Frictional behavior of large displacement experimental faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8697-8715

  Beeler, N M ^a,b   Tullis, T E ^a   Blanpied, M L ^a,b   Weeks, J D ^a,c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WaveMetrics Inc   (United States)

^d MS 977 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILATANCY; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRICTION; SIMULATED FAULT; VELOCITY DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0029773262     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00411     Document Type: Article

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