亀裂の密度に関して広域的な地質構造との空間的相関性に着目した統計学的な検討と応答曲面の作成を行い、データの得られていない地点における亀裂密度を補間できる可能性が明らかとなった。

The spatial distribution of hydrogeologically-relevant geological structures such as fracture and fault is usually very heterogeneous, varying, in general, according to geological history, scale of observation and rock type. With the objective of improving analytical methods to better understand structural heterogeneities, this paper describes the results of investigations of the spatial relationship between regional geological structures (Tsukiyoshi fault and Tsukiyoshi paleo-channel) and fracture density with special emphasis on low-angle fractures in the Toki granite, central Japan. As a result of the analysis, positive correlations between average of fracture spacing data and the horizontal distances from two regional geological structures have been observed. Because the positive correlations can be approximated with a polynomial function of the response surface, we have obtained an improved understanding of the spatial distribution of low-angle fractures with respect to the location of regional geological structures. We have interpreted that the observed spatial distribution of low-angle fracture density conforms to the tectonic setting, on the assumption that the Tsukiyoshi fault and Tsukiyoshi paleo-channel are probably associated with the pull-apart basin by strike-slip faulting from the past investigations and geophysical surveys for this research area. In addition, the proposed spatial modeling techniques and geological interpretations are able to evaluate certainty of interpreted faults and fractures distributions, quantify general trend in structural heterogeneities and detect unknown faults.