High-velocity frictional properties of gabbro

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-702

  Tsutsumi, Akito ^a,b   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; MELTING; MINERALS; SOLIDIFICATION; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FRICTION TESTING; FRICTIONAL MELTING; GABBRO; SLIP RATES; TECTONIC FAULTS; THERMAL FRACTURING;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

FAULT SLIP; FRICTION; FRICTIONAL MELTING; GABBRO; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0031105777     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00503     Document Type: Article

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