Application of a unified rate and state friction theory to the mechanics of fault zones with strain localization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 2875-2895

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation energies; Fullerenes; Metastable fragmentation

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FRICTION; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030797083     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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