Nondilatant brittle deformation of serpentinites: Implications for Mohr-Coulomb theory and the strength of faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 2897-2913

  Escartin J ^a,c   Hirth, G ^a   Evans, B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dipeptides; Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance; Ion molecule reactions

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; FAULT STRENGTH; MOHR-COULOMB THEORY; SERPENTINITE;

EID: 0030751408     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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