Frictional resistance of a fault zone with strong rotors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2071-2074

  Brune, James N ^a   Anooshehpoor, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; RUBBER; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; CREEP; FRICTION; ROCK MECHANICS; UNDERGROUND HEAT TRANSFER;

BLUESCHISTS; DEFORMABLE MEDIAS; EQUIDIMENSIONAL; FRICTIONAL HEAT FLOW; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRONG ROCKS;

FRICTION; TECTONICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; HEAT FLOW ANOMALY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CREEP; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

EID: 0031200934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01941     Document Type: Article

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