Ductility in fault gouge from a normal fault system, Death Valley, California: A mechanism for fault-zone strengthening and relevance to paleoseismicity

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 603-606

  Miller, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; GEOLOGY;

DEATH VALLEY; DUCTILE FLOW; FAULT SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; PALEOSEISMICITY; STICK-SLIP BEHAVIOR; STRENGTHENING EFFECT; FAULT GOUGE; MESOSCOPICS;

DUCTILITY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FOLIATION; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; DUCTILE FLOW; PALAEOSEISMICITY; STRENGTHENING EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030452553     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0603:DIFGFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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