<strong>A Calibrated Comparison of Methylene Blue Adsorption and XRD RockJock Methods Using Kunigel V1 Bentonite to Quantify Smectite in Neodani Fault Gouge:</strong> <strong>Evaluating methods to measure clay minerals in fault zones.</strong>

Auxilio Bosco de Sousa

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[J] Oral

S (Solid Earth Sciences ) » S-SS Seismology

[S-SS12] Fault Rheology and Earthquake Physics

Mon. May 25, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (7) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Sawai Michiyo(Chiba University), Okubo Kurama(National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

[SSS12-13] A Calibrated Comparison of Methylene Blue Adsorption and XRD RockJock Methods Using Kunigel V1 Bentonite to Quantify Smectite in Neodani Fault Gouge: Evaluating methods to measure clay minerals in fault zones.

*Auxilio Bosco de Sousa¹, Tomoyuki Ohtani² (1. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Gifu University, 2. Department of Civil Engineering, Gifu University)

Keywords:Neodani Fault, Fault-gouge, XRD-RockJock, Methylene Blue, Kunigel V1 Bentonite