郭力維 Li-Wei Kuo

國立中央大學地球科學系 教授

Full professor, Department of Earth Sciences,
National Central University

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研究方向 Research Interests

My research is motivated by a desire to understand how rocks/minerals were formed by extreme deformation events, e.g., faulting or lightning. I mainly work on the investigation of fault behaviors of a fault during the seismic cycle, to obtain earthquake physics for a seismically active fault, and to expand my understanding of fault deformation together with significant applications to other natural faults. By means of the integration of the data of (1) natural observation of active fault zones, (2) microstructural /geochemical investigation of fault rocks, and (3) experiments conducted under expected deformation conditions, the field- and laboratory-based complementary data set shall uncover the secrets hidden on seismic faults. Meanwhile, I focus on the lightning-induced textures on rocks, namely fulgurite. The high temperature (>1000˚C) and high pressure (~1.5 GPa) textural context of fulgurite are similar to both shocked minerals by meteorite impacts and pseudotachylyte by seismic faulting. Our results shed light on meteoritics, planetary geology, and regional tectonics and will be of interest to a broad audience (geologists, geochemists, planetary scientists, petrologists, mineralogists, etc.). The relevant published (under review) works in 3 years (2018-2021) are shown as follows:

(1) Faulting-related:

The Chihshang Fault 

  • Mixed‐Mode Formation of Amorphous Materials in the Creeping Zone of the Chihshang Fault, Taiwan, and Implications for Deformation Style

Pseudotachylyte

  • Grain fragmentation and frictional melting during initial experimental deformation and implications for seismic slip at shallow depths

Experimental design

  • Frictional strength and fluidization of water-saturated kaolinite gouges at seismic slip velocities

The Chelungpu fault (ruptured in a Mw 7.6 Chi-Chi earthquake on 21st September 1999)

  • Lithology and fault related stress variations along the TCDP boreholes: the stress state before and after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake
  • Gouge fabrics reset by thermal pressurization record stress on faults after earthquakes

The Longmenshan fault belt (ruptured in a Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake on 12 May 2008)

  • Carbonaceous materials in the fault zone of the Longmenshan Fault belt: 1. Signatures within the deep Wenchuan earthquake fault zone and their implication
  • Carbonaceous Materials in the Fault Zone of the Longmenshan Fault Belt: 2. Characterization of Fault Gouge from Deep Drilling and Implications for Fault Maturity
  • Carbonaceous Materials in the Longmenshan Fault Belt Zone: 3. Records of Seismic Slip from the Trench and Implications for Faulting Mechanisms
  • Frictional properties of the Longmenshan-fault-belt gouges from WFSD-3 and implications for earthquake rupture propagation

Geothermal energy

  • Fluid flow and fault-related subsurface fractures in slate and metasandstone formations: A case study of the Jentse Geothermal Area, Taiwan

Serpentinite-bearing fault

  • Formation and Evolution of Nephrite Jade

(2) Lightning-related:

  • Lightning-induced high temperature and pressure microstructures in surface and subsurface fulgurites

最新成果 Recent Publications

  • Chen, T. Y., L. W. Kuo*, D. Brown, J. Si, T.-J. Meng, H.-S. Sheu, Y.-F. Song and G.-C. Yin, 2022. Lightning‑induced features on granitic gneiss and its implication for rare lightning scars from the geological record. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, doi:10.1007/s00410-022-01973-y.
  • Kuo, L.-W.*, H. Sone, V. Luzin, E.-C. Yeh, Y.-J. Hsu and E. Tan, 2022. Gouge fabrics reset by thermal pressurization record stress on faults after earthquakes. Geology, doi: 10.1130/G50217.1
  • Tarling, M.S., S. A. F. Smith, M. Negrini,  L.-W. Kuo, W.-H. Wu and A. F. Copper, 2022. An evolutionary model and classification scheme for nephrite jade based on veining, fabric development, and the role of dissolution–precipitation. Scientific Reports, 12, 7823, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11560-7
  • Kuo, L. W.*, C.-C. Hung, H. Li, S. Aretusini, J. Chen, G. Di Toro, E. Sapagnuolo, F. Di Felice, H. Wang, J. Si and H.-S. Sheu, 2022. Frictional properties of the Longmenshan-fault-belt gouges from WFSD-3 and implications for earthquake rupture propagation. JGR-Solid Earth, doi: 10.1029/2022JB024081
  • Talukdar, M.*, H. Sone and L. W. Kuo, 2022. Lithology and Fault-Related Stress Variations Along the TCDP Boreholes: The Stress State Before and After the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake. JGR Solid Earth, 127(2), doi: 10.1029/2021JB023290
  • Kuo, L.-W.*, S. A. F. Smith, C.-C. Chen, C.-S. Ku, C.-Y. Chiang, D. Brown, M. Negrini, W.-J. Huang and T.-Y. Chen, 2021. Lightning-induced high temperature and pressure microstructures in surface and subsurface fulgurites. Scientific Reports, 11:22031, p. 1-14, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01559-x
  • Kuo, L.-W.*, W. J.-Wu, C.-W. Kuo, S. A. F. Smith, W.-T. Lin, W.-H. Wu and Y.-H. Huang, 2021. Frictional strength and fluidization of water-saturated kaolinite gouges at seismic slip velocities. Journal of Structural Geology, 150, p. 1-17, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104419

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獲獎 Award

  • 2022　　國立中央大學優秀學生獎學金(學生：陳則元-博士）
  • 2022　　中華民國地球物理學會蔡義本教授研究生獎學金(學生：吳惟馨-碩士)
  • 2021　　羅家倫校長年輕傑出研究獎(國立中央大學)
  • 2021　　阮維周教授紀念基金學位論文獎(學生：吳惟馨-學士）
  • 2020　　吳大猷先生紀念獎(科技部-109年)
  • 2020　　阮維周教授紀念基金學位論文獎(學生：洪建程-碩士）
  • 2019　　年輕學者研究著作獎-數理科學組(中央研究院-108年)

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